Tao Te Ching Chapter 77-5 Lack & Supply

Today's Tao

It supplies what is lacking. (Ch.77)


Is life hard?

No, not at all.

Tao gives you what you need.

That is to say, if you don't have something, it is because you don't need it.

Some might say:

"But we need food and clothes!".


Then, I want them to listen to what Zen Master Dogen said:

"If you practice Tao sincerely, they will come into being naturally."

ただ一向に道を行ぜば、これ天然なるべし。

(«Shobogenzo Zuimonki 正法眼蔵随聞記», Book 4 巻四 第九節)


The world is the hologram you project.

You know what you need.

So, what you need is the faith in yourself, who is Tao.

If you are lacking in faith, don't worry.

Tao will supply faith to you.


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-Tao by Matsumoto / Tao Te Ching / Chapter 77


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☞«Tao Te Ching» Key word comparison (15) / -Do nothing (treat things without interference) - Let's see how they translate 是以聖人処無為之事 行不言之教 in Chapter 2. / "Therefore: The sage abides by non-assertion in his affairs and conveys by silence his instruction." On the left, «The Teachings of Lao-Tzu: The Tao-Te Ching» translated by Paul Carus. / "Therefore the Master acts without doing anything and teaches without saying anything." On the right, «Tao Te Ching: An Illustrated Journey» translated by Stephen Mitchell.

Tao Te Ching Chapter 63-11 Casual promises

Today's Tao

Casual promises surely lack faith. (Ch.63)


What does Lao Tzu mean by "faith"?

Faith in what?

He asks us to have the faith in Tao's mechanism.

Do you believe in the cycle of energy between you and non-you?

Yin and Yang are the symbolic names for the sending end and the receiving end of the energy.

It doesn't matter which is which.

From another point of view, it is the reciprocal creation of your own self and the hologram.

The word "promises" should be interpreted as expressing one's opinion.

Don't you speak too much to convince others?

In Zen Buddhism, they say 不戯論 [fu ke ron], which means:

"Don't argue casually".

If you speak too much, it shows that you do not have much faith in "Do nothing".


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-Tao by Matsumoto / Tao Te Ching / Chapter 63


Tao answers your question!



☞«Onna Daigaku» can be translated as the Great Learning for women. It is a samurai version of «The Great Learning / Daigaku» for girls and young women. The book was published in 1716 and based on Kaibara, Ekken's teachings. Yukichi Fukuzawa, the gentleman on Japan's 10,000 yen bill, wrote a modern and democratic version of it, called «The New Great Learning for Women / Shin Onnna Daigaku». ☞«The Way of Contentment», which is a collection of translated works of Kaibara, Ekken by Ken Hoshino, includes «The Philosophy of Pleasure / Rakukun». The book is available on Open Library.

Tao Te Ching Chapter 49-8 Faith

Today's Tao

I attain faith. (Ch.49)


A: "Master Bonbon, how can I attain my faith?"

B: "The more money you donate to our organization, the closer you get to your faith."


You may laugh at Master Bonbon, but are you sure the priest next to you is better than him?

Let's make it clear that salvation or Satori is free of charge.

You don't have to pay for your faith.

Let me put it another way.

Whether you have faith or not, your objective is to maintain the circulation of the fundamental energy Tao. Nothing else.

The moment you remember this, you attain faith.


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-Tao by Matsumoto / Tao Te Ching / Chapter 49
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☞«Kamikaze Diaries: Reflections of Japanese Student Soldiers». "Kami" etymologically means "up above". The Japanese still think that there is something devine up there. The kanji / Chinese character is also pronounced "Shin". The way the divinity wants to do his business is, therefore, called "Kami nagara no michi / Shinto". Once in a while, gods up there send some divine winds to shake and save the floating world. Those students were supposed to be the divine winds incarnated, but they knew what they really were. Read their testimonies.

Tao Te Ching Chapter 49-7 Not faithful

Today's Tao

I think someone not faithful is faithful, too. (Ch.49)


If you have no faith in anything, it is all right, too.

Whether you believe something or not, Tao works anyway.

Unless you suffer from the existence of your own self;

that is to say, frustration, jealousy, anger, or any pain you can name,

it might be better not to be conscious of faith.

But, if Tao doesn't work for you, and if Zen (=Jiriki / Self-power) doesn't work with you, either, don't worry.

You still have Tariki / Other-power.


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-Tao by Matsumoto / Tao Te Ching / Chapter 49


Tao answers your question!



☞The truth has to be simple. It would be strange if it was not valid for everyone. Once you attain Tao, which means you remember that true You are Tao, the barrier between your own self and the others will disappear. Jiriki / Self-power will be synonymous with Tariki / Other-power. The boundary between Christianity and Buddhism will no longer exist as late Shusaku Endo experienced. The Japanese Catholic novelist wrote «Deep River», where all religions are mixed in the water.

Tao Te Ching Chapter 49-6 Tariki / faithful

Today's Tao

I think someone faithful is faithful. (Ch.49)


Why don't we regard faith as a tool?

If you have faith in something, you are less prone to be fooled by your gigantic ego or Self in Mayoi.

Shinran shonin's Tariki / Other-power is an excellent tool in order to activate Dark Depth Female 玄牝 [gen pi] and change the world (=your hologram).

By asking Tariki / Other-power to do all the work, logically you do nothing.

You create no resistance while your hologram, which is the world, is transforming itself.


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-Tao by Matsumoto / Tao Te Ching / Chapter 49


Tao answers your question!



☞«Tariki: Embracing Despair, Discovering Peace». The subtitle of the book is a nice and correct way to explain the word "Tariki / Other Power". Of course, the Other Power embraces happiness and joy, too. But the idea is that you should embrace something hard to embrace. For the very hardship is a manifestation of Buddha's love as well as a miracle. Japanese novelist Hiroyuki Itsuki talks about his teenage experience of the Japanese repatriation from the Korean Peninsula. "Even good people will become Buddha, not to mention evil people." (Shinran's Akunin Shoki Setsu)

Tao Te Ching Chapter 23-9 Bonno soku bodai

Today's Tao

When you don't have enough faith, you doubt it. (Ch.23)


Faith and doubt. You know them very well.

Today, let's learn a powerful spiritual tool called "Bonno soku bodai / Being lost is justly Bodhi, or the spiritual awakening".

If you don't have enough faith, you cannot accept all.

Then, you create resistance against accepting your hologram (=the world).

Your resistance create images or feelings that bother you. These hindrances come about in your hologram.

Then, you are completely confused and lost in Mayoi.

But, do not worry.

Their goal is not to make you suffer but to lead you to the attainment of Tao.

That's why in Zen Buddhism they say:

"Being lost is justly the spiritual awakening".

Bonno soku bodai 煩悩即菩提.

Thank you.


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-Tao by Matsumoto / Tao Te Ching / Chapter 23


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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.

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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-Tao by Matsumoto / Tao Te Ching / Chapter 17


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