EASTERN PHILOSOPHY - Lao Tzu

Lao Tzu, the founder of Taoism.

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[maximelagace]

"One who conquers others is strong. One who conquers himself is all-powerful." -Lao Tzu

[TomboTime]

so Taoisms teaching in a nutshell is "chill out, be yourself, take time to relax in silence and let things happen on their own time"

i can get behind this

[alanwattsgoingon]

Can someone please explain Lao Tzu's philosophy it confucius me

[CrimsonOptics]

Yo I can dig Lao Tzu. One thing I've always said myself is that people need to make time to think, relax, reflect - let nature take its course. There's nothing wrong with that or lazy about it, yet modern society frowns upon such things because they think it's selfish and doesn't accomplish anything. Well what good are you if you're too busy to just live life? Why make yourself so overwhelmingly busy that you can't just experience things? It makes no sense to me.

[steveenderman]

I am speechless. I can think of no way to describe such profound beauty. Thank you for sharing, I have been in need of this for a while. Please, don't stop making videos. People don't think very highly of philosophy, simply because they don't understand it, but your explanations of these concepts are beyond my knowledge of the English language's capability of explaining. With out your videos, I truly believe I would not have found my way out of depression. I sincerely thank you for your time.

[thevillageyid]

Tao Te Ching is soooo good, makes complete sense and confuses me all at the same time. thats how I know it's authentic. XD

[hardcorewanderer]

I favor Taoism over western philosophy. 

[matthiassmit]

I love Taoism. It's just so simple yet complicated, but so easy and in harmony. When you compare Taoist philosophy to the ideology of Ibrahimic religions especially Islam, there's a huge difference. The latter is all about fighting, dominance, suppression and alienation. Taoism is so pure, truly peaceful and constructive.

[randygreenfield]

Nature doesn’t hurry yet everything is accomplished - The 🔑

[MichaelReganMusic]

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[holyaura]

Taoism teaches a person to flow with life. Over the years Taoism has become many things to many people. Hundreds of variations in Taoist practice exist. Some of these practices are philosophical in nature others are religious. Taoism makes no distinction in applying labels to it's own nature. This is important since as a person we are each a blend to many truths. The truth taught in Taoism is to embrace life in actions that support you as a person. Taoism is one of the few religion I definitely respect

[themissingpeace]

Philosophy > Religion.

I like to do good and respect others not for fear of a God's punishment but because that's how I want to live with others, in peace. Making the world a better, nicer place to live in is rewarding enough. Buddhism is quite amazing at teaching how to cope with pain and suffering without requiring the person to worship anyone.

[marcrogue]

Hmm eastern philosophy accentuates meditating, western philosophy says look for wisdom thru logic and science. Maybe I shall combine both and become enlighten.

[laela]

Going back to the "taste of vinegar" analogy, there was a huge misinterpretation of the Buddhist definition of suffering. _Dukkha_ in western translation closest definition is "suffering", however the word according to its Pali's origins best translation is just "discontent with change". _Dukkha_ is just the reality that in life things change, people die, you grow old, a chid is born from sex, you move, ect. Siddhartha explained that people are discontent with this, and often make "mental formations" about these changes in life calling it "good" or "bad", holding onto "good" moments, burying "bad" ones, ignoring "boring" ones, instead of accepting it all as the riding wave of life, so to say.

From this video, it would seem that Daoism is very close to Buddhism. Buddha additionally advocated slowing down, living in the present moment, not to be anxious or rush into things but to instead let life take it course, letting go of ego, meditating on details in life, ect. In fact this really does seem like Buddhism and now I'm more interested in learning more :O

[PhanteusZ]

You guys should really do one on either Nisargadatta Maharaj or Ramana Maharshi. Their teachings unify what Buddha, Lao Tzu and Rene Descartes taught all in one. I'd recommend checking out the book "I Am That".

[Dayvit]

Zhuangzi and his friend Hui Tzu were walking by a fish pond.
Zhuangzi: Look at all the happy fish!
Hui Tzu: How do you know they are happy? You are not a fish.
Zhuangze: How do you know I don't know? You are not me.
Hui Tzu: *o_O*

[Carltoncurtis]

Getting into the Dao:
1. Find a translation you like.
2. Pick a passage
3. Read it
4. Think about it.
5. Enlightmentment

[PRSRod]

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[Erict]

just to comment on the last statement in the video: Lao Tzu didn't recommend that people shouldn't take action. he says that we should act like nature or the Tao. that our action should be natural, rather than forced

[玄龙千风]

”上善若水“
In Chinese, ”上“ means up; supreme；above;  on... . "善“ means good; good at ; kind; kindness ...  ”若“means like； "水" means water

Compare "The supreme good is like water”  and “The best man is like water” . the first translation is better than second one.