Episode 86, Taoism (Part III - Practices)
The Panpsycast Philosophy Podcast
Jack Symes | Andrew Horton, Oliver Marley, and Rose de Castellane
4.8 • 612 Ratings
🗓️ 13 September 2020
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
There was once a wise farmer named Oliver who, enjoying the evening's sun at the end of a summer's day, watched on as one of his prized horses escaped from his farm. That evening, having heard the news, Jack and Andrew came to Oliver's farm to express their sympathies. Oliver turned to his neighbours upon their arrival and said, "maybe."
The next day the horse returned, but brought with it six wild horses. Jack and Andrew, seeing the horses from their homes, ran to Oliver's exclaiming his good fortune. Olly turned to the men and said, "maybe."
The following day, Oliver tried to saddle and ride one of the wild horses. He was thrown off the horse's back and broke his leg. Jack and Andrew came to offer their condolences for the misfortune. Sat upright in his bed, without a wince, Oliver spoke clearly to the men once more, "maybe."
The day after that, conscription officers came to the village to recruit soldiers for the army, but because of his broken leg, Oliver was rejected.
Relieved, Jack and Andrew came to Oliver to proclaim how fortunately everything had turned out. Olly turned to them and answered, "maybe."
Contents
Part I. The Life of Lao Tzu
Part II. The Tao Te Ching
Part III. Practices
Part IV. Further Analysis and Discussion
Links
Tao Te Ching (Penguin)
Lao Tzu (Stanford Encyclopedia)
Taoism (Stanford Encylopedia)
The Tao of Pooh and the Te of Piglet, Benjamin Hoff
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Pan, pan, pan, pan, pan, pan, pan, pan, pan, pan, pan, pan, pan, pan, pan, pan, pan, scicast. |
| 0:08.0 | Part three, practices. |
| 0:19.1 | The Tao Dejing, Chapter 3. |
| 0:21.6 | Not to honour men of worth will keep the people from contention. |
| 0:25.5 | Not to value goods which are hard to come by will keep them from theft. |
| 0:29.7 | Not to display what is desirable will keep them from being unsettled of mind. |
| 0:34.7 | Therefore, in governing the people, the sage empties their minds but fills their bellies, |
| 0:39.6 | weakens their will, but strengthens their bones. He always keeps them innocent of knowledge and |
| 0:45.2 | free from desire and ensures that the clever never dare to act. Do that which consists in |
| 0:52.1 | taking no action, and order will prevail. |
| 0:55.9 | Dao D. Jing, chapter 17. |
| 0:59.2 | The best of all rulers is but a shadowy presence to his subjects. |
| 1:03.5 | Next comes the ruler they love and praise. |
| 1:06.3 | Next comes the one they fear. |
| 1:08.3 | Next comes one with whom they take liberties. |
| 1:12.4 | When there is enough faith, there is lack of good faith. hesitant, he does not utter words lightly. When his task is |
| 1:18.1 | accomplished and his work is done, the people all say, it happened to us naturally. |
| 1:22.6 | The Tao Zeying, chapter 19. Exterminate learning and there will no longer be worries. |
| 1:29.3 | Exterminate the sage, discard the wise, and the people will benefit a hundredfold. |
| 1:35.3 | Exterminate benevolence, discard rectitude, and the people will again be filial. |
| 1:41.3 | Exterminate ingenuity. Disgarde profit. And there will be no more thieves and bandits. |
| 1:48.6 | These three, being false adornments, are not enough. And the people must have something to which they |
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