0595 - TALKS: Reading Chuang Tzu, V

Episode 0595 - Reading Chuang Tzu, V
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Completed reading & discussion of Chapter 1 ("Free and Easy Wandering"), with commentary on core Taoist views, principles & personal guidance. Main themes include: the nature of existential freedom; dogmatic social assumptions vs. expanded view; creativity & imagination; human desire & essential values; 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 (trans., Burton Watson): http://web.archive.org/web/20041009155819/users.compaqnet.be/cn111132/chuang-tzu/

 * Full Text (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 - https://terebess.hu/english/chuangtzu.htm

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

 * Japanese Lo-fi, Ambient music compilations: (a) KEIHATSU, (b) Raining in Nagoya:

(a) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDEYHxtimKk
(b) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0te6noMKffA

 * Zuangzi (GoodReads, quotes): https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/149093.Zhuangzi

 * Li Po (Li Bai), "Amusing Myself": http://www.chinese-poems.com/lb14.html

 * A Stop at Willoughby (Twilight Zone; May 6, 1960): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Stop_at_Willoughby

  

* ADDITIONAL RESOURCES *

1. TALKS WITH SCOTT MANDELKER (All topics)

http://talkswithscottmandelker.blogspot.com

2. LAW OF ONE PODCAST (RA Material)

http://thelawofonepodcast.blogspot.com

3. ARCHIVE.ORG YT MIRROR (All topics)

https://archive.org/search.php?query="Scott+Mandelker"&sin=

4. ESSAYS & RA MATERIAL PDF-COMPILATIONS

https://talkswithscottmandelker.com/pdf_files#_=_

5. ALL YOUTUBE PLAYLISTS

https://www.youtube.com/user/TWSMandelker/playlists

6. AUDIO BOOKS PROJECT (UV, 2150, NOSSO LAR, AVHM)

https://imagine2150.org/

https://soundcloud.com/spiritual-books-project/sets