Episode Synopsis "Tao te Ching Chapter Seven"
Thomas Brill and Brian Parks chatting again. This week we talked about chapter 7 of the Tao te Ching. 1. Heaven endures; Earth lasts a long time. 2. The reason why Heaven and Earth can endure and last a long time— 3. Is that they do not live for themselves. 4. Therefore they can long endure. 5. Therefore the Sage: 6. Puts himself in the background yet finds himself in the foreground; 7. Puts self-concern out of [his mind], yet finds self-concern in the fore; 8. Puts self-concern out of [his mind], yet finds that his self-concern is preserved. 9. Is it not because he has no self-interest, 10. That he is therefore able to realize his self-interest? Here is a link to the audio file for chapter 7 if you are not using iTunes. https://s3.amazonaws.com/tao4two/TtCCh7.mp3