Dao De Jing 1 – Dao is beyond words and names, form and non form
“The Dao that can be spoken is not the enduring and unchanging Dao. The name that can be named is not the enduring and unchanging name.” -> As Dao is beyond forms, words and names are only symbols...
View ArticleDao De Jing 4 – Qualities of the Dao
The Dao is like a vessel; we use it and it has no limit. It is deep, like the source of everything. -> Contrary to the limitation found in forms, which are bound the notions of birth and death...
View ArticleDao De Jing 11 – Duality of beingness vs. nothingness
Thirty spokes, forms a wheel, together with the empty space within, yields the functionality of a car. -> Ancient vehicle were run on wooden wheel, with 30 spokes connected to a circle in the middle...
View ArticleDao De Jing 43 – Soft conquer strong, benefits of non-form and non-doing
The softest of the world, conquer the world’s strongest. -> What is softest? Not water, not jelly, not cotton. Non-form is. Non-form penetrates into every space, therefore is the benefit of...
View ArticleDiamond Sutra – Buddha beyond form and appearance
Can the Buddha be seen? Can enlightened beings been recognized by certain appearance or form? Although there are certain descriptions of how Buddha or Bodhisattva may look, ultimately the reality and...
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