Tao Wisdom
TAO (道), also known as The
Way or Tao wisdom, is the ancient wisdom from China
Tao Te Ching (道德經) is an ancient Chinese classic
on human wisdom. This unique piece of literature is one of the most translated
books in human history and world literature. The book is a beautiful
collection of Chinese wisdom poetry, in which the author expresses his wisdom
in living life in all of its beauty and joy, as well as in all of its pain
and sorrow. The language is simple and poetic, but controversial and paradoxical.
”My words are easy to understand
and
easy to perform,
Yet no man under heaven
Yet no man under heaven
knows them or practices them.”
(Tao Te Ching, Chapter 70)
Above all, Tao wisdom is inspiring and intriguing.
There are altogether 81 short chapters, expressed in only 5,000 words. It
must be pointed out that there was no punctuation in the original
text. Given that each word In the Chinese language may be capable of
having multiple meanings, the text without any punctuation is open to many
different interpretations. A plausible explanation was that Lao Tzu was very
much reluctant to express his wisdom in words. As a matter of fact, according
to the legend, at that time he was at the point of leaving China for Tibet
Tao wisdom from Tao Te Ching is intriguing because
it is simple and open to various different interpretations. It is like the
three blind men, touching different parts of an elephant, who try to describe
what an elephant may look like.
Tao wisdom focuses on letting go of the ego, which is the source and the
underlying cause of all human miseries and life problems. Without the ego, we
do not have to overdo what we want to accomplish; without overdoing, we have no
worry of the outcome; with no expectation, we believe in spontaneity, i.e. all things
follow a natural cycle, such as life is inevitably followed by death;
understanding spontaneity, we live in the present.
Stephen Lau
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Stephen Lau
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