The Tao Te Ching As Haiku - Democratic Underground

Naturyl

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Thu Feb-04-10 05:37 AM
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The Tao Te Ching As Haiku

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Lao-Tzu's Tao Te Ching offers a timeless social, political, and philosophical message.

Here, the 81 verses are presented in the form of haiku.

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pa28

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Thu Feb-04-10 06:34 AM
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1. Hey thanks.

I enjoyed it and I'm going to send this along to a friend who has made a lifetime study of the Tao. He's having kind of a hard time right now and I'm sure it will be well appreciated.

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Naturyl

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Thu Feb-04-10 06:51 AM
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2. Great, hope he finds it meaningful

I know about hard times. Best wishes to him.

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pa28

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Thu Feb-04-10 07:08 AM
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3. Pretty much a slam dunk.

Edited on Thu Feb-04-10 07:09 AM by pa28

It will cheer him up.

As for me this served as a reminder to re-read the Tao. It's one of those things like Marcus Aurelius I swore I'd read every year but it's been at least three now for the Tao. Great stuff.

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Naturyl

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Thu Feb-04-10 07:09 AM
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4. Marcus Aurelius is top-notch

Sounds like you and I have similar tastes in reading material.

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pa28

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Thu Feb-04-10 07:23 AM
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5. Marcus Aurelius is my number one all time.

Tao is right up there and like I said my friend is a great source of conversation for this as he's basically spent ten years deep into the arcane on a book with so few words.

My reading is way behind lately but if you have a list of favorites I'd definitely like to see it posted or PM'd

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