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| Watch Today's Tao Video! More than 800 episodes available!Tao Te Ching videos by Naoto Matsumoto  40. Laughable[Chapter 40 / English Translation] - click the line to watch the related video.When a high man hears about Tao, he tries hard to do it.
When a middle man hears about Tao, he is half in doubt.
When a low man hears about Tao, he laughs out loud.
If he doesn't laugh, it is not worth being Tao.
Therefore, the Chien yen has it.
Evident Tao seems vague.
Advancing Tao seems retreating.
Smooth Tao seems tangled.
The highest attainment seems like a valley.
The vastest attainment seems lacking in something.
The firmest attainment seems lazy.
The plainest attainment seems changing.
Big's white seems black.
Big's square has no corners.
Big's vessel will never be completed.
Big's note has almost no voice.
Big's image has no form.
Tao is hidden and has no name.
It is only Tao who lends anything generously and accomplishes anything very well.
Rapid Decoded
If you are a true seeker of Tao, kind of a samurai of life, you simply try hard to attain it.
If you are an ordinary person, you are half in doubt of Tao.
If you are a base person, you just make fun of Tao.
When you talk to someone about Tao and if he doesn't laugh, what you are telling him might not be true Tao.
Therefore, the old sayings Chien yen 建言 say as follows.
In Taoism, something evident seems vague.
In Taoism, something advancing seems retreating.
In Taoism, something smooth seems tangled.
"A valley" means void. If you are void, you have attained Tao. But
don't be misled by the word. "Void" is plentiful. To become void (="mu 無"
in Japanese), you have to remember that true You are Tao and accelerate
the cycle of reception and emission of its energy.
When you have attained Tao, which means that you have remembered that
you are Tao, you feel as if you were lacking in something. You don't
have to feel plenty.
If you want to attain Tao firmly, be lazy. Don't be industrious. Don't
work hard. Abandon the virtuous idea of diligence. It is
counterproductive.
If you think you have attained Tao, it is not there already. Tao needs constant change. Tao itself is change.
"Big" is a nickname of Tao. (☞See Chapter 25) Tao's white is black. Do not judge.
Tao's square has no corners. Tao is not tangible. The square in front of you is a hologram projected in your mind.
Tao's vessel will never be completed. Completion is the beginning of collapse. Tao doesn't have time. Therefore, it is forever.
Tao's note is the sound without sound. Sound is part of your hologram.
Tao's image has no form. Tao is invisible. All you can see is your
hologram. However, everything is a manifestation of Tao, a loving
catalyst asking you to love it. Accept its love, or its energy. Be
grateful to all. Gratefulness is a way to love them, a form of emitting
back the energy. Create the cycle of the energy (=Love, =Tao).
Tao is invisible, but always with you because true You are Tao. It is
useless to define what Tao is. It doesn't need a name. Even the name of
"Tao" is inappropriate.
Tao the fundamental energy is generous. It gives energy to all without
judgement or segregation. With this energy Tao, you create everything.
Abandon the idea of an objective world outside you because you project
all in your mind.
Videos / YouTube playlist
- 40-1 High samurai
- 40-2 Samurai in doubt
- 40-3 Laughable Tao
- 40-4 If not laughable
- 40-5 Chien yen?
- 40-6 Evident = Vague
- 40-7 Advance = Retreat
- 40-8 Smooth = Tangled
- 40-9 Highest attainment = Valley
- 40-10 Lacking
- 40-11 Lazy
- 40-12 Changing
- 40-13 White = Black
- 40-14 Square without corners
- 40-15 No completion
- 40-16 No voice
- 40-17 No form
- 40-18 Hidden with no name
- 40-19 Generosity
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| ☞Rakugo 落語 is a one man "stand-up" comedy entirely performed while squatting. It was born in the Edo period under the reign of the Tokugawa shoguns (two and a half centuries without a war, starting in 1600). In this pacific period, laughter and lust became the most important matters among city dwellers. After the functions of the royal concubines and the court jesters had been democratized and commercialized, here came the births of the Geisha and the Rakugo. While the word "Geisha 芸者" signifies an artist (芸 / art, 者 / person), the true artists of story-telling are called "Rakugo-ka 落語家", which means "a house of the fallen language" literally. (落 / fall, 語 / language, 家 / house)
Key Words
1. Tao
2. Hologram
3. The floating world Ukiyo
4. Play
5. Gate
6. Dark Depth
7. Dark Depth Female
8. Do nothing
9. Body soul and Spirit soul
10. You and non-you
11. Yin Yang circle
12. No judgement
13. Resistance
14. Satori
15. Act without acting
16. Colour
(Last modified: 30 October 2011)
| | Help Wanted
-"Is a geisha truly a p,.........?"
No, it means "artist", literally. She
is an artist of the Taoist way of
living.
-"What Does Nintendo mean?"
-"Frustrated?"
Why don't you think the other way
round?
-"I am not happy about how I look."
There are a few things to think
about.
-"Are you scared of seeing your
reports?"
To forget about statistics.
☞Japanese movie «Tampopoタンポポ» is highly recommended. Japan enjoys Soba 蕎麦 (buckwheat noodles), Udon うどん (Fat wheat noodles), and Ramen ラーメン (yellowish Chinese noodles). In the film, some outlaws of the noodle business help a woman create a perfect noodle dish at her virtually-out-of-business Ramen joint. It is sort of a modern-day version of «Seven Samurai 七人の侍». Good laughter is guaranteed.
☞Akira Kurosawa's «Red Beard» is about a perfect doctor. The doc is a samurai of medicine. The Japanese word "aka hige 赤ひげ (=red beard)" is now used to express doctors with conscience, who are on the verge of extinction in this economic climate and medical business in Japan.
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