Tao Te Ching Chapter 81-3 Not knowledgeable

Today's Tao

One who knows is not knowledgeable.

A knowledgeable one doesn't know. (Ch.81)


In Chapter 1, Lao Tzu says:

"If you can talk about Tao, that Tao is not Tao itself."

(☞See Words are not good enough 1-1)


Talking, words, and knowledge.

Lao Tzu asks you to reduce them.

Knowledge, thoughts, feelings, and even the act of talking are part of a hologram.

They do not belong to you.

They just come from somewhere, stimulate Tao, and leave.


In Zen Buddhism, they express it as:

"是什麼物恁麼来

[ze inmo butsu inmo rai]

Where on earth did this «what on earth» thing come from?"

(☞See By itself 51-7)


We are a radio receiver.

Knowledge is a song transmitted via radio waves. (☞See Radio and knowing 71-2)

Don't be attached to knowledge and other parts of a hologram.

But don't despise them, either, because it is a precious manifestation of Tao, which is true You.


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☞«Recommended Books 13» There are some black and white movies one should see at least once in his life time. No matter what is your nationality, whether you like films or not, you should see Akira Kurosawa's «Seven Samurai» 黒澤明「七人の侍」. But if you are a connoisseur of films or interested in Japanese traditional arts, you must not miss Kenji Mizoguchi's «Ugetsu» 溝口健二「雨月物語」. The letter "u 雨", which is also pronounced as "amé" means rain. The letter "getsu 月", also "tsuki", means the moon. The book on the left «Tales of moonlight and Rain» is the original of «Ugetsu». The book was written by Ueda Akinari 上田秋成 in the Samurai period. The title in Japanese is «Ugetsu Monogatari 雨月物語». In terms of the art of short-story-writing in Japanese, Akinari's tales are close to perfection. In one of the tales, «Aozukin 青頭巾 / A Blue Hood», a Buddhist monk falls in love with a young boy. Because of love, he eats his body.

Tao Te Ching Chapter 79-3 Contract without payment

Today's Tao

That's why the sage takes the contract, but doesn't ask the person to pay. (Ch.79)


In Today's Tao sentence, "the contract" symbolizes the feelings and thoughts, particularly desire, in a hologram.

"The payment", the fulfillment of them.

Let's make a few things clear.


1. Your feelings and thoughts do not belong to you.

2. They are attached to the hologram.

3. You project the hologram, but don't control it. (☞See Inmo and No mind 49-10)


Now, we are ready to discuss desire.

Desire doesn't belong to you, so you don't have to feel ashamed whatever your desire is.

You should not judge.

Nevertheless, acting directly to fulfill the desire is another thing.

It is worse if you lament the failure of the fulfillment or hold a grudge.

It creates the mental short circuit and blocks the natural flow of Tao. (☞See Brambles 30-3)


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-Tao by Matsumoto / Tao Te Ching / Chapter 79


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☞«Tao Te Ching» Key word comparison (31) / - Dark Depth Female [genpi / xuan pin / hsuan pin] 玄牝 - 玄 [gen / xuan / hsuan] means Dark Depth. 牝 [pi (hin) / pin], Female. This is one of the most important words in Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching. Mr Michael P. Garofalo has done an excellent research and comparison of the various translations. (http://www.egreenway.com/qigong/vstccs2.htm) Thanks to him, we can see easily how they translate 谷神不死, 是謂玄牝 in Chapter 6 / Valley God. / "The Spirit of the perennial spring is said to be immortal, she is called the Mysterious One." On the left, «Tao Te Ching» translated by Dwight Goddard and Henri Borel. / "The Spirit of the Depths is immortal; it is called the Azure Heaven and the Mother Earth." by Frederic Balfour. On the right, «TAO TE CHING TAOISM ULTIMATE COLLECTION - 5 Expert Translations PLUS EXPLANATIONS for BEGINNERS and EVERYONE - For YOU to get EASY UNDERSTANDING of the Tao (also named Dao De Jing, Teh King, New Way)». The book on Kindle includes the translation by Frederic Balfour.

