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Ep. 312: The Dao De Jing on Virtue (Part Two)

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The Inner Light, Without Going Out of Your Door

Make sure that the people look upon death as a waiting matter and never move to distant places. Even though neighboring states are within sight of each other, even though they can hear the sound of each other's dogs and chickens, the people will grow old and die without ever having visited one another. This is why sages know without going abroad, name without having to see perfect through non-action. That does save some labor, some form of labor. So what do we think of this? There was an earlier one that quotes the Beatles without going out of your door. Without looking out the window, one can see the way of heaven. The further one goes, the less one knows.

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