Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Tao Te Ching Chapter 17-6 No hurry


Today's Tao

No hurry. Don't say a word lightly. (Ch.17)


Let's decode this.

It means:

"Don't move until you are forced to."

You don't have to convince others.


Naoto Matsumoto adds:

感而後応
迫而後動
不得已而後起

(荘子 外篇 刻意 第十五)

Respond after you feel it.

Move after you are forced to.

Stand up after it is inevitable.


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-Tao by Matsumoto / Tao Te Ching / Chapter 17
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