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Taoism
Lesson 19

Great knowledge embraces the whole: small knowledge, a part only.

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Great knowledge embraces the whole: small knowledge, a part only. Great speech is universal: small speech is particular.

Source Chuang Tzu, chapter 2, ยง2 ยท ๐Ÿ“– Read the full passage

โœจ To meditate on today

According to Chuang Tzu, who here gives the word to Master K'i, all beings share one nature and one becoming; the greatest knowledge is to embrace the whole rather than to separate everything. Today, when you judge someone by a detail, widen your gaze and look for what in them resembles you.

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