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1. Gateway
2. Do not judge
3. Do Nothing
4. Tao's function
5. Hologram
6. Valley God
7. No Self
8. Be like Water
9. Don't Stay
10. Magic words
11. 30 spokes
12. Five Colours
13. Love Trouble
14. Tao is evasive
15. Man knew Tao
16. Go Back
17. Best way
18. Tao no use
19. Cleverness
20. Eat mother
21. Tao/essence
22. Return to Tao
23. No Noise last
24. Don't show off
25. Manifestation
26. Root
27. Love all
28. Uncarved block
29. A god's vessel
30. Result
31. Arms
32. Nameless
33. Self
34. State
35. Big's image
36. Reverse way
37. No desire
38. High attain
39. One
40. Laughable
41. Tao's move
42. 1-2-3
43. No existence
44. Attachment
45. Perfection
46. Be content
47. No outside
48. Reduce
49. No heart
50. Life
51. Attainment
52. Enlightenment
53. Thief's luxury
54. Learn Attain
55. Baby is safe
56. One with Tao
57. Intelligence
58. Government
59. Attain & cycle
60. Control
61. Country
62. Treasure
63. Use Tao
64. Easy
65. Integration
66. Lower yourself
67. Send Love
68. No fight
69. Enemy
70. Actor
71. Knowing
72. Fear
73. Heaven's net
74. Reincarnation
75. Starvation
76. Soft & weak
77. No excess
78. Resistance
79. Grudge
80. Small country
81. Summary
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43. No existence

[Chapter 43 / English Translation] - click the line to watch the related video.
The softest one under the sky makes the hardest one run.

No existence enters no space.

Thus, I learn how valuable no action is.

Teaching without words and the benefit of no action are almost the best under the sky.


Rapid Decoded
Be soft. Don't be tough.

"No existence" means the existence without any form. It is another name for Tao. "No space" means gaps, crevices, and "spaceless" spaces; that is to say, all the spaces. Tao is everywhere.

"No action" doesn't mean "You don't do anything". You do "no action". With no action, you can do anything because you project your reality (=hologram).

You can convey your thoughts without words. In fact, they are shared by all. So, you don't need to act. Simply, you should stop complaining about something perfect. The world in front of you(= your hologram) is perfect because you are the one who projects it in your mind. Evidently, there is no use teaching nor acting directly.


Videos / YouTube playlist

- 43-1 The softest
- 43-2 No space
- 43-3 Valuable no-action
- 43-4 Without words


[Related Articles]
-Act without acting. Acting on it means refusing it. Frustration that follows refusal is waste of energy.


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Read Yama Uba the Zen play


☞You have your own Zen garden in your mind. But if you cannot help creating one in your backyard, there is a book to help you. Check «Zen in Your Garden». Or, you can transform your living room into a Zen garden by watching the movie «Zen». It is an very handy introduction to Master Dogen's life.
 
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

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.


☞Watch Daisetz Suzuki 鈴木大拙 talking in «A Zen Life»video. ☞If you like watching beautiful Zen temples in Japan,  «The Zen Mind» might interest you.


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(Last modified: 8 November 2011)