…of the snow is on the branch the branch drops and the snow falls off and the branch comes up again. That's Wu Wei. Zhuangzi tells a lovely tale that a sage was wandering along the bank of a river near an enormous cataract, and suddenly, way up beyond…

…Zi ran, that that which is so of itself implies no boss. So in the same way they would look at the human body. Zhuangzi discusses the human body and says: which organ do you prefer? And shows there is no chief organ. There could be an argument between…

…We can read it straight out of zhuangzi in the dialogue between Lao Tzu and Confucius. You know it's a apocryphal dialogue. Zhuangzi was a great humorist and he used the most outrageous stories and examples to illustrate his points and so he put into…

…book. There are quite some touches of humor in the writings of meister Eckhart, but the most humorous mystic is the Chinese Zhuangzi. I'm happy to say that zhuangzi has been republished at last. There is an edition of h a Giles's Translation, although you…

…one and many, just as the atom, thus finding from thyself a way out of thyself. The same thought is expressed by the Taoist Zhuangzi when he says: you move but you do not know whence movement begins. You REST but you do not know how you come to…

…hold of the no thought in the midst of thoughts. So that means having a mind that is in a way like a mirror. Zhuangzi, the Chinese Taoist said: the perfect man employs his mind as a mirror. It grasps nothing, it refuses nothing it receives but does…

…And it's interesting, you know that if you're proficient people in Zen suppose that it's said that they don't have any dreams. Zhuangzi, the Taoist philosopher, says that when a wise man sleeps he breathes deeply from his heels and is without dreams, so…

…of self consciousness, like that man fishing. Now you would think if you studied daoist philosophy that this would be very bad. Zhuangzi somewhere says that a comfortable belt is one that you don't feel and you're unaware of it. That's not the most…

…feel that the writing, the written word, is purely incidental. It is not the point, and indeed it can be a very serious obstacle. Zhuangzi, a Taoist Sage once said: just as a dog is not considered a good dog just for being a good barker, a man is…

…like to have experienced satori enlightenment he said it's just like ordinary everyday experience, but about two inches off the ground. Zhuangzi, the Taoist said it is easy enough to stand still. The difficulty is to walk without touching the ground. Why do…

…But it's the writings of another Great Chinese Daoist philosopher and I'll write his name down. He is called zhuangzi. Zhuangzi is an absolutely delightful person, one of the most humorous philosophers who ever wrote. He's very, very entertaining to read.…

…that 自然, that that which is so of itself implies no boss. So in the same way they would look at the human body. Zhuangzi discusses the human body and says: which organ do you prefer? And it shows there is no chief organ. There could be an argument…

…the water or a ping pong ball in a mountain stream. So that's the art of Taoism, That's the whole thing, that's. Wu Wei Zhuangzi has the funniest tales about this. He often says people who are trying to help things along are a nuisance. All the do…

…the name of zhuangzi or zhuangzhu, who wrote probably about 350 a d in the tradition of Laozi and the tao te Ching. Zhuangzi elaborated the doctrine. But his whole work is full of the most marvelous anecdotes in which one of his pedagogical devices is…

…you before or said it to some of you before but it cannot be stressed too often. The Chinese Sage who was a Taoist, Zhuangzi, said once the perfect man employs his mind as a mirror, it grasps nothing, it refuses nothing, it receives but does not keep.…

…view a that the world is a game and that it is fundamentally harmonious and that good and evil are ultimately reconciled. Zhuangzi says in his book: those who would have good government without its opposite misrule do not understand the great principles of…

…of the snow is on the branch the branch drops and the snow falls off and the branch comes up again. That's Wu Wei. Zhuangzi tells a lovely tale that a sage was wandering along the bank of a river near an enormous cataract and suddenly, way up beyond…

…as its interior design the awakening of the mind to polarity that I was talking to you yesterday, this thing of mutual arising. Zhuangzi tells a story about this. He says a certain keeper of monkeys said with regard to their ration of nuts, that each…

…don't sing that now because we've got too much social conscience. I think I probably read this passage yesterday, maybe I didn't. Zhuangzi has this to say about it. Zhuangzi those who say that they would have right without its correlate wrong, or good…

…much social conscience. I think I probably read this passage yesterday, maybe I didn't. Zhuangzi has this to say about it. Zhuangzi those who say that they would have right without its correlate wrong, or good government without its correlate misrule, do…

…high order of person. It means that his psychic center doesn't get in its own way. It operates as if it wasn't there. Zhuangzi says that the highest form of man uses his shin like a mirror. It grasps nothing, it refuses nothing, it receives but does…

…high order of person. It means that his psychic center doesn't get in its own way, it operates as if it wasn't there. Zhuangzi says that the highest form of man uses his shin like a mirror. It grasps nothing, it refuses nothing, it receives but does…

…of self consciousness, like that man fishing. Now you would think if you studied Taoist Philosophy that this would be very bad. Zhuangzi somewhere says that a comfortable belt is one that you don't feel and you're unaware of it. That's not the most…