Today's Tao
The farther you go away from it, the less of it you know. (Ch.47)
Osamu Kanaya talks about Kensho Jobutsu 見性成仏 of Zen Buddhism in his Japanese translation of this chapter of Tao Te Ching. («Roshi», Kodansha Gakujutsu Bunko, Kodansha, Tokyo)
"See one's nature and become Buddha." (=Kensho Jobutsu 見性成仏)
You are Buddha. You are Tao.
So, it is logical that "The farther you go away from" your own self, the less you learn about Tao and Buddha.
First, you learn that your own self and the rest of the world are part of the hologram. (1)
Then, your hologram will teach you what Tao and Buddha is. (2)
Naoto Matsumoto adds:
This exchange between (1) and (2) is precisely the cycle of Yin and Yang, Tao's cycle, the prayer wheel, or the wheel of the manifestation (Horin 法輪).
That's why turning the wheel of the manifestation (Tenborin 転法輪) is interpreted as preaching, where the learning and the teaching of (1) and (2) take place simultaneously.
This is synonymous with receiving and sending Love.
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-Tao by Matsumoto / Tao Te Ching / Chapter 47
Tao answers your question!
☞A man who can speak English cannot talk about Zen as well as this Japanese man does. A man who can talk about Zen cannot speak English as well as the Japanese man does. His name is Daisetz Suzuki. He asks us three questions: "Can we live by Zen?", "Can we live with Zen?", and "Can we live Zen?". His answer is a rhetorical question: "Can we live without Zen?". Whether you live by Zen or not, Zen is you. One cannot live without Zen.
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