Tao Te Ching Chapter 79-2 Good grudge

Today's Tao

How can you call it good? (Ch.79)


You have successfully suppressed your "big grudge".

You are happy about the power of your will.

Then, you notice that a tiny "remaining grudge" is creeping into your heart.

"How can you call it good?"

Lao Tzu describes the situation with a rhetorical question.

He is saying that, if you are bothered because of the fact that you are not able to erase your "remaining grudge", it is not good.

Since your own self does not belong to you, your own feelings do not belong to you, either.

Your grudge is like the clouds in the sky.

The best attitude to face any bitter feelings like a grudge is to accept them while saying:

"Welcome, my grudge. Enjoy staying with me."


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☞«Tao Te Ching» Key word comparison (30) / - Dark Depth Female [genpi / xuan pin / hsuan pin] 玄牝 - 玄 [gen / xuan / hsuan] means Dark Depth. 牝 [pi (hin) / pin], Female. This is one of the most important words in Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching. Mr Michael P. Garofalo has done an excellent research and comparison of the various translations. (http://www.egreenway.com/qigong/vstccs2.htm) Thanks to him, we can see easily how they translate 谷神不死, 是謂玄牝 in Chapter 6 / Valley God. / "The valley spirit never dies; It is the woman, primal mother." On the left, «Tao Te Ching, 25th-Anniversary Edition (English and Mandarin Chinese Edition)» translated by Jane English and Gia-Fu Feng. / "The spirit of emptiness is immortal. It is called the Great Mother" On the right, «Tao Te Ching: Book of the Way» translated by J. H. McDonald.

Tao Te Ching Chapter 71-2 Radio & Knowing

Today's Tao

Not to know "knowing" is difficult. (Ch.71)


Lao Tzu is saying that it is not difficult at all to learn what "knowing" is.

"Knowing" is part of a hologram, which Zen Buddhists call Inmo. (☞See Inmo and No mind 49-10)

Knowledge is a sort of information that you receive from "outside".

It is in the same way that a radio receiver receives a signal.

As no radio program belongs to its listener, we don't own knowledge.

"Knowing" is receiving.

We receive Love through knowledge.

Knowledge is like money in your bank account.

You draw it when you need it.

In other words, you know all you have to know.

If you don't know about something, it is because you don't have to know it.


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☞«Tao Te Ching» The first line comparison (9) / "The Way that can be told of is not an Unvarying Way:" On the left, «Tao Te Ching (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature)» translated by Arthur Waley. / "The Way that ca be articulately described is not the Unchanging Way." On the right, «Tao Te Ching: An All-New Translation» translated by William Scott Wilson.

Tao Te Ching Chapter 71-1 Learn knowing nothing

Today's Tao

To know "not knowing" is the best. (Ch.71)


You must be a smart person.

Admit it!

You are intelligent, or at least intellectual because you are interested in Taoism and other Oriental philosophies.

You know you are much smarter than others, don't you?

If you are truly smart, of course you know you don't know anything.

Lao Tzu says here that the most knowledgeable person doesn't know anything.

Does it sound contradictory?

Oh, no. Not at all.

It is totally logical because the smartest person knows that knowledge is part of his hologram, which does not belong to him as the clouds in the sky don't.

He is aware that he knows nothing.


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Tao Te Ching Chapter 70-3 Center & Actor

Today's Tao

The words have got the centre. The acts have got an actor. (Ch.70)


Does it bother you if I say your thoughts don't belong to you?

Or, is it a big relief?

Your thoughts and the words, which are supposed to be generated by "your thoughts", are part of your hologram.

They are sort of "sound effects" for your holographic movie.

"Thirty spokes share one hub", says Lao Tzu in Chapter 11. (☞See 30 spokes 11-1)

"Thirty spokes" are beams of light, sort of.

