mirror mind

The perfect man uses his mind

as a mirror.

It grasps nothing.

It regrets nothing.

It receives but does not keep.


Chuang Tzu


if you would like to read more on Chuang Tzu please refer to

http://www.hermitary.com/articles/china-5.html
http://philtar.ucsm.ac.uk/encyclopedia/taoism/chuang.html
http://www.religiousworlds.com/taoism/cz-list.html


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the storehouse of spirit

Life, death, preservation, loss, failure, success, poverty, riches, worthiness, unworthiness, slander, fame, hunger, thirst, cold, heat -- these are the alternations of the world, the workings of fate. Day and night they change places before us and wisdom cannot spy out their source. Therefore they should not be enough to destroy your harmony; they should not be allowed to enter the storehouse of spirit.

Chuang-tzu (approximately 369-286 B.C.E.)





if you would like to read more on Chuang Tzu please refer to

http://www.hermitary.com/articles/china-5.html
http://philtar.ucsm.ac.uk/encyclopedia/taoism/chuang.html
http://www.religiousworlds.com/taoism/cz-list.html