Taoist Wisdom
A great brightness seems like darkness; a great square has no corners; a great ability takes a long time to perfect; a great sound is hard to hear; a great form has no shape. It also said that a great perfection seems flawed; a great fullness seems empty; a great straightness seems crooked; a great skill seems clumsy and a great eloquence seems stammering.
~ Wise words from Taoism, Religion of China
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The Chinese concept of yin and yang describes nature in daulities with two opposite, complementary, and interdependent forces. In simple words, two halves balancing together that make a whole. Yin and yang always flows and changes with time. Examining and understanding these patterns in ourselves and around us brings more balance in life. Examining and understanding these patterns in ourselves and around us brings more balance in life. All things carry the yin while embrace the yang. Neutralising energy brings them into harmony. Accepting true constants in life, change and death facts can release us from as much suffering and bring freedom in life. We must remember to let go of the past, and allow life to take its course. To me simplicity, patience, compassion are our greatest treasures. Great quotes.
Thank you Rinpoche for sharing.
In Ancient Chinese philosophy, yin and yang is a concept of dualism either of good and bad. Good and bad alone doesn’t do anything. It’s how they interact with each other that matters. Great quotes.
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Yin yang is a complex concept in Chinese culture that has developed over thousands of years. They have been applying the concept of yin and yang in their daily lives. Taoists believe that the path to wisdom and happiness involves emptying the mind and settling into a deep stillness. What I understand from those beautiful words is learning to let go, while staying detached and behaving simply. We will see our effectiveness grow , do not glorify ourselves and always display ourselves in a humble manner.
Thank you Rinpoche for these great words of wisdom
In my humble opinion, these great words of the Taoist Wisdom work hand in hand with Buddhist Wisdom that talks about letting go of our fixated projection and expectation on how things are. Because of our limited exposure, we only see things our way and out of ignorance, we refuse to see it in any other way. This becomes the cause of world’s many misdemeanors that lead to unmistakable sufferings! There is always two sides to a coin, isn’t it? it’s not hard to think it through.
Thank you Rinpoche for these great words of wisdom.
These words seem ‘to go against’ the way our mind is habituated to work. We tend to see perfection and imperfection, black and white as two absolute and opposite concepts and we lull ourselves into believing what we see.
Unfortunately, the truth or reality is contained in these words of wisdom, not in what we perceive it to be.There is no absolute perfection and there is no absolute imperfection, no absolute squareness nor roundness, no complete darkness nor light.There is no total goodness nor total evil.These are concepts of our dualistic mind.
This is a world of imperfections. Yet we try to work towards perfection. Buddhists, for instance, have taken the vow of not killing. We try to consciously not kill wherever we can. We go Vegetarian so as not to kill or be implicated in the killing of animals by taking meat.But this is is Samsara. We cannot be perfect in the keeping of this vow. We cannot totally avoid killing, like being implicated in the killing of insects through pesticides used on the vegetables we take.We also ‘kill’ insects or other forms of life in the earth when we tread on the ground.Yet being aware and accepting this, we make conscious choices to avoid killing when we can. In this case, we opt to be Vegetarian.(But maybe one of the reasons we need to strife to be fully enlightened with Bodhicitta in our mindstream is so that we can bless these mother beings who are inadvertently killed or have to be killed, for good rebirths).
Thank you very much Rinpoche for this quote and all the posts you make, which must take hours out of your day.