But whenever the young man said it was time to rest, he was always willing to rest with him – a day or two, and then they would start the journey again. He was surprised that the old man himself never said it was time to rest. And wild, juicy fruits…and they were resting whenever he wanted, the old man was ready. "And what the old man had said was true – as they entered deeper into the forest and the mountains, it became more and more beautiful. You just follow me, and we will take as many rests as you want.’ You are young, inexperienced I will carry your things. "The man was so authoritative: when he said ‘Stand up!’ the young man simply stood. I have been on this path thousands of times, and I am at least four times your age. Anyway, I am going you can come along with me. This is one of the most beautiful valleys and the most beautiful mountains and the trees are so full of fruits, fruits that you may not have even tasted. And who is saying to you that you should go continuously? You can take time after ten miles you can rest a day or two days, enjoy. And the saying goes, Just one step by one step, a man can go ten thousand miles – and this is only a hundred miles! You seem to be stupid. The powerful, the weak, the young, the old – it doesn’t matter. He said, ‘Have you not heard the ancient saying? Nobody has the power to take two steps together, you can take only one step at a time. He saw this young man sitting he asked, ‘What are you doing here?’The young man explained: "So he was sitting just outside the town, and as the sun was rising an old man came by. And without seeing the statue of Lao Tzu, simply be finished. At least there will be light, and I can see better otherwise I will fall somewhere off this small footpath. So he thinks, &lsquot It is better to wait till the morning. I have never walked one hundred miles, and there is no road….’It is a small hill path, a footpath – dangerous too. "As he comes out of the town to the first milestone, a thought arises in him, ‘My God, one hundred miles! And I only have two feet – it is going to kill me. In the middle of the night – he chooses the time in the middle of the night so that the wife and the children and the family are asleep and no trouble arises – he takes a lamp in his hand, because the night is dark, and goes out of the town. But finally one night he decides that he has to go – and it is not that far, only a hundred miles – but he is a poor man, and he has to walk. "And years pass, and there are so many things always coming in between. There are no Taoist temples, so there are very rare statues and they are all in the mountains – standing in the open, carved out of the mountain – no roof, no temple, no priest, no worship. He loves the words, the way Lao Tzu has spoken, the style of life that he has lived, but he has never seen any of his statues. And a young man has been thinking for years to go to the mountains and see the statue of Lao Tzu. Tao: The Pathless Path also features a Q&A section that addresses how Taoist understanding applies to everyday life in concrete, practical terms."There is a statue of Lao Tzu, the founder of Tao. “Best Be Still, Best Be Empty” discusses the difference between the path of the will, the via affirmitiva of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam, versus the path of the mystic, the via negativa of Buddha and Lao Tzu. “No Rest for the Living” uses a dialogue between a despondent seeker and his master to reveal the limits of philosophy and the crippling consequences of living for the sake of some future goal. “No Regrets” is a parable about the difference between the knowledge that is gathered from the outside and the “knowing” that arises from within. “A Man Who Knows How to Console Himself” looks beneath the apparent cheerfulness of a wandering monk and asks if there is really a happiness that endures through life’s ups and downs. “Who Is Really Happy” uses the discovery of a human skull on the roadside to probe into the question of immortality and how misery arises out of the existence of the ego. Leih Tzu was a well-known Taoist master in the fourth century B.C., and his sly critiques of a Confucius provide abundant opportunities for the reader to explore the contrasts between the rational and irrational, the male and female, the structured and the spontaneous. In Tao: The Pathless Path, Osho, one of the greatest spiritual teachers of the twentieth century, comments on five parables from the Leih Tzu, bringing a fresh and contemporary interpretation to the ancient wisdom of Tao.
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