Today's Tao / No gold 9-3

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No one can protect gold and jade safely if they fill a hall. (9-3)

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1. Thus, something can be useful because nothingness is working. / Por tanto, algo puede ser útil porque «nada» funciona. (Ch.11 / Bad luck)

2. It stays at the place which many people think is bad. / Se queda en el lugar donde mucha gente piensa que es malo. (Ch.8 / Emptiness)

3. It's simply unsatisfactory. That's why they are not satisfied. / Es simplemente insatisfactoria. Es por eso que no están satisfechos. (Ch.72 / Bad luck)

«Interpretation»

Bad luck - Emptiness - Bad luck. Do you wonder why Taoism or Zen Buddhism is difficult to apply to your life? Do you say to yourself that you are just a beginner and haven't really spent enough time practicing it like a master in the exotic costume with more than 30 years of experience behind him? Or, do you regret refusing to pay when they told that you hadn't reached the enlightenment or Satori because your financial contribution was not enough? If so, please remember that nothingness/Tao is always working behind everything. In other words, you are living in the Satori enlightenment all the time without any effort. Never ever think that you have to go through a superhuman mortification before you get there. Please don't think that the practice will make you better either than before or than the others. Water stays in the bad place, not in a better place. Do you feel uneasy? Congratulations! It is exactly what you feel when you remember you are always one with Tao. With this «Big's fear», let's have more Love/Tao circulate. This is the Taoist economy. You are more than ready to apply it to your life.


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Today's Tao / Don't be sharp 9-2

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If you hammer and sharpen it, you cannot keep it long. (9-2)

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1. Five Colors make man's eyes blind. / Los Cinco Colores ciegan los ojos del hombre.
(Ch.12 / Little luck)

2. It is not brilliant even if it is above it. / Aun si está encima de ella, no es brillante.
(Ch. 14 / Emptiness)

3. Heaven's Tao reduces excess and supplies what it lacking. / El Tao del cielo reduce exceso y provee lo que falta. (Ch.77 / Tao)


«Interpretation»

Little luck - Emptiness - Tao. Do you wonder how the human beings can improve this world full of injustice? Do you shed tears when you see the image of suffering children or animals on the TV set? Or do you wonder how the Big Brother manipulates you with some subliminal messages incorporated in a video game? If so, please ask yourself if «Five Colors are not making you blind»? In other words, aren't you infuriated with some external signals sent by some superficial beings? Please remember an useful and indispensable Buddhist concept called Hossho 法性, Manifestation of Tao's nature. 1) Don't get upset by what you see, especially on TV. 2) Remember that it is Tao's manifestation (=hologram). So, don't judge it. 3) Accept all the hologram with gratitude, while sending Love… Well, do you still want to keep saying silly things like: "We have to improve this world"?


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Today's Tao / Don't keep it filled up 9-1

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You had better stop keeping it filled up. (9-1)

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1. A right thing returns to be spooky. / Una cosa correcta vuelve a ser siniestra. (Ch.58 Middle luck)

2. It blurs, and has not been exhausted! / Hace borroso, y no se ha agotado. (Ch.20 / Middle luck)

3. He doesn't boast. So, he is the best. / No hace alarde. Por eso, es lo mejor. (Ch.22 / Middle luck)


«Interpretation»

Middle luck - Middle luck - Middle luck. Do you wonder if the governments and the bankers are doing the right thing? Do you want to cry out that they are making horrendous decisions and disastrous choices? Then, don't you wonder what Lao Tzu might do if he was in their shoes? Let's look at Today's Koan horoscope. «Middle luck - Middle luck - Middle luck» shows you the importance of being in the middle without making a drastic decision, or rather, without making any decision. Aren't you obsessed with «doing the right thing» all the time? The history has shown us that all the horrifying man-made disasters were created while they are «doing the right thing». Be like water. Lao Tzu's best political and financial strategy is «doing nothing». It is not prohibiting any movement of your body or mind. It is to do anything while knowing that you are doing nothing in your holographic world whatever you are doing. Please remember the baby Buddha's first words right after his birth: "(You are) the only respectable being, (who projects your hologram)."


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Today's Tao / Water never errs 8-5

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Simply, it never contends, so it never errs. (8-5)

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1. Longness and shortness need each other. / Dificultad y facilidad se necesitan mutuamente.
(Ch.2 / Tao)

2. If you underestimate the enemy, you have almost lost my treasures. / Si subestima al enemigo, casi ha perdido mis tesoros. (Ch.69 / Bad luck)

3. The weak beats the strong. / Lo débil vence lo fuerte. (Ch.78 / Middle luck)


«Interpretation»

Tao - Bad luck - Middle luck. Do you wonder why some people are so obsessed with money? Do you wonder why you are always short of money? Or, do you wonder how you can hide something valuable; gold, diamonds or any sort of treasure? Then, don't underestimate your enemy. Which enemy? Your biggest enemy is your dichotomy. In order to simplify your situations, don't you classify them into good or bad? Remember your true treasures are not tangible. In Taoism, 1) Sending Love, 2) Wasting nothing, and 3) Trying not to be the first. In Buddhism, 1) Buddha, 2) Manifestation, and 3) Company/Monk. Is it difficult to be a fool who thinks that money is Tao/Buddha's manifestation?


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Today's Tao / Water is close to Tao 8-4

«Today's Tao»

Therefore, it is close to Tao. (8-4)

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1. About these three things, the words don't seem to be enough. Therefore, I am forced to add something. / Acerca de estas tres cosas, las palabras no parecen ser suficientes. Por tanto, me veo obligado a añadir algo. (Ch.19 / Little luck)

2. Acceptance is the public. / La aceptación es el público. (Ch.16 / Emptiness)

3. Though things grow thick, respectively they go back to their root. / Aunque las cosas crecen gruesas, vuelven a sus raíces respectivamente. (Ch.16 / Tao)


«Interpretation»

Little luck - Emptiness - Tao. Do you wonder when the next financial crisis will take place? Do you want to ask any financial gurus how you can avoid any damage caused by the fluctuating oil prices and on-going regional warfare? Do you want to look to any concept if you can profit from the current socio-economic situation, saying: "It doesn't matter if it is a voodoo economy or hoodoo sociology."?If it is the case, why don't you try the Taoist economy and Zen sociology? Neither Lao Tzu nor Zen Master Dogen is a prophet, so both don't ask you to gain, predicting what will happen next, but they teach you how have to treat the economy and the society. Accept all as they are. Then, everything transform itself naturally, without your judgement. For you project others, and they define you.


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