Tao Te Ching InDepth

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Tao Te Ching In-Depth

• Chapter 13
• October 12, 2008

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Upcoming Schedule

• October 12
• Autumn Ritual (Short Meeting)
• October 19
• Tao Te Ching Lecture Chapter 13
• October 26
• Tao Te Ching Lecture Chapter 14
• November 2
• Tao Te Ching Lecture Chapter 14
• November 9
• Tao Te Ching Lecture Chapter 15

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Tao Cosmology Part 1

• Wu Ji produces Tai Ji
• The Tao produces one
• Existence arising from the non-existence of the
  void.
• Change in the conceptual realm.
• Tai Ji produces Yin and Yang
• One produces two
• Differentiation, polarization.
• Relativity, comparison.
• Still a static duality at this point.

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Tao Cosmology Part 2

• Yin and Yang interact
• Two produce three
• Movement, motion, action, change in the physical
  world.
• The interaction produces everything
• Three produce all things
• Material manifestations.
• All the objects we acquire and use in life.

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Influence
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Tao Te Ching Chapter 13

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• Favor and disgrace make one fearful
• The greatest misfortune is the self
• What does "favor and disgrace make one fearful"
  mean?
• Favor is high disgrace is low
• Having it makes one fearful
• Losing it makes one fearful
• This is "favor and disgrace make one fearful"
• What does "the greatest misfortune is the self"
  mean?
• The reason I have great misfortune
• Is that I have the self
• If I have no self
• What misfortune do I have?
• So one who values the self as the world
• Can be given the world
• One who loves the self as the world
• Can be entrusted with the world

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Tao Te Ching Chapter 13 (1 of 2)

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• Favor and disgracemake one fearful
• The greatest misfortuneis the self
• What does "favor and disgrace make one fearful"
  mean?
• Favor is high disgrace is low
• Having them makes one fearful
• Losing them makes one fearful
• This is "favor and disgrace make one fearful"

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Recap

• Why should one be apprehensive about the good
  opinions of others?
• Fear of loss.
• Envy and jealousy.
• High expectations.
• Possibility of arrogance.
• How can we handle personal attacks?
• Low profile.
• The Tao of alchemy.
• Being proactive.

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• Three Kingdoms
• (180 to 280 AD)
• Zhuge Liang
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• The Empty Fort
• Straw Boats Borrowing Arrows
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Tao Te Ching Chapter 13 (2 of 2)

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• What does "the greatest misfortune is the self"
  mean?
• The reason I have great misfortune
• Is that I have the self
• If I have no self
• What misfortune do I have?
• So one who values the self as the world
• Can be given the world
• One who loves the self as the world
• Can be entrusted with the world

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Upcoming Schedule

• October 12
• Autumn Ritual (Short Meeting)
• October 19
• Tao Te Ching Lecture Chapter 13
• October 26
• Tao Te Ching Lecture Chapter 14
• November 2
• Tao Te Ching Lecture Chapter 14
• November 9
• Tao Te Ching Lecture Chapter 15