rigidity

  • Caigentan 106. Unshakable composure and Unfettered engagement

    The learned man should behave with discretion. If he fails to do so, he will make himself vulnerable to external distractions, and will be unable to engage in leisurely and untroubled pursuits.

  • Dao De Jing – Chapter 42

    The Dao produced One; One produced Two; Two produced Three; Three produced All things. All things leave behind them the Obscurity (out of which they have come), and go forward to embrace the Brightness (into which they have emerged), while they are harmonised by the Breath of Vacancy.What men dislike is to be orphans,…