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Tao te Ching Chapter Eight
Tuesday, 1 November, 2016
Thomas Brill and Brian Parks chatting again. This week we talked about chapter 8 of the Tao te Ching. 1. The highest good is like water; 2. Water is good at benefiting the ten thousand things and yet it [does not] compete [with them]. 3. It dwells in places the masses of people detest, 4. Therefore it is close to the Way. 5. In dwelling, the good thing is the land; 6. In the mind, the good thing is depth; 7. In giving, the good thing is [being like] Heaven; 8. In speaking, the good thing is sincerity; 9. In governing, the good thing is order; 10. In affairs, the good thing is ability; 11. In activity, the good thing is timeliness. 12. It is only because it does not compete, that therefore it is without fault. Here is a link to the audio file for chapter 8 if you are not using iTunes. https://s3.amazonaws.com/tao4two/TtCCh8.mp3
