The Way of Water (or The Strength of Weakness)
The Book of the Way and its Potency (or Virtue), attributed to Laozi, is one of the most important texts of Daoism. It is also one of the most prominent works ever written on how to find enough meaning in the universe to conduct a personal life based on what is behind and beyond this life. It is a text that can be fruitfully studied and meditated even today, and it still inspires many people’s lives.
The Way of Water or The Strength of Weakness
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4:00 hours
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By taking this course, you will
- Analyse the metaphors of water in the Daodejing and other related texts.
- Explain how the concepts of suppleness, yielding, and endurance can overcome force and violence.
- Evaluate the significance of “The Strength of Weakness”
- Demonstrate an understanding of how adopting a new perspective on human relationships and life can lead to success and the nurturing of life.
- Assess the contemporary relevance of the Daodejing, exploring its capacity to inspire and enrich personal lives through study and meditation.
Course Overview
The Book of the Way and its Potency (or Virtue), attributed to Laozi, is one of the most important texts of Daoism. It is also one of the most prominent works ever written on how to find enough meaning in the universe to conduct a personal life based on what is behind and beyond this life. It is a text that can be fruitfully studied and meditated even today, and it still inspires many people’s lives.
Images of water permeate the book with metaphors that show how suppleness, apparent weakness, and the ability to yield and endure can overcome force and violence. ‘The strength of weakness’ is presented as a way to succeed and nurture life, for which one must shift internally and adopt another view on human relationships and how life proceeds. When this change is achieved, ‘The Way of Water’ reveals its richness and its marvellous efficiency, bringing us close to the source of life.
During this course, this perception will be demonstrated through several selected Daodejing chapters. Several other texts of the same period (the turn of the 3rd century BC) sharing the same approach will also be presented.
Handouts provide the Chinese text (with pinyin) for the selected chapters, along with R.G. Henricks’s translation, one of the several good available English translations. It is not necessary to know Chinese to follow the lectures.
According to the Daodejing 道德經 – ‘The book of the Way and its Potency’ by Elisabeth Rochat de la Vallée
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