[Community_garden] Philosophies of life

[Diana Liu]

Absolutely!  :-)  After glancing the the Book of Five Ring website and the 9 rules, they are all pretty similar in concept.  The Book of Void (nothingness) and 9th rule (Do not engage in useless activity) really summarize well Lao Tze's (the author of Tao Te Ching) concept of no-action, which is probably the most difficult to translate and to understand.

yarrow at sfo.com wrote:  This sounds a lot like the I Ching and the Tao Te Ching.

At 8:37 AM -0800 12/28/07, Diana Liu wrote:
>Well, ok, since my ancestor wrote the Art of War, 
>(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Art_of_War) I feel that there 
>needs to be some explanations. :-) The book is not about fighting a 
>war, but how to strategize so that the result is with the least (or 
>minimal) danger and casualties (on both sides). The most famous 
>quote is probably:
>
> "So it is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, 
>you will fight without danger in battles.
>If you only know yourself, but not your opponent, you may win or may lose.
>If you know neither yourself nor your enemy, you will always 
>endanger yourself."




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Kindness in words creates confidence.
Kindness in thinking creates profoundness.
Kindness in giving creates love.
                                   - Lao Tzu
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