On the last leg of his European tour in #Hungary, Chinese President #Xi Jinping on Wednesday (8 May) is expected to tighten ties with #Budapest, its closest ally in the #EU.
#China’s ambassador to Hungary, Gong #Tao, said that “#Beijing expects from the Hungarian EU Presidency that the Hungarian side will pursue a rational and pragmatic policy towards China and will encourage other EU countries to do the same.”
“The reason many religions have myths about not speaking God’s name, have to do with when you name something you are actually naming what that thing is not. So when you name God, you limit it and point out what it isn’t. That’s not a weakness in you, that’s a weakness in your god.”
Words as "mere expressions." In this passage of the #PaliCanon of #Buddhism (Samyutta Nikaya 1.25), the question is: Does the "Arahant" (who has attained the goal) use the word "I"? The answer is yes, but only conventionally:
Words as "makeshift description." In the #Tao Te Ching, 15 (D.C. Lau):
> Of old he who was well versed in the way
> Was minutely subtle, mysteriously comprehending,
> And too profound to be known.
> It is because he could not be known
> That he can only be given a makeshift description:
An anti-linguistic thread, in which words are described as "mere expressions," as "servants," and as "makeshift description" in three different areas of #philosophy: #Taoism#Buddhism and #Greek philosophy @philosophy
(Yes, I know the Lau translation of the #Tao is a bit unlike other translations of this passage)
Living In A State of Harmony With The Universe: Points To The #Tao
We can only appreciate light if darkness exists. The same is true for: different genders, love and hate, up and down, heat and cold, heaven and earth, near and far, hard and soft, active and passive, and so on. These opposites create a whole, which is indivisible.
Great #Yin overcomes great #Yang. (#Tao Te Ching) ☯️
Tiptoe through the Tulips (Tiny Tim)
Grasp or let go, #choose and know which works ...
In other words, be a #poet not a know-it, Be a #fantasy of your own #alchemy
and ...
**Enjoy the ride, day, wandering, nature and so onward ... **💫
I use #trainasone (#TAO) as my primairy guide for (trail)running. I added an marathon begin April as Primairy event and a HM begin Feb as secondairy event.
Furthermore added only 3 workouts a week as a constraint.
But now I am a bit worried about the workouts TAO prescribes to me.
Atm I am doing approx 23km each week with 17km being my longest run so far.
I don't think an HM wont be any problem but an Marathon is a different story.
Anyone any thoughts?
The #Paradox of #Purpose in #Life
It is not possible to describe the #Tao, as #LaoTzu Tzu put it. You should probably contact Monty Python if you’re looking for an explanation of life’s purpose.
Humans by default tend to perceive happiness as control over their own existence.
They may gradually become conditioned to think that controlling their own life means conforming to society.
If one bases their happiness solely on materialistic things for instance, one will contribute more to the economy than if one bases it on what is readily available.
The more one bases their happiness on what society defines to be happiness, the less happy one will be.
Re: #introduction#présentation: #nomade entre #france & #suisse -comme notre asso @pepinieredespossibles dédiée au soutien de projets sur bases de #permaculture humaine, végétale & #numerique .Un peu sorcière, un peu geek+ intéressée par les initiatives locales pour #NotreMonde. Coopératrice partenaire chez #itopie (hébergeuse de cette instance ;)) Alliance des sagesses ancestrales & modernes #tambours dit #chamaniques (je préfère de guérison) et des techniques telles que #cnv, #pnl#tao & ++
Je viens de récupérer des livres, prétés, c'est tout ce que que tu as besoin pour comprendre le Tao, cette philosophie chinoise qui a engendré le Zen au contact du Bouddhisme.
Il en manque un dans le lot. Et un des plus important... Le Chuang Tseu.
Isabelle Robinet : Histoire du Tao, Comprendre le Tao, Méditation taoiste (devient introuvable à moins de 60€...)
Le vieux maître c'est le Dao De Jing.
Le hors-série de Le Point est vraiment pas mal. #VendredilLecture#culture#lecture#Tao#taoisme
Well, i've tried to make a case for politically correct #inclusion and #wellbeing, but i got shut down rather rudely with an unsophisticated troll-ish post, on #GitHub.