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Back to SearchVerse 5 Tao Te Ching Discussion with Sensei Elliston
Craig M. prepared great questions this week for Sensei on verse 5. Sensei Elliston shares his thoughts on the 5th verse of the Tao Te Ching from a Ze…
5 years, 1 month ago
Chuang Tzu – The Lost Pearl!
We search everywhere for what we think will make us happy. If we are fortunate, we find that we had what we were really in need of all along. That is…
5 years, 2 months ago
Chuang Tzu – How Deep Is Tao!
More discussion of the characteristics of someone practicing the kingly life, living in "the way" or "the Tao." The Tao thrives in stillness. What ar…
5 years, 2 months ago
Chuang Tzu – The Kingly Man!
The kingly man is content in all things. We saw this as another example of Wu Wei – learning to live in the moment, with no agenda or selfish motives…
5 years, 2 months ago
Verse 4 Tao Te Ching Discussion with Sensei Elliston
Sensei leads us in meditation training with a short meditation. He then shares his thoughts on the 4th verse of the Tao Te Ching from a Zen perspecti…
5 years, 3 months ago
Chuang Tzu – Leaving Things Alone!
The title says it all. Another view of the Wu Wei from a slightly different angle. How do we not interfere, allow, stay in balance, be at rest, be hu…
5 years, 3 months ago
Chuang Tzu – What Would a Taoist Pray and Cracking the Safe!
Before our discussion of this story, we discussed prayer - what we thought a Taoist would pray. Concerning the story, we talked about how our fears k…
5 years, 3 months ago
Chuang Tzu – Two Kings and No-Form!
The road to hell is paved with good intentions. A good discussion of how difficult it is to let go and let God. The more we try to fix and control, t…
5 years, 3 months ago
Chuang Tzu – Monkey Mountain!
I want to thank Craig M. for filling in as host. A listener, Devin P, requested this story, which was close to the end of the book, so we moved it up…
5 years, 4 months ago
Chuang Tzu – Man is Born in Tao!
Excellent discussion on the Moral of this story: "All the fish needs is to get lost in water. All man needs is to get lost in Tao." How do you get lo…
5 years, 4 months ago