2. Interpreting the Tao Te Ching (I)
The cultivation journey, officially started, have you read the "Tao Te Ching"?
What? You haven't seen it, oh, then I'm relieved.
What? You don't get it? Oh, it's right if you don't understand it, few people can understand it, and those who understand it are all great immortals.
Are you disappointed, an old book that has been turned over, a secret collection left by ancient real people, countless sages, has been explored thousands of times, and is still thinking about discovering new content?
This chapter is bold, a look at the majestic peak of the Tao Te Ching, the worst readability, first say good, can't slip halfway, or go through the motions, cultivate the way, don't want to bypass.
This book strives to be a cool article, and it is the land of bliss.
Generally according to the routine, the pig's foot opens to cross, get the golden finger, the second chapter is a big killing, I can't stand everyone, there are many crazy words in front, and those who can follow down are heroes, brothers, work hard, and the following has to deal with the ancient text of Ji Qu Ya.
Fortunately, the vault is rich in content, and 100 people will come up with 100 opinions when they read it. Those who sincerely seek treasures rarely go empty, and before, really, I broke out a natal talisman.
The kid is an idle man with no talent and no virtue, because of a headache, he has to want to realize the Tao, and then look at the Tao Te Ching, he can't help but throw himself to the ground, he really has no eyes before.
Speaking from the heart, I don't deserve to lift shoes for Lao Tzu.
But Lao Tzu is also inferior to me, where is it inferior? His bamboo carving is too laborious, and my computer pinyin typing is so cool. Now that I have realized it, I will not hesitate to say nonsense again and again, and if I can't say it, I will be too wasteful.
The Tao Te Ching is word-for-word, and many words are so shallow that primary school students can understand them, and even if they can't understand it, there are many famous interpretations. I'm going to be among the commentaries, it's not enough to add to the mess.
But I want Lao Tzu Gong to be the ancestor of Taoism, Taishang Laojun, isn't the Tao Te Ching a book, a book for cultivating immortals?
How many monastic texts in the world are either vague, or obscure, or pretending to be ghosts, or pretending to be mysterious. When I come to interpret the Tao Te Ching, the Jindan Avenue of ordinary people flashes:
Meditation without self; Settle in the present.
Meditation is promising; Meditation is inaction.
Promising for practice; Doing nothing is the way of cultivation.
Cultivating and cultivating God; Cultivating the Tao and cultivating the original gods.
Anxiety is not complete; Depression due to safety.
The will is through the body and mind; Hope to reach the other side.
Dao Ming string play; Dacheng ideal country.
Seeking the Tao is beyond life and death; The Sutra of Bliss.
Haha, this is bullying who hasn't read the Tao Te Ching. Whatever I say, I'll explain it later.
Explain in advance, the following excerpts from ancient texts, non-ancient reading lovers, may wish to sweep at a glance, so as not to be boring, what is the gain, I will naturally announce, hehe, I don't hide treachery, I don't swallow privately, you have to believe in my character.
Let's go, let's get a copy together.
At the beginning of reading, the first thing to understand is Lao Tzu's writing state.
Lao Tzu's life story is a mystery, and there is a saying that he lived to be more than 160 years old.
As far as longevity is concerned, the Tao Te Ching says: "Those who die without dying live long." β
In the soul of every supporter of the Tao Te Ching, there is one alive, Lao Tzu. When the individual consciousness becomes the public consciousness, as long as the ethnic group is not extinguished, this consciousness will always exist between heaven and earth.
Even if Lao Tzu served as the director of the library of the Zhou Dynasty, his knowledge is obviously far less than that of ordinary college students today, why does he have such a profound understanding of the world that transcends the ages?
According to legend, Lao Tzu was born with white hair, if this rumor is not groundless, there must be a basis.
Some experts deduce from this that Lao Tzu has albinism and even autism, which is really, insulting.
"I am different from others, and I am a precious mother." This sentence in the scriptures is very difficult to understand. Lao Tzu claims to be different, only paying attention to food and mother, but when Lao Tzu wrote the book, his beard was all white, it wouldn't be, Ma Bao Nan.
That's telling. Another sentence of the same paragraph: "as a baby is not born", can corroborate each other.
