In this episode we unpack the ancient Chinese classic, "The Tao Te Ching" by Lao Tzu from circa 400 BCE
This book explores...
*The art of not over-doing
*The cyclical nature of all things
*Acting in accordance with the nature of reality
Host: Zach Stehura UnpackingIdeas.com
Guest: Amon Greene amonra16.ag@gmail.com
Intro Music: Polyenso
Free PDF of the book: Red Pine Translation
Resources Mentioned
Tao: The Watercourse Way by Alan Watts (book)
Trying Not to Try by Edward Slingerland (book)
Taoism: An Essential Guide by Eva Wong (book)
Timestamps
0:00 Introduction
4:51 Amon’s background
10:10 Historical Context of the Tao Te Ching
11:50 Confucianism vs. Taoism
15:38 Wu Wei
22:25 Going with the flow
27:26 De
37:22 Wu Wei Government
39:56 Wu Wei vs. Flow
42:33 Restraint of taking action
46:29 “The Tao that can be spoken is not the Eternal Tao”
51:10 Mistaking the word for the thing
55:37 Yin and Yang
1:03:15 The cyclical nature of everything
1:10:55 Wrapping up
1:15:09 Outro
