Sunday, December 2, 2012

Tao Te Ching Chapter 52 Enlightenment (playlist)




What is the enlightenment or Satori. How can you get it? Many people have these questions. In the original text, the Kanji / Chinese character 常 [jo], which means constancy, is used to express "enlightenment".

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In Chapter 16, Lao Tzu says:
"Going back to the destiny is called constancy. Learning constancy is called enlightenment."

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The "beginning" is the mother of the hologram.
In Zen Buddhism, it is called Bumo misho izen 父母未生以前, which means "the state before the father and the mother are born".

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"Pine trees are time. Bamboo trees are time, too."
(Zen Master Dogen, Uji 有時, «Shobogenzo»)

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If you want to watch all the videos of Chapter 52 Enlightenment, please use this Playlist below.

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