Chuang-tzu

In this episode of Enlightenment Today we will explore the philosophy and wisdom of the Taoist sage Chuang-tzu. We will go into the depth of Chuang-tzu’s philosophy and explain its relevance for the modern world. The philosophy of Chuang-tzu reveals a latent wisdom found within the embodied skill of a craftsman. Their embodied skill is a metaphor about how to live our lives effortlessly every day with a mind of no deliberation. We will explain Chuang-tzu’s ultimate method of ‘fasting the mind’ which is a strategy to bring about this natural state of an effortless mind which writers, painters, musicians, athletes, martial artists and so on, all try to embody. Though, the wisdom of Chuang-tzu is to take that state of consciousness out of the craft and transfer it over to every moment in life.

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[HiT-wwtube]

The shear amount of value here is much appreciated. Thank you for relaying the 'salt' of it and not getting mired in translation/mistranslation I found much wisdom in your own breakdowns as in the ancient referrals themselves. Masterful. Thank you for your light and dedication.

[alejandrowarrez]

Thank for the great videos Jason, it's been cool to see your development along the years. May you find much success, peace, and harmony in your travels.

[oboobo]

The story of the fortunate, unfortunate farmer is all i ever needed. That one is a 10 on the Richter scale

[LinaEstates]

Loved this episode! Thank you Jason 💙🧚🏼‍♀️

[roam]

This is just great simple to the point 🙏🏼

[InnocentCatfaces]

An exceptional subject explained in an exceptional manner, thank you! :)

[wyattwilson]

thanks for this, had to read the way of chuang tzu for summer (for school), too many parables yet so much meaning, you helped summarize it for me
... pretty much our world needs to be connected with the real world by letting ourselves go and without thinking too much on society's standards. the author of the book seems to agree i think

[AkealSenpai]

Felt inspired to hear you talk more about Chuang-tzu and it definitely did not disappoint :)

[MrXiaoda]

I love your presentation. Thanks for sharing this.

[LilachLavy]

Thank you for this valuable knowledge...

[_ben_sisko]

Oh wow! This video made my head explode. But in a good way... We'll see 🤔

[luismondina]

Beautiful and inspiring. Thank you Jason. Just 1 feedback that is critical that is as in too many videos, the links for books goes to Amazon. When we are aware of all the bad policy in regard to working condition, monopoly, harsh lobbying, influencing a worse situation in the world, we could each of us avoid giving this Company even more power. What we buy, how we buy and where we buy as a consumer is a political action. Do we want Amazon to decide the policy of the US government and many other states too creating hell on earth? All the best on the path. With a smile- Luis

[JDumasRochelle]

I sure wish Jason as a sidebar would explain the pronunciation of the sages name. As a westerner, I try to figure out how to pronounce the Chinese but it's difficult when the Romanticized spellings are so different. Chuang-tzu, Zhuangzi, etc.

[euclidofalexandria]

Man those light bodies...
the gap in between eternity and endless time the ego finds its demise in No thing...
The difference is in itself the truth of the consciousness of consciousness in its unconscious conscious part...

[michakoecki]

great video.thanks for your work ! bless you by any meaning

[oscarl.]

Lao Tzu never said to leave society. In fact he gave lots of advice for regents of society saying that if regents in power could accord with the Dao the world would become a paradise. That a great nation is humble! And as soon as it ceases to be it falls from grace. He may have been something of a hermit, but he wasn't explicitly against society.

[tonyhammond]

great great video man, very insightful!

[carloschircop]

Hi just wanted to say this was very informative and helpful.

Also wanted to note that here the audio was perfect unlike during podcasts.

If you achieve this type of sound quality during podcasts it would be amazing.

[FFOPRadio]

Obsolescence does not come to the Tao ☯️

[NigelGresswell]

Thanks for a great presentation. I would just query one point which you made at the beginning of the video. From my reading of the Dao De Jing I did not get the sense that Lao Tzu was advocating that to practice living the Dao it is necessary that we remove ourselves from society. I’m not sure why you thought that?