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 Rss Apple Podcaster →