The hub, or the center, is the projector of the 360-degree movie.

In other words, the center is Tao.

All the acts you see are played by holographic actors in order to stimulate true You.

True You are the projector in the center, but you are not responsible for the content of the movie.


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Tao Te Ching Chapter 65-1 Ignorant

Today's Tao

In the old days, those who did Tao well didn't make people bright by it. Instead, they made them ignorant by it. (Ch.65)


Who are "people"?

"People" are you.

If you want to know who you are, look at people around you.

They are you.

Or, more precisely, they are your own self beyond your control, or Tako 他己. (☞ See Tao by Matsumoto / You and non-you)

You use Tao to make yourself more stupid.

The more ignorant you are, the closer to Tao you are.

If you are bright, brilliant, or intelligent, it is difficult to accept that your intelligence is part of the hologram and, therefore, does not belong to you.

That's why Lao Tzu asks you to reduce your knowledge and learn not to learn. (☞ See Reduce 48-1 and Learn no learn 64-18)


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-Tao by Matsumoto / Tao Te Ching / Chapter 65


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☞There are two gems highly recommended. One is Yasunari Kawabata's «The Scarlet Gang's of Asakusa / Asakusa Kurenai-dan» and the other is Yasujiro Ozu's «Tokyo Story / Tokyo monogatari». Both portray the beauty and cruelty of everyday life in Tokyo. The former was written before World War 2 and the latter was shot right after it. The buildings and fashions in Tokyo are no longer the same. The mentality of the people there changed, well, once. Once Tokyo was a symbol of the consumer society. After the two decades of sluggish economy, a new type of consumers is emerging. They are consumers who do not consume a lot. They are post-consumers. They appreciate non-material things more than material ones. They are ready to adore the friendship for survival in «The Scarlet Gang's of Asakusa» and the sensitivity towards person-to-person contacts in «Tokyo Story».

Tao Te Ching Chapter 64-13 Don't stick

Today's Tao

He doesn't stick to anything, so he doesn't lose anything. (Ch.64)


In Chapter 29 and this Chapter 64, Lao Tzu says:

"If you stick to it, you will lose it".

(☞See If you stick to it 29-4 and Stick and Lose 64-11)


Why do you "lose" something if you are attached to it?

Because it is fundamentally against the function of a hologram, which we sometimes call the world, life, or self.

The objective of a hologram is to stimulate Tao's energy to flow.

That's why constant change is very important.

If you are attached to something, you are refusing the change and blocking the natural flow of Tao.

Did you get it?

All right.

Then, let's go a step farther.

Can you really stick to something if you don't possess your own self?

No, you can't, right?

Attachment is also part of your hologram, Inmo butsu 什麼物 the what-on-earth thing.

We don't know where it has come from. (是什麼物恁麼来 [ze inmo butsu inmo rai])

If you don't have anything from the beginning, you cannot lose anything.


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☞Yukio Mishima's «The Sound of Waves / Shiosai» has been cinematized five times. The stars of the times such as Sayuri Yoshinaga and Momoe Yamaguchi acted the leading role Hatsue. Yukio Mishima said that he had been inspired by «Daphnis and Chloe», and Hatsue is the Japanese Chloe. Unfortunately, the DVDs with these legendary actresses are not available at Amazon. This «Animated Classics of Japanese Literature» is "family friendly" and will not embarrass the parents while viewing it.

Tao Te Ching Chapter 57-12 Desire

Today's Tao

"I have no desire and the people become an uncarved block by themselves." (Ch.57)


A: "Master Bonbon, I want to have 'no desire'. What can I do?"

B: "Meditate for thirty years, and you will have no desire."


You don't have to meditate and wait for thirty years.

You have no desire from the beginning.

It doesn't belong to you.

Like your mind, feelings, and the clouds in the sky, desire comes and goes.

This is Inmo 恁麼 in Zen Buddhism.

