Tao
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<div>In his commentaries on five parables from the <i>Leih Tzu,</i> Osho brings a fresh and contemporary interpretation to the ancient wisdom of Tao. Leih Tzu was a well-known Taoist master in the fourth century B.C., and his sly critiques of a Confucius provide abundant opportunities for the reader to explore the contrasts between the rational and irrational, the male and female, the structured and the spontaneous.<br><br>"Who Is Really Happy" uses the discovery of a human skull on the roadside to probe into the question of immortality and how misery arises out of the existence of the ego.<br><br>"A Man Who Knows How to Console Himself" looks beneath the apparent cheerfulness of a wandering monk and asks if there is really a happiness that endures through life's ups and downs.<br><br>"No Regrets" is a parable about the difference between the knowledge that is gathered from the outside and the "knowing" that arises from within.<br><br>"No Rest for the Living" uses a dialogue between a despondent seeker and his master to reveal the limits of philosophy and the crippling consequences of living for the sake of some future goal. <br><br>"Best Be Still, Best Be Empty" discusses the difference between the path of the will, the <i>via affirmitiva</i> of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam, versus the path of the mystic, the <i>via negativa </i>of Buddha and Lao Tzu.<br><br>A Q&A section addresses how Taoist understanding applies to everyday life in concrete, practical terms.<br></div> <div>In his commentaries on five parables from the <i>Leih Tzu,</i> Osho brings a fresh and contemporary interpretation to the ancient wisdom of Tao. Leih Tzu was a well-known Taoist master in the fourth century B.C., and his sly critiques of a Confucius provide abundant opportunities for the reader to explore the contrasts between the rational and irrational, the male and female, the structured and the spontaneous.<br><br>"Who Is Really Happy" uses the discovery of a human skull on the roadside to probe into the question of immortality and how misery arises out of the existence of the ego.<br><br>"A Man Who Knows How to Console Himself" looks beneath the apparent cheerfulness of a wandering monk and asks if there is really a happiness that endures through life's ups and downs.<br><br>"No Regrets" is a parable about the difference between the knowledge that is gathered from the outside and the "knowing" that arises from within.<br><br>"No Rest for the Living" uses a dialogue between a despondent seeker and his master to reveal the limits of philosophy and the crippling consequences of living for the sake of some future goal. <br><br>"Best Be Still, Best Be Empty" discusses the difference between the path of the will, the <i>via affirmitiva</i> of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam, versus the path of the mystic, the <i>via negativa </i>of Buddha and Lao Tzu.<br><br>A Q&A section addresses how Taoist understanding applies to everyday life in concrete, practical terms.<br></div>
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