Required Literature
Tao Te Ching
Chapter 22 discusses the idea of rebirth when one finds the right path. They are filled with a rekindled energy that is found in the soul. This rebirth can only occur when a person decides to not be boastful anymore and to be comfortable with himself in solitude being surrounded by nature and peace.
Chapter 24 talks about not being proud of what path a person has chosen for himself regardless of whether the path is righteousness or not. Do not boast because it will lead a person astray from nirvana. Do not gloat about the path one has chosen only show others through your dedication that the righteous path is the path to nirvana.
Chapter 25 provides the reader with a complex idea of what is Tao. Tao is everything. Tao is the energy that flows in and out of human beings and nature. Tao is the wind, the Earth, the Heavens. Tao is everything and nothing at the same time.
Chapter 32 if the Tao was a physical thing that could be seen by everyone then it would be easier to embrace as an idea. The difficult part and the reason that Tao is the way that it is, is because only the people that seek it shall find the Tao if that is what the hearts true path is.
Chapter 37 states that if there is an absence of desire then everything would be as it should be and that is Tao.
Chapter 49 talks about the way that a follower should treat everyone around them. Regardless of how a person treats the follower the follower should always be kind. If a person acts wrongly, the follower should still treat them as if nothing had happened because the follower must contain a feeling of indifference towards everyone and focus on teaching the students that need to be learned.
Chapter 53 the Tao does not want recognition. Tao is available for the people that do not boast about finding it; Tao is the opposite of boastful. Although Tao is the way, it does not make others feel smaller by glorifying its own power and should not be glorified by others.
Chapter 56 talks about how the man that has discovered Tao will not be quick to talk about it although the man that does not know Tao will try to should like he does and speak feely trying to convince everyone he passes that he has found Tao. Tao is a lifestyle and is displayed without effort when one has found Tao.
Chapter 77 demonstrates that a man that finds the Tao does not boast because his efforts were not his own. The Tao awakened inside him and works through him and these are not his personal efforts to boast about.
Chapter 79 states that people that do not know Tao are bitter and hurt when things do not go in their favor. The man that knows Tao knows that it does not matter for life will go on and continue with or without discontentment.
Tao Te Ching
Chapter 22 discusses the idea of rebirth when one finds the right path. They are filled with a rekindled energy that is found in the soul. This rebirth can only occur when a person decides to not be boastful anymore and to be comfortable with himself in solitude being surrounded by nature and peace.
Chapter 24 talks about not being proud of what path a person has chosen for himself regardless of whether the path is righteousness or not. Do not boast because it will lead a person astray from nirvana. Do not gloat about the path one has chosen only show others through your dedication that the righteous path is the path to nirvana.
Chapter 25 provides the reader with a complex idea of what is Tao. Tao is everything. Tao is the energy that flows in and out of human beings and nature. Tao is the wind, the Earth, the Heavens. Tao is everything and nothing at the same time.
Chapter 32 if the Tao was a physical thing that could be seen by everyone then it would be easier to embrace as an idea. The difficult part and the reason that Tao is the way that it is, is because only the people that seek it shall find the Tao if that is what the hearts true path is.
Chapter 37 states that if there is an absence of desire then everything would be as it should be and that is Tao.
Chapter 49 talks about the way that a follower should treat everyone around them. Regardless of how a person treats the follower the follower should always be kind. If a person acts wrongly, the follower should still treat them as if nothing had happened because the follower must contain a feeling of indifference towards everyone and focus on teaching the students that need to be learned.
Chapter 53 the Tao does not want recognition. Tao is available for the people that do not boast about finding it; Tao is the opposite of boastful. Although Tao is the way, it does not make others feel smaller by glorifying its own power and should not be glorified by others.
Chapter 56 talks about how the man that has discovered Tao will not be quick to talk about it although the man that does not know Tao will try to should like he does and speak feely trying to convince everyone he passes that he has found Tao. Tao is a lifestyle and is displayed without effort when one has found Tao.
Chapter 77 demonstrates that a man that finds the Tao does not boast because his efforts were not his own. The Tao awakened inside him and works through him and these are not his personal efforts to boast about.
Chapter 79 states that people that do not know Tao are bitter and hurt when things do not go in their favor. The man that knows Tao knows that it does not matter for life will go on and continue with or without discontentment.
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