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Archive for December, 2008

Chapter 59

[display_podcast] Chapter 59 For governing people and serving the heaven, nothing is better than frugality. Only frugality enables the pre-empty measures. Pre-empty measures mean a great accumulation of Action. A great accumulation of Action leaves nothing to be conquered. When nothing needs to be conquered, No-boundary is known. When no-boundary is known, it allows the [...]

Chapter 58

[display_podcast] Chapter 58 When the government is silent, people are sincere. When the government is intrusive, the state is decisive. Disaster is what fortune depends upon, Fortune is what disaster subdues. Who knows a final outcome? There is no right lawfulness. Justice tends towards the extreme. Kindness tends towards evil. People have been familiar with [...]

Chapter 57

[display_podcast] Chapter 57 Using the right lawfulness to govern the country. Using unexpectancy to conduct the battle. Using disengagement to take over the world. How do I know this is so? Thus. The more prohibitions there are in the world, the poorer people will be. The more destructive weapons people have, the more chaotic the [...]

Chapter 56

[display_podcast] Chapter 56 Those who know, do not say. Those who say, do not know. Close the mouth. Shut the door. Merge into light. As ordinary as dust. Blunt the sharpness. Unravel the entanglements. This is called mysterious sameness. You are not intimate by acquiring it; You are not distant in not acquiring it. You [...]

Chapter 55

[display_podcast] Chapter 55 Action in its profundity is like a newborn baby. Poisonous insects and venomous snakes do not sting it. Predatory birds and ferocious animals do not seize it. Its bones are soft and its sinews supple, yet its grasp is firm; Without knowing the union of male and female, its organs become aroused. [...]

Chapter 54

[display_podcast] Chapter 54 What is well-built is not pulled down. What is well-fastened is not separated. Sons and grandsons worship unceasingly. Cultivate the self, and the Action is pure. Cultivate the family, the Action is plentiful. Cultivate the community, the Action endures. Cultivate the nation, the Action is fruitful. Cultivate the world, the Action is [...]

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