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The Tao of Turd

by Evelyn Reid | Feb 18, 2018 | Tao du Jour | 0

That the tao of turd can make the abstract nature of Taoism so comprehensively concrete is one of life’s greater mysteries.

Cracking the Safe

by Evelyn Reid | Jan 17, 2018 | Tao du Jour | 0

“Cracking the Safe,” Chapter 10 of Chuang Tzu as coined by Thomas Merton, lays bare the paradox of security. What you call theft? Others call good business.

The Wind and the Banner

by Evelyn Reid | Dec 14, 2017 | Tao du Jour | 0

This is the story of two monks who argued about everything, right down to whether the day would turn out good, or bad, and whether the wind moved the banner—or is it the banner moving the wind? An exasperated Zen master got fed up. And chimed in.

The Empty Boat and the Angry Man

by Evelyn Reid | Nov 21, 2017 | Tao du Jour | 0

The empty boat and the angry man describes a 2000+-year-old allegory found in the Book of Chuang Tzu. How many of us would react the same way if faced with identical circumstances?