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Taoism
Lesson 222

Cultivate the sincerity that is within your breast, so as to be responsive to the conditions of your environment, and be not aggressive.

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If your Highness will only abstain, that will be enough. Cultivate the sincerity that is within your breast, so as to be responsive to the conditions of your environment, and be not aggressive.

Source Chuang Tzu, chapter 24, §4 · 📖 Read the full passage

✨ To meditate on today

According to Chuang Tzu, the sage Hsü Wu Kuei advised a prince to be, like heaven and earth, kind to all and to harm no one: everyone benefits, the people, the neighbours and oneself. Today, choose one person and offer them a gesture of freely given kindness.

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