It is part of your hologram.

"Have no desire" means "Accept the fact that you do not possess desire".

If you do it, you will remember that true You are "an uncarved block", which means Tao.

From now on, you don't have to suffer from your desire.


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-Tao by Matsumoto / Tao Te Ching / Chapter 57


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☞Some gifts can save one's life. He may be suffering simply because he cannot name the cause of his sufferings. Once he names it, he can move on to the next stage. He may find a solution to heal the pain, or he might discover that he was not suffering at all. True gifts of life will help him find his way. These are the books of the kind: Ronald D. Davis's «The Gift of Dyslexia» and Daisetz T. Suzuki's «Manual of Zen Buddhism».

Tao Te Ching Chapter 54-10 See the family

Today's Tao

See the family through the family. (Ch.54)


See Tao through your family.

Family members are a manifestation of Tao.

Then, why do Zen monks have to abandon their family?

That's why they are called Shukke 出家, "leaving the family", isn't it?

This question can be answered by another question.

Have they ever had a family?

No.

Because you do not possess your holograms, which include your family.

Leaving the family is one way to learn that the whole world is a hologram.

Of course, you can choose another way of learning it while listening to all the gibberish of your family members.

You never know, an enlightened layman in eighth-century China, Hokoji 龐居士 / P'ang Yun 龐蘊, may have gone through the same thing.


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-Tao by Matsumoto / Tao Te Ching / Chapter 54


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☞Akira Kurosawa shot «The Idiot» in 1951. The original is Fyodor Dostoyevsky's «The Idiot». Is it difficult to be like a baby after you have reached a certain age? Not at all. Prince Myshkin may give us some hits. Or manga might show us the way. Look at Japan. It took us one and a half millennia to digest Lao Tzu's teachings, but finally we seem to be learning how to be like a baby. The country once inhabited by samurai is now populated with otaku boys and yaoi girls.

Tao Te Ching Chapter 51-12 Dark Depth Attainment

Today's Tao

It is called the attainment of Dark Depth. (Ch.51)


It is called Dark Depth Attainment.

Let's review Dark Depth Attainment.


1. You give birth to the world, which is your hologram. But you do not possess it.

2. Let it work by itself. Don't be attached to its outcome.

3. Remember that you are Tao. Nevertheless, do not dare try to control your hologram.


A useful tip.

To attain Dark Depth, compose your English sentence, always using "one" as its subject, instead of "he", "she", "you", or "I".


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-Tao by Matsumoto / Tao Te Ching / Chapter 51


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☞In Japanese «I Ching» is called "Eki kyo 易経". The book was brought to Japan in the fifth century. Written in the eighth century, «Kojiki» is the oldest history book in Japan. The title means "the book of old matters". It contains fascinating legends such as the creation of the islands by a goddess and her brother (Izanami and Izanagi), the first arousing dance by a Japanese goddess (Ame no Uzume no Mikoto), and the battle against a monster with eight tails (Yamata no Orochi).

Tao Te Ching Chapter 51-9 Possession

Today's Tao

Give birth, but don't possess it. (Ch.51)


You give birth to the world, which is your hologram.

But you don't possess it.

Therefore, you cannot control it.

Therefore, you are not responsible for it.

No one is responsible for it.

The world is:

"是什麼物恁麼来 [ze inmo butsu inmo rai]"

It's like clouds.

We don't have to know where it comes from.

What a relief!


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-Tao by Matsumoto / Tao Te Ching / Chapter 51


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☞It seems to me that Japan is metamorphosing into a post-consumer society. Although most Japanese go through the transformation for the first time, some of the phenomena in its process are not necessarily new historically in the country. To the people of the archipelago, they are like living in reality what they have read in their literature. In «A Strange Tale from East of the River», Kafu Nagai tells us about a girl who illegally wait for her client by the window. In «The Lake», Yasunari Kawabata portrays a man who follows a woman, which has become illegal these days.

