TAOISM | The Art of Non-Action or Non-Doing | Wu Wei (無爲)
“Knowing others is intelligence;
knowing yourself is true wisdom.
Mastering others is strength;
mastering yourself is true power.”
―Lao Tzu
Chapters:
00:00 The Counterproductive Pursuit of Betterment
00:25 Observations of Lao Tsu
00:40 The Essence of Wu Wei
00:56 Swimming Against the Stream
01:13 Winning the World by Not Trying
01:20 The Mysterious Dao
01:48 Fixed Rules and Artificial Ways of Life
02:06 Wu Wei in Bhagavad Gita
02:49 Contemporary Concept of Wu Wei: Flow State
04:29 The Story of Cook Ting
07:06 Wu Wei in Society and Governance
07:32 Summary: Embodying Wu Wei
Sources:
The Dao Dejing:
https://amzn.to/3NaHfZn
The Bagavagita:
https://amzn.to/42lwF6g
Wu Wei: Literal Translation as Non-Action:
https://www.britannica.com/topic/wuwe...
The Story of Cook Ting:
http://background.uchicago.edu/~whu/a...
Flow State:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_(p...)
General Source:
https://iep.utm.edu/
“Those who know do not speak.
Those who speak do not know.”
―Lao Tsu, Tao Teh Ching