What is the enlightenment or Satori. How can you get it? Many people have these questions. In the original text, the Kanji / Chinese character 常 [jo], which means constancy, is used to express "enlightenment".
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In Chapter 16, Lao Tzu says:
"Going back to the destiny is called constancy. Learning constancy is called enlightenment."
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The "beginning" is the mother of the hologram.
In Zen Buddhism, it is called Bumo misho izen 父母未生以前, which means "the state before the father and the mother are born".
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"Pine trees are time. Bamboo trees are time, too."
(Zen Master Dogen, Uji 有時, «Shobogenzo»)
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