Tao Te Ching Chapter 50-2 Life

Today's Tao

Men of life are three in ten. (Ch.50)


30 percent of people are obsessed with "life", Lao Tzu said.

Compared to his time, the number has gone up considerably, I suppose.

It is about time we changed the tendency.

Your life is just a catalyst and hologram.

True You exist outside it.

In other words, your own feelings, thoughts and body come along with the sky, the sea, and the news on TV.

You don't own them.

Therefore, you don't have to suffer from them.


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☞Miyamoto Musashi, the swordsman. Here are some of his precepts. 1. I do not regret things. [ware koto ni oite kokai sezu]. 2. I respect Buddha and gods, but I do not rely on Buddha and gods. [busshin hakkishi, busshin wo tanomazu] 3. Think superficially about body. Think profoundly about life. [mi wo asaku omoi, yo wo fukaku omou]

Tao Te Ching Chapter 24-8 Frustration

Today's Tao

Things may detest them. (Ch.24)


"Things may detest «excessive food and unnecessary conduct»".

They don't like excess.

Well, Tao prefers to be a minimalist, it seems.

"Things" here mean everything in your hologram.

They do not work as you think.

No worries. Your very thoughts are part of your hologram.

When things don't work out as we wish, we get frustrated.

This is perfectly all right.

Your feelings, including frustration, are like the clouds in the sky. You don't possess them.

Or, if you wish, we can say that you create the most suitable frustration for your spiritual development.


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-To Kafu Nagai, staying in the United States of America was a compromise. He was there to make money like any other economic immigrant. His purpose was not to be a millionaire because he was already one. His family had tons of money. Simply, his father did not give him enough. He was there to save enough money to go to France. It was not so easy for a bon vivant like Kafu. He dreamed of the life in the old continent, the poets in Montparnasse and the girls in Montmartre, while staying in Tacoma, Washington.

Tao Te Ching Chapter 16-16 Eternal

Today's Tao

Tao is eternal. (Ch.16)


A: "Would you like to see a football game tonight?"

B: "I am sorry I have no time."

A: "How about a cup of coffee before you leave?"

B: "No, I can't. Even if you buy me an organic Soya bean cream double mocachino from the Michelin three star restaurant downstairs, I can't. I have no time."


We know it very well, don't we?

We have no time.

No one possesses time.

Even Tao doesn't.

Tao has no time.

Time is just a parameter in order to organise incoming information in our brains.

It is like the speed of the wheel of a movie projector.

You are the one who decides the speed.

Everything takes place simultaneously in Tao.

So, everything is ephemeral and eternal.

Have a nice cup of coffee. You are eternal.


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-Tao by Matsumoto / Tao Te Ching / Chapter 16


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-Yasunari Kawabata is a Nobel Prize winner. His other stories and novels are in Japanese school text books. But one of the best pieces cannot and will not be recommended to school children. Or, probably, it should be used in the part of a precautionary measure for girl students. You can take your child to Tchaikovsky's «Sleeping Beauty», but you will never want to read Kawabata's «Sleeping Beauty» to your child.

Tao Te Ching Chapter 10-11 Don't possess it

Today's Tao

Give birth, but don't possess it. (Ch.10)


Though you are the mother of your hologram, which is the world in front of you, it is not yours.

Don't try to control it.

If you try to possess it, you will be possessed by it.

Watch out Satori! Don't be possessed by the idea.


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Tao Te Ching Chapter 2-10 No possession

Today's Tao

Though something is born, he does not possess it. (Ch.2)


It sounds like a communist ideal, but it is not like that at all.

A wise man simply doesn't rely on his possessions.

Because he knows that possessing something and not possessing it are the same in his hologram.

The whole world belongs to him.

Of course, it does to you, too.

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-Don't stay 2-12
-Don't go away 2-13
-Tao by Matsumoto / Tao Te Ching / Chapter 2


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