“The name that can be named is not the eternal name.” What does Tao Te Ching mean? None of the three words in the title of the book by Lao Tzu is in English, so we will need to look at the original Chinese characters to find out what it means. First, let us see the three…
According to Lao Tzu, if you can master the art of non-doing, you would be able to accomplish anything you want. ‘Do nothing and get everything undone’, says he. This is what we know as non-doing, or wuwei. How is this possible? Many people find it perplexing. This is especially we’re so used to doing…
Tao transcends any distinctions in names Taoist is a very loose term. When we talk about Taoism, the first person who would most likely come into our mind is Lao Tzu and, of course, his famously difficult text to read Tao Te Ching! Lao Tzu was, however, unlikely to know that he was a ‘Taoist’…
Do you like to stay up late at night, thinking that you can make up for the loss of sleep next day by waking up late or taking a nap? From the perspective of the yin-yang theory, it is a wishful thinking. Remember that you are part of the universe — and cannot afford to…
So stay gentle and soft. You can achieve this by letting go and allowing life to be! If you want vitality and vigor, avoid being hard and stiff. When a baby is born, she is totally soft and gentle. She is at the stage of her life cycle where vitality is most evident. She doubles her birth weight…
Yin-yang balance is a state of harmony. If yin is what you want and yang is what you can do, there is no imbalance between the two forces in the state of yin-yang balance. They match! It is a wonderful state of emotional stability that allows you to focus more, leading to better productivity and achievements….
Tao is the greatest non-being in the universe & it’s in you Being and non-being are two very important concepts introduced by Lao Tzu in Tao Te Ching. If you don’t know the difference between them, it is very hard for you to appreciate the wisdom of the book. In the original text, being is…
While wuwei is effortless, arriving at the state of wuwei usually requires effort The key takeaway of Tao Te Ching is the concept of wuwei, which literally means non-doing, or doing nothing. “The Tao never does, yet through it everything is done. If princes and dukes can keep the Tao, the world will of its own…
There is no reason you cannot experience Tao in a concrete jungle Probably inspired by Lao Tzu’s saying ‘Tao models itself after nature’; many people have associated experiencing Tao as going back to nature. As and when Tao is mentioned, it is often accompanied by pictures of tranquil seaside, beautiful stream, robust jungle and the like….
A rose is a rose! “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet,” says Juliet to Romeo in the play of William Shakespeare. Even if you don’t call it a rose, it’s still a rose; and it’s going to smell the same. A name serves only to give…
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