The Mountain Poems of Stonehouse
The full suffer loss. The humble experience gain.
Red Pine • Lao-tzu's Taoteching
Cultivating the heartless center between Heaven and Earth, sages delight in the endless creation of something out of nothing without becoming attached to anything.
Red Pine • Lao-tzu's Taoteching
“From emptiness comes wisdom
Red Pine • The Diamond Sutra: The Perfection of Wisdom
The mountain is fine
At evening of the day,
Birds fly Home together.
Within these things
There is a hint of Truth,
But if I try to tell it,
I cannot find the Words.
Lao Tzu • Tao Te Ching | The Essential Translation
CHIAO HUNG says, “The previous 5,000 words all explain ‘the Tao of not accumulating,’ what Buddhists call ‘nonattachment.’ Those who empty their mind on the last two lines will grasp most of Lao-tzu’s text.