0593 - TALKS: Reading Chuang Tzu, IV

Episode 0593 - Reading Chuang Tzu, IV
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Continued reading and discussion of Chapter 1 ("Free and Easy Wandering"), with commentary on core Taoist views, principles, and personal guidance. Main themes include: social obligation vs. individual freedom; dogmatic opinion vs. non-dual view; realism & imagination; human desire & bondage; conventional assumptions vs. reality.

Related teachings from the Ra Material, Advaita Vedanta, Pali Canon Buddha-Dhamma, and personal experience.

* Chuang Tzu (text): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhuangzi_(book)

* Chuang Tzu (author): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhuang_Zhou

* Chuang Tzu (trans., Burton Watson): http://web.archive.org/web/20041009155819/users.compaqnet.be/cn111132/chuang-tzu/

* Full Text (trans., Burton Watson): https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/chuang-tzu-zuangzi-burton-watson-the-complete-works-of-chuang-tzu#toc1

* PDF Version (Burton Watson): https://terebess.hu/english/tao/Zhuangzi-Burton-Watson.pdf (From: https://terebess.hu/english/chuangtzu.html)

* Zhuangzi (A.C. Muller, trans.): http://www.acmuller.net/con-dao/zhuangzi.html


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