Two Guys talking at the Watercooler
Thomas Brill and myself, Brian Parks, meet once a week to discuss the nature of existance and other topics of interest. We figured why not speculate on a specific topic each week just for laughs. Our first one is big. The 81 chapters of the Tao the Ching written approximately 300 or 400 BCE. This week we start with chapter one. We are laypersons with no special training or knowledge giving our first impressions of the 1989 Hendricks translation.
Episodes
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Tao te Ching Chapter Eight
Thomas Brill and Brian Parks chatting again. This week we talked about chapter 8 of the Tao te Ching. 1. The highest good is like water; 2. Water is good at benefiting the ten thousand things and yet it [does not] compete [with them]. 3. It dwells in places the masses of people detest, 4.…
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Tao te Ching Chapter Seven
Thomas Brill and Brian Parks chatting again. This week we talked about chapter 7 of the Tao te Ching. 1. Heaven endures; Earth lasts a long time. 2. The reason why Heaven and Earth can endure and last a long time— 3. Is that they do not live for themselves. 4. Therefore they can long endure. 5....
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Tao te Ching Chapter Six
Thomas Brill and Brian Parks chatting again. This week we talked about chapter 6 of the Tao te Ching. The valley spirit never dies; We call it the mysterious female. The gates of the mysterious female— These we call the roots of Heaven and Earth. Subtle yet everlasting! It seems to exist. In…
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Tao te Ching Chapter Five
Thomas Brill and Brian Parks chatting again. This week we talked about chapter 5 of the Tao te Ching. Heaven and Earth are not humane; They regard the the thousand things as straw dogs. The Sage is not humane; He regards the common people as straw dogs. The space between Heaven and Earth—is it…
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Tao te Ching Chapter Three
Thomas Brill and Brian Parks chatting again. This week we talked about chapter 3 of the Tao te Ching. By not elevating the worthy, you bring it about that people will not compete. By not valuing goods that are hard to obtain, you bring it about that people will not act like thieves. By not...
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Tao te Ching Chapter Two
Thomas Brill and Brian Parks chatting again. This week we talk about chapter 2. The sound quality is a little better but still needs work. When everyone in the world knows the beautiful as beautiful, ugliness comes into being; When everyone knows the good, then the not good comes to be. The…
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Tao te Ching Chapter One
Thomas Brill and myself, Brian Parks, meet once a week to discuss the nature of existance and other topics of interest. We figured why not speculate on a specific topic each week just for laughs. Our first one is big. The 81 chapters of the Tao the Ching written approximately 300 or 400 BCE. This...
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Thomas Brill and myself, Brian Parks, meet once a week to discuss the nature of existance and other topics of interest. We figured why not speculate on a specific topic each week just for laughs. Our first one is big. The 81 chapters of the Tao the Ching written approximately 300 or 400 BCE. This week we start with chapter one. We are laypersons with no special training or knowledge giving our first impressions of the 1989 Hendricks translation.