There are more than ten places where the Tao Te Ching directly or indirectly mentions the infant state.
We sometimes say that having a childlike heart, or an old naughty child, is not the state of Lao Tzu.
This is not a simple rejuvenation, Lao Tzu is in the state of the beginning of human beings. This state can be called chaos, similar to the beginning of the universe, where there is neither space nor time.
That is, there is no space, there is no time, the beginning of the universe is like Tai Chi, close your eyes and imagine it, it is like being in the office and at home, you can eat breakfast, lunch and dinner at one meal, you can do it, through consciousness.
Consciousness is in the germination, between the self and the non-self.
This is the state after "returning to its roots".
"In the final analysis, it is said to be quiet, and quiet is said to return to life. Returning to life is said to be normal, and knowing is often said to be clear. β
"Those who know others are wise, and those who know themselves are clear."
Of course, Lao Tzu has no shortage of self-knowledge.
It is based on the saint's "not doing to know, not seeing but seeing, not doing." β
It is precisely because it is a baby that it is nameless, so that it can "always be nothing, and want to see its wonder; Often, I want to see it. β
"Understand Sida, can ignore."
Infants' vision is different from that of adults, and they can only see it if they have not been instilled with the values of words and language. "The world knows that beauty is beauty, and evil is evil. We all know that what is good is good, and what is not good is good. β
Adults have the concept of good and evil, how can babies have? You see that when children go to school, they begin to compare the brands of food, clothing, and housing, mobile phones, and cars, that is, they are sensible and are about to get rid of innocence.
"If you are frightened, you will be in great trouble.
What does it mean to be flattered? Favor is the next, if you get it, if you lose it, it is said to be pampered and humiliated.
What does it mean to be in great trouble? Therefore, I have a serious patient, because I have a body, and I have no body, what is my trouble?
Therefore, if you think that you are the world, if you can send it to the world; Love is the world, if you can support the world. β
This passage is very interesting, Lao Tzu attaches great importance to it, for fear that others will not understand, and it will be annotated later. It's really rare to carve bamboo slips so hard, if only all the passages were explained like this.
But the more I talked about it, the more confused I became. Does it mean that the world is worried about the worries of the world? Sacrificing one's life?
Lao Tzu is such a high Taoist, do you still want to teach the great principles of how to behave in the world? That's what Confucius did. Many people have studied the Tao Te Ching intensively, and have realized many truths about being a person and doing things, and lamenting that they must have a certain amount of life experience. Actually? Not necessarily the original intention of the Tao Te Ching.
Even if you can't do it, you still have to try to understand it in a state of enlightenment, that is, with a baby's mind. The experience of life is too deep, and I am afraid that it is easy to misinterpret.
"If you are frightened, you will be in great trouble." If it is a baby, ignorant and ignorant, and does not feel any pampering, how can it take care of its own body. And when it comes to adulthood, it is obvious that there is no self or self-forgetfulness.
This is the state of enlightenment.
On the surface of the Tao Te Ching, the 81 paragraphs are very loose and not very coherent, the content is like a pen outside the sky, and more than 100 idioms can be found in it alone, and famous sayings and aphorisms emerge in endlessly, what does Lao Tzu want to discuss?
Adults use knowledge, babies use nature, knowledge can analyze all things, and nature can perceive the origin.
The Tao Te Ching is a book created by Lao Tzu with the eyes of a baby and combined with rich social and humanistic knowledge. Knowledge can only analyze appearances, but Lao Tzu can see the essence.
Lao Tzu highly admires and repeatedly mentions "the ancient goodness is the Taoist", is it a primitive person who has no language and writing? Be able to see the world with a heart. I'm not talking nonsense:
"The goodness of the ancients is the Taoist, subtle and mysterious, and deep and unrecognizable. The husband is not recognizable, so he is forced to tolerate:
Yu Xi Ruo Dong wading Sichuan; Fearful of his neighbors; Treat yourself like a guest; If you are like ice, you will be released; Simplicity; The valley is like a valley; Muddy; It is like the sea; The froze is endless. β
Prudent, prudent, respectful, chic, simple, spacious, generous, broad, fastβββββ look, look, crazy primitive people are about to come out.