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Posted by Bao Pu
on 2/7/2009, 6:35 am, in reply to "Why Did Lao Tzu Write the TTC ?"
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: I have a freind that's really into Tao. He
: says there's nothing to do, nothing to be,
: that everything is perfect.
: I don't understand, I get something
: completely different from reading Lao Tzu.
: If there was nothing to do, no steps to
: take, everything is just hunkey dorey as it
: is.....Then why the heck write a book about
: it, wouldn't he be concerned he might upset
: the apple cart. Wouldn't he just leave
: well-enough alone ?
Hi Puddinhead,
Well, there are no imperatives, nothing we must do, if we don't care how our lives unfold.
If we do care, then there are some things we can do save ourselves from mental suffering, an early death, and frequent failure.
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"The Tao is basically utterly open. Utter openeness has no substance. It ends in endlessness, begins in beginninglessnes".
-Li Daoqun
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