Today's Tao
Adorned acts can place a man above others. (Ch.62)
Not only "Adorned acts" but any act may seem to work.
"I have been helping poor animals all my life."
"I have been fighting against corruption."
"Let's save our planet."
All right, all right.
Uhhh, would you like to be a better person than others?
(Listen)
All right, all right.
The sole treasure is Tao.
It is hidden in your eye storage 眼蔵 [genzo], which is the hologram, the world.
Please think which is more important, the treasure or the storage box?
Don't act on your storage box.
Just love the treasure inside.
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-Why Taoism? 62-8
-Guilty? 62-9
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-Tao by Matsumoto / Tao Te Ching / Chapter 62
Tao answers your question!
☞Most of us know who our biggest enemy is. It is ourselves. Keeping this in your mind, how can you fight in a battle? The word "battle" can be interpreted several ways. Modern businessmen look for the answers to the problems in economic battles. Here are some references. The book on the left is Yagyu, Munenori's «The Way of the Living Sword
». Yagyu was an excellent swordsman, who was a close friend of Zen Master Takuan, the author of «The Unfettered Mind
». The one on the right is Sun Tzu's «The Art of War
» written probably in the 6th century BC. Researchers find some similarities between the book and Tao Te Ching. Master Takuan studied the latter and left a lecture book on it.
» by Ihara Saikaku along with «
». The latter talks about Bushido, that is to say, Tao of Samurai, but what the author discusses in the book is not exactly what we associate with the word "warrior" all the time. If you ignore the boundary between the male and the female, the characters in «The Great Mirror of Male Love» behave more like Genji the aristocratic seeker of a heterosexual love in «
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