What Is Yin Mountain Daoist Immortal Poetry? Levitt & Rebecca Nie
The Valley Spirit never dies. It is called the Mysterious Female. The gateway of this Mysterious Female is the source of heaven and earth. ~ Dao De Jing
Tao Te Ching: What is Hidden Yet Shines In Every Corner? Jonathan Star
“… So deep, so pure, so still …” ~ Lao Tzu
Alan Watts Talking Zen: What Are The Taoist Ways & Its 3 Keys?
” … The philosophy of Tao sees humanity as a part of nature rather than dominating it …” ~ Alan Watts
Alan Watts Taoist Ways: Seeing Through The Great Social Lie?
“… My inside is not separable from the outside world … the one who either dominates the world or suffers under it … has vanished … never was there …” ~ Alan Watts
Quietism: Laotzu’s The Way Of Life: Verse 16 via Witter Bynner
“… Become totally empty Quiet the restlessness of the mind …” ~ Laotzu (verse 16 excerpt from Jonathan Star’s translation)
Order & Li: What & Why Important? Alan Watts Taoist Ways
“… The tao is a certain kind of order, and this kind of order is not quite what we call order … when you look at a plant it is perfectly obvious that the plant has order … In the Chinese language this is called li …” ~ Alan Watts
Taoist Ways Alan Watts: What’s Wu-Wei And Why Is It Important?
” … Wu-wei means always acting in accord with the pattern of things as they exist …” ~ Alan Watts
Tao Te Ching: What is Nameless Yet Origin of All Things? Jonathan Star
“… Tao is both Named and Nameless. As Nameless, it is the origin of all things. As Named, it is the mother of all things ~ Lao Tzu
Tao Is … via Thomas Merton
“… There is nowhere it {Tao} is not to be found …” ~ Thomas Merton
Tao: Even More Glimpses … via Jonathan Star
Tao: “… a still mind can easily hold the truth. The difficulties yet to come can easily be avoided …” ~ Lao Tzu
The Way: Sufi Tao – Elias Amidon
“The way we follow … flows everywhere without moving, never straying from this moment.” ~ Elias Amidon
Empty Boat – Chuang Tzu & Thomas Merton
empty boat: “… This is perfect Tao. Wise men find here their resting place. Resting, they are empty …” ~ Chuang Tzu
The Tao: Another Glimpse … via Jonathan Star
The Tao: “… When there is silence one finds peace. When there is silence one finds the anchor of the universe within himself …” ~ Lao Tzu
Tao Te Ching: A Glimpse … via Jonathan Star
“… {Man}He was made to sit quietly and find the truth within …” ~ Lao Tzu
Poems of Fulfillment by Lao Tzu
“… Returning to the source is serenity …” ~ Lao Tzu
Seng-Ts’an: The Mind of Absolute Trust
“… God [The Self] is a circle whose centre is everywhere and circumference nowhere …” ~ Carl Jung quoting St.Bonaventure
Taoism – Loy Ching-Yuen: To Know Tao
“To know Tao … meditate and still the mind …” ~ Loy Ching-Yuen
The Tao: Older than God
The Tao… is older than God. ~ Lao Tzu
Lao Tzu: Manifestations and Mystery
Know the manifestations but hold to the mystery. ~ Lao Tzu
Rest: Retire to the Center of Your Being
To know Tao Meditate And still the mind … … ~ Loy Ching Yuen We are taking a brief rest … so there is no newsletter this week … if you are interested, here’s our most recent newsletter, titled : Sanbo Zen, Simplicity of What Is, Nonduality & More … and our newsletter archives. Meantime …
