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The Tao Te Ching for Everyday Living

by Dan Casas-Murray

Email the podcast: DailyTaoLife@gmail.com Welcome to the Tao Te Ching for Everyday Living. I’m your host, Dan Casas-Murray. This podcast is for the Tao Curious, those looking for a random bit of wisdom once in awhile, or for those who want to dive into this wonderful teaching.I’ve been studying the Tao Te Ching for just short of a year now, and have reconnected with a natural feeling of inner peace and contentment. I don’t hold a doctorate, nor am I qualified to teach anything about the Tao Te Ching - I’m just an ordinary person who has experienced the wonderful side effects of following the Tao. Since everyone’s experience with this wisdom is different, the only thing that I can hope for is that mine helps you to connect with the Tao in your own, unique, personal way. Feel free to listen to each episode a day at a time or any time you need a quick “Tao-shot.” You can listen while on your way to work or after that, when you’re winding down. It’s always a good time to observe the Tao.In each episode, we’ll do four things:1. We’ll read a verse of the Tao Te Ching2. Break it down into everyday language3. I’ll share my own thoughts and experience4. Apply the Verse with a couple of the many ways you can put the Tao into practice for yourself.That’s pretty much how I’ve been practicing the Tao every day - by listening to Lao Tzu, reflecting on his words of wisdom, listening to other comments, and trying to practice them in everyday life.

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Tao Te Ching Verse 81: Staying Connected with Truth

Send us Fan Mail Tao Te Ching Verse 81 translated by Isabella Mears Faithful words may not be beautiful, Beautiful words may not be faithful. Those who love do not qua

Apr 9 2021
29 min

Tao Te Ching Verse 80: Accessing the Utopia Within

Send us Fan Mail Tao Te Ching Verse 80 translated by Hua-Ching Ni Let there be small communities with few inhabitants. The supply of vessels may be more than enough, y

Apr 2 2021
31 min

Tao Te Ching Verse 79: Staying Forgiving

Send us Fan Mail Tao Te Ching Verse 79 translated by Keith H. Seddon When a bad grudge is settled, Some enmity is bound to remain. How can this be considered acceptabl

Mar 26 2021
24 min

Tao Te Ching Verse 78: Staying Humble

Send us Fan Mail Tao Te Ching Verse 78 translated by The Tao of Rivenrock There is nothing more flexible and yielding than water. And yet there is nothing better for a

Mar 19 2021
33 min

Tao Te Ching Verse 77: Staying Content

Send us Fan Mail Tao Te Ching Verse 77 translated by Anonymous The natural order is like stretching a bow The low bow gets pushed up high And the high tendon pulled do

Mar 12 2021
27 min

Tao Te Ching Verse 76: Staying Compassionate

Send us Fan Mail Tao Te Ching Verse 76 translated by Xiaolin Yang When people are alive, they are soft; when dead, they are hard. When every living thing is alive, it

Mar 5 2021
32 min

Tao Te Ching Verse 75: Abstinence

Send us Fan Mail Tao Te Ching Verse 75 translated by Shi Fu Hwang The people suffer from hunger because their superior agencies have imposed a heavy tax, thus they are

Feb 26 2021
29 min

Tao Te Ching Verse 74: Disqualifying Ourselves from Managing

Send us Fan Mail Tao Te Ching Verse 74 translated by Frederic Henry Balfour If people do not fear death why attempt to frighten them by capital punishment? Supposing t

Feb 19 2021
27 min

Tao Te Ching Verse 73: The Tao's Perfect Outcome

Send us Fan Mail Tao Te Ching Verse 73 translated by Isabella Mears A person with courage and daring is slain, A person with courage and self-restraint lives. Of these

Feb 12 2021
33 min

Tao Te Ching Verse 72: Reflecting

Send us Fan Mail Tao Te Ching Verse 72 translated by Charles Johnston When the people fear not what should be feared, then what is most to be feared descends upon them

Feb 5 2021
29 min

Tao Te Ching Verse 71: Working Toward Conscious Awareness

Send us Fan Mail Tao Te Ching Verse 71 translated by Hua-Ching Ni One who regards one’s intellectual knowledge as ignorance has deep insight. One who overrates one’s i

Jan 29 2021
25 min

Tao Te Ching Verse 70: Paying Attention

Send us Fan Mail Tao Te Ching Verse 70 translated by Bruce R. Linnell My words are very easy to understand, Very easy to practice. But there is no one in the world who

Jan 22 2021
31 min

Tao Te Ching Verse 69: Practicing Humility Humbly

Send us Fan Mail Tao Te Ching Verse 69 translated by Bram den Hond Those who use weapons have a saying which goes: "I do not presume to act like the host but instead p

Jan 15 2021
30 min

Tao Te Ching Verse 68: Practicing Non-Contention

Send us Fan Mail Tao Te Ching Verse 68 translated by Lin Yutang The brave soldier is not violent; The good fighter does not lose his temper; The great conqueror does n

Jan 8 2021
26 min

Tao Te Ching Verse 67: The Three Treasures

Send us Fan Mail Tao Te Ching Verse 67 translated by Ellen Marie Chen All under heaven say that my Tao is great, That it seems useless (pu hsiao). Because it is great,

Jan 1 2021
27 min

Tao Te Ching Verse 66: Leading from Behind

Send us Fan Mail Tao Te Ching Verse 66 translated by Dwight Goddard The reason rivers and seas are called the kings of the valley is because they keep below them. The

Dec 25 2020
29 min

Tao Te Ching Verse 65: Staying on the Path

Send us Fan Mail Tao Te Ching Verse 65 translated by Hua-Ching Ni In ancient times, those who were well-versed in the practice of the subtle Way of the universe did no

Dec 18 2020
35 min

Tao Te Ching Verse 64: Getting Proactive with the Tao

Send us Fan Mail Tao Te Ching Verse 64 translated by Sanderson Beck What stays still is easy to hold. Without omens it is easy to plan. The brittle is easy to shatter.

Dec 11 2020
36 min

Tao Te Ching Verse 63: Refining Ourselves with the Tao

Send us Fan Mail Tao Te Ching Verse 63 translated by James Legge (It is the way of the Tao) to act without (thinking of) acting; to conduct affairs without (feeling th

Dec 4 2020
32 min

Tao Te Ching Verse 62: Giving the Tao

Send us Fan Mail Tao Te Ching Verse 62 translated by Han Hiong Tan Dao is the safe haven for all beings. The good people value it. The bad people receive protection fr

Nov 27 2020
29 min

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