martes, 4 de diciembre de 2007

Tao Te Ching, 13-28

Chapter Thirteen has alot of wu-wei because it talks about accepting tragedy easily and without a fight, because in this way one is more compliant with the Tao.

Chapter fourteen talks about the "mystery" I believe and again that the Tao as the beginning truly has no beginning and therefore no end, so those who follow the Tao will themselves have no end. This makes me think about how fear of the death is a universal fear and how most religions are popular because they give hope about life after death, how there is a place people will go, life will not simply end.

The Tao also seems to draw and talk about the past alot, especially when talking of the beginning, which is reminiscent of the Analects where Confucius drew heavily on the past, which is exemplified by his talking of the Odes.

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