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Episode 12: Chuang Tzu’s Taoism: What Is Wisdom?

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

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The Worse Can Never Harm the Better

The Buddha's teachings are supposed to shock you out of your regular understanding and consciousness into some kind of enlightenment. But it ends up being very frustrating if you're just approaching it as a how to live your life guide. Only the sages should read this book, because the rest of you will just be confused. The too is not a transcendent notion, or i should say, it is not intended to be transcendent. It's not outside of actual experience.

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