Tao Te Ching Meditation -- Chapter 24: Simply Simple
Reading:
24.1 Those on tiptoe don't stand up
those who take long strides don't walk;
24.2 those who see themselves are not perceptive,*
those who assert themselves are not illustrious;
24.3 those who glorify themselves have no merit,
those who are proud of themselves do not last.
24.4 On the Way, these are called overconsumption and excess activity.
Some people disdain them,
so those with the Way abstain.
Tao Teh Ching - Cleary Translation nbsp;
* Line 24.2a has also been interpreted as follows:
"He who makes a show is not enlightened," (Gai-fu Feng and Jane English)
"He who tries to shine/ dims his own light." (Stephen Mitchell)( Collapse )
24.1 Those on tiptoe don't stand up
those who take long strides don't walk;
24.2 those who see themselves are not perceptive,*
those who assert themselves are not illustrious;
24.3 those who glorify themselves have no merit,
those who are proud of themselves do not last.
24.4 On the Way, these are called overconsumption and excess activity.
Some people disdain them,
so those with the Way abstain.
Tao Teh Ching - Cleary Translation nbsp;
* Line 24.2a has also been interpreted as follows:
"He who makes a show is not enlightened," (Gai-fu Feng and Jane English)
"He who tries to shine/ dims his own light." (Stephen Mitchell)( Collapse )