Showing posts with label chapter 17. Show all posts
Showing posts with label chapter 17. Show all posts

Sunday, December 6, 2009

Tao Te Ching Chapter 17-1 The highest / video


Today's Tao

The highest is the one that the lower ones don't know of. (Ch.17)


Where is the best city to eat out in on the planet?

Paris?

I am afraid not.

Recently, the famous Michelin Guide book awarded more 3-starred restaurants to Tokyo than to Paris.

(although as a nation France has more 3-starred restaurants than Japan)

Its chief editor apologetically admitted that it is natural because Tokyo has four times as many restaurants as Paris.

Therefore, please study today's photo well if you have a business engagement in Tokyo or vacations in the Japanese archipelago.

These written on the dark blue cloth are the Kanji characters for Sushi.

Caution!

Normally this type of a small establishment is fairly expensive.

A sushi bar with a conveyor belt is much cheaper.

Except in Aomori City!

Aomori City, located in the north of Japan, is considered to be the best town (quality-price-wise) in the country and enjoys plenty of cheap but good sushi bars without a conveyor. Some of them are even cheaper than those with a conveyor belt.

Nevertheless, Aomori might not be the best city to eat sushi in on the planet.

Tokyo may beat Paris, but I don't know if Aomori can beat Boston (quality-price-wise).

Let me know your opinion.


To read Today's Tao / The highest, please see Tao Te Ching Chapter 17-1 the highest.


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Saturday, March 14, 2009

Tao Te Ching Chapter 17-7 I just let it happen


Today's Tao

When task is completed and work done, everyone says: "I just let it happen". (Ch.17)


Though you are the one who creates their achievements in your hologram, people will say:

"I don't know how it happened. It's a miracle. Probably, I did it without knowing it".

Let them say so.

Taoism's most effective way is to accept all.


The site features the chapter's entire English translation and Rapid Decoded.

Mata ashita. See you tomorrow.


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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 / Eat mother. Chuang Tzu's maxim is also quoted.


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Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Tao Te Ching Chapter 17-5 Doubt


Today's Tao

When you lack in faith, there is doubt. (Ch.17)


When you are lacking in the faith of Taoism, that is to say, you don't believe in Taoism, you surely doubt Tao's effectiveness of transforming your hologram (=the world).

It is up to you, but why don't you give it a try.

You will see how effective it is.



It has the chapter's entire English translation and Rapid Decoded.

Mata ashita. See you tomorrow.


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Saturday, February 14, 2009

Tao Te Ching Chapter 17-4 The worst ruler


Today's Tao

The next is the one that they despise. (Ch.17)


Don't despise the world and other people.

Don't complain about them.

It is like complaining about stars and flowers.

It is resistance.

It is a waste of energy.

You are blocking the flow of energy between Yin and Yang.

You are disturbing change.

This is the worst solution if you want your hologram to transform itself to another stage.

Don't resist.

Let it flow.


Visit Tao by Matsumoto / Chapter 17 / Taoism's best way.

It has the chapter's entire English translation and Rapid Decoded.

Mata ashita. See you tomorrow.


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Thursday, February 12, 2009

Tao Te Ching Chapter 17-3 An awesome ruler


Today's Tao

The next is the one that they are afraid of. (Ch.17)


Looking at your hologram with awe is better than despising it or complaining about it.

But being afraid of the world is not good at all.

No matter how menacing your world looks at present, it is there to be a catalyst or a trigger.

Giving you a hard time is not its goal.


Visit Tao by Matsumoto / Chapter 17 / Toaism's best way.

It has the chapter's entire English translation and Rapid Decoded.

Mata ashita. See you tomorrow.


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Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Tao Te Ching Chapter 17-2 The second highest


Today's Tao

The second highest is the one that they are familiar with and praise. (Ch.17)


If you can love all the world without being obsessed with it, it could be even better than the former.

Having said that, the misunderstanding of the word "Love" is a classical theme of discussion.

Obviously, many people think that to love someone is to virtually colonise him, saying, "I give everything, so he has to be mine".

Love is not possession at all.

Because of this risk, loving your hologram could be the second best in Taoism.

On the other hand, gratitude doesn't have any risk.

It is one of the best forms of Love.

Say "Thank you".


Naoto Matsumoto adds:


Shinran Shonin 親鸞上人 , the founder of Jodo Shinshu Buddhism, not Zen, asked his believers to site prayers not to become a buddha but to thank Buddha.

See Tao by Matsumoto / Chapter 17 / Taoism's best way for the spoken text.

It also has the chapter's entire English translation and Rapid Decoded.


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-Tao by Matsumoto / Tao Te Ching / Chapter 17


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Thursday, January 15, 2009

Tao Te Ching Chapter 17-1 The highest



Today's Tao

The highest is the one that the lower ones don't know of. (Ch.17)


Some people think that Lao Tzu is talking about politics here.

But it is quite unlikely that he talks about it while he knows people and its politics are part of his hologram.

In this sentence, he talks about how one can treat his hologram.

Of course, the best way is not to let the people know that you are the one who creates the hologram.


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-Tao by Matsumoto / Tao Te Ching / Chapter 17
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