Greetings, DailyDao Members. Your faithful (but busy) moderator, now brings you something a 'tad' different. Tomorrow's post will begin a new TaoTeChing, but...
57. Conquer with Inaction Do not control the people with laws, Nor violence nor espionage, But conquer them with inaction. For: The more morals and taboos...
56. Impartiality Who understands does not preach; Who preaches does not understand. Reserve your judgments and words; Smooth differences and forgive...
55. Soft Bones Who is filled with harmony is like a newborn. Wasps and snakes will not bite him; Hawks and tigers will not claw him. His bones are soft yet his...
51. Nurture The Way bears all things; Harmony nurtures them; Nature shapes them; Use completes them. Each follows the Way and honours harmony, Not by law, But...
50. Death Men flow into life, and ebb into death. Some are filled with life; Some are empty with death; Some hold fast to life, and thereby perish, For life is...
49. People The sage does not distinguish between himself and the world; The needs of other people are as his own. He is good to those who are good; He is also...
48. Inaction The follower of knowledge learns as much as he can every day; The follower of the Way forgets as much as he can every day. By attrition he reaches...
44. Contentment Health or reputation: which is held dearer? Health or possessions: which has more worth? Profit or loss: which is more troublesome? Great love...
Merry meet, all members. Many thanks to Chris Childs and Kevin Slater, who have so generously offered to be moderator and co-moderator of this list. Petra...
My first posting as moderator, please be patient. Chris 43. Overcoming Water overcomes the stone; Without substance it requires no opening; This is the benefit...
Merry meet to all members. It is with a very heavy heart that I tell you this. I will have to find someone else to start posting these DailyDao messages or,...
Hello, I invite every person interested in Sri Anandamayi Ma (1896-1982) to subscribe to my group. Anandamayi http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Anandamayi Note:...
thank you so much for sending this to us all. it is a beautiful rendition. i wonder about lines 5 and 6. could someone clarify what is being said here please....
From: "Guy Stewart" <guy@...> Petra, great idea. As I've read through some of the passages over the past several weeks, I've had questions about how...
Merry meet, all. Today we start we a new translation of the Daily Dao. This one is from Lin Yutang. Book One: The Character of Tao 1. On the Absolute Tao The...
In compiling my Dao files, I find I am without #1 and #76 of the first, Morgan post. Would anyone have these saved and, if so, could you post them, or e-mail...
- Heaviness is the root of lightness. Composure is the ruler of instability. Therefore the sage travels all day Without putting down his heavy load. Though...
... Does anyone have the first chapter of the 1'st Daily Dao book that was posted? Could you post, or e-mail it? I just looked, and for some reason it's the...
Merry meet, all, and thanks for resonding to me when, in a moment of ego, I poutily made a snide comment about not knowing if people have read or enjoyed the...
Sorry, fellow followers of the Path. There's too much change going on in my life right now. As you've noticed I've only sporadically been posting new chapters,...
Good morning, While I am brand new to this list, subscribed yesterday only- and have no idea of your Source material- which translation.. to help I send this ...
27. A good traveler leaves no tracks. Good speech lacks faultfinding. A good counter needs no calculator. A well-shut door will stay closed without a latch. ...
- Standing on tiptoe, you are unsteady. Straddle-legged, you cannot go. If you show yourself, you will not be seen. If you affirm yourself, you will not shine....
- There is something that is perfect in its disorder Which is born before Heaven and Earth. So silent and desolate! It establishes itself without renewal. ...
- To speak little is natural. Therefore a gale does not blow a whole morning Nor does a downpour last a whole day. Who does these things? Heaven and Earth. If...
I have not been a member of this group long nor have I read the archives so you may have commented on this translation already. If not however I thought...
