Today's Tao / Lost righteousness 38-10

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Having lost righteousness, there is politeness. (38-10)

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Today's Tao / Lost mercy 38-9

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Having lost mercy, there is righteousness. (38-9)

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Today's Tao / Lost attainment 38-8

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Having lost attainment, there is mercy. (38-8)

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Today's Tao / Lost Tao 38-7

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Therefore, having lost Tao, there is attainment. (38-7)

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Today's Tao / Politeness 38-6

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The highest politeness is doing it and, if the other does not respond to it, rolling up your sleeves and pulling him. (38-6)

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Today's Tao / The highest righteousness 38-5

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The highest righteousness is doing it and leaving the trace of the act. (38-5)

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Today's Tao / Mercy 38-4

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The highest mercy is doing it and leaving no trace of the act. (38-4)

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Today's Tao / No trace of act 38-3

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The highest attainment is doing nothing and leaving no trace of act. (38-3)

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Today's Tao / The lowest attainment 38-2

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The lowest attainment is trying not to lose attainment. That's why there is no attainment. (38-2)

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Today's Tao / The highest attainment 38-1

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The highest attainment is not attaining. That's where there is attainment. (38-1)

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Today's Tao / Be still 37-5

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Don't desire and be still, and the world under the sky will stabilize itself. (37-5)

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Today's Tao / No desire 37-4

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The uncarved block with no name naturally wants to have no desire. (37-4)

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Today's Tao / Uncarved block with no name 37-3

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If desire comes out during the transformation, I will use the uncarved block with no name in order to calm it down. (37-3)

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Today's Tao / Lords and Kings = You 37-2

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If lords and kings can keep this, everything will transform itself. (37-2)

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Today's Tao / Tao does nothing 37-1

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Tao always does nothing, and everything is done. (37-1)

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Today's Tao / Useful tool 36-8

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You must not show anyone the useful tool to govern the nation. (36-8)

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Today's Tao / Fish and Water 36-7

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A fish had better not leave the deep water. (36-7)

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Today's Tao / Soft Tao 36-6

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The soft and weak beat the tough and strong. (36-6)

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Today's Tao / Mini enlightenment 36-5

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This is called minute enlightenment. (36-5)

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Today's Tao / Give = Take 36-4

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If you want to take something, you must give it for a while. (36-4)

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To understand Taoism and Zen Buddhism, one should think without the concept of self. To think without the concept of self, one should speak a language without the necessity to use the subject in the sentence. In Japanese, one doesn't need to use a subject. To learn Japanese, please visit ZenShinTao. We use sentences from Zen Master Dogen's «Shobogenzo» to learn a character or phrase a day.


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