The Taoist Trader: Breaking the Rules
Tao Te Ching (Chapter 38) To give without seeking reward To help without thinking it is virtuous— therein lies great virtue To keep account of your actions To help with the hope of gaining merit—...
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Tao Te Ching (Chapter 39) In harmony with the Tao, the sky is clear and spacious. the earth is solid and full, all creatures flourish together, content with the way they are, endlessly repeating...
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Tao Te Ching (Chapter 40) Returning is the motion of the Tao. Yielding is the function of the Tao. All things come from being. Being comes from non-being. (By Lao Tsu, interpreted by Jerry O. Dalton)...
View ArticleThe Taoist Trader: You Get What You Need
Tao Te Ching (Chapter 41) When the best seeker hears of Tao he strives with great effort to know it When the average seeker hears of Tao he thinks of it now and again When the poorest seeker hears of...
View ArticleThe Taoist Trader: Let Your Mind Flow Free
Tao Te Ching (Chapter 45) What’s perfectly whole seems flawed, but you can use it forever. What’s perfectly full seems empty, but you can’t use it up. True straightness looks crooked. Great skill...
View ArticleThe Taoist Trader: The Greed Curse
Tao Te Ching (Chapter 46) When the world practices Tao, horses fertilize the fields. When the world ignores Tao, horses are bred for war. There is no greater calamity than desire, no greater curse...
View ArticleThe Taoist Trader: The Market Flirts with You
Tao Te Ching (Chapter 47) Without going outside one can know the whole world Without looking out the window one can see the ways of Heaven The farther one goes the less one knows Thus the Sage does...
View ArticleThe Taoist Trader: Empty your Cup
Tao Te Ching (Chapter 48) Learning consists of filling; Following the Tao consists of emptying. So the sage does less and less until nothing is done. When things are doing themselves, nothing is left...
View ArticleThe Taoist Trader: Love the Market as Yourself
Tao Te Ching (Chapter 49) We hold no fixed opinions. Our hearts are therefore open to the hearts of all. We extend kindness to the kind and unkind alike. Thus kindness becomes our very nature. We...
View ArticleThe Taoist Trader: Looking Inside
Tao Te Ching (Chapter 54) Whoever is planted in the Tao will not be rooted up. Whoever embraces the Tao will not slip away. Her name will be held in honor from generation to generation. Let the Tao...
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