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Spiritual awakening via Tao Te Ching Study (In Person or online, Free)
This is for people to meet, discuss, share and help each other for Spiritual Growth, Cultivation and Network.
We know that we have body, mind and spirit. The body is tangible and will go through birth, sickness, aging, and death. It also has duality, there is men and women and it lives in the physical world. Mind is intangible, but still has duality. There are positive/negative thoughts. The spirit is intangible and beyond duality. Lao Tzu used Tao to refer to origin of creation and the pure spirit within each one of us. Buddha called the pure spirit as Buddha nature, meaning everyone can reach Buddhahood or enlightenment. It is referred to as the image of God in Bible and spirit of Allah in Koran. The more modern terms can be pure awareness or pure consciousness.
Even though there are different names, they all point to the same pure nature within us.
The analogy of sun and clouds is one of my favourites. The pure nature can be likened to the sun, which is always emitting light regardless of sunny days, cloudy days or stormy days. The vexations such as anger, resentment, greed, ignorance, attachment to fame, possessions...etc. can be liken to clouds that can temporarily obscure the light from the pure nature. However, once they are blown away, the light or wisdom from the pure nature will shine again. The spiritual cultivation is the journey to awaken to the pure nature within us and how to blow away clouds of delusions to let the wisdom or light to flow from the pure nature without hindrance, which lead us to a life with joy, ease and love while living in this dualistic world.
We use Tao Te Ching as a starting point and are open to any other teachings, such as those from Buddha, Jesus, Confucius, Lao Tzu...etc. and life experiences and wisdom from within each one of us.
Tao is the origin of creation and Tao is within each one of us too. It's the matter whether one can find it and following it instead of following desires and egotistic thoughts. If one can find it and use it in every moment, one unites with Tao, which is beyond life and death. There is also great wisdom in Tao that can be applied to solve vexations in life and help people elevate their spirituality.
Lao Tzu wrote Tao Te Ching about 3000 years ago. Amazingly, the wisdom revealed in it is great and profound and can be applied by people in modern days.
Welcome to join the online or in person study group to study, discuss, understand and share realization and how to apply it in daily life.
After discussion, people can understand and apply the wisdom of Tao in life and resonate with the Tao within each one of us.
Welcome to join the study group to study, discuss, understand and share realization and how to apply it in daily life.
The in person study and discussion is from 3 to 4 30 PM on Saturdays and 2 to 3 30 PM on Sundays in WSU Kingswood campus.
The online study and discussion is from 10 30 to 12 AM and 7 30 to 9 PM on Sundays.
You can find more events and details in below
https://tinyurl.com/mrxpurpy
https://tinyurl.com/37yd2bw6
https://tinyurl.com/392dh28c
Alternatively, you can go to meetup and search for below groups for more events and details.
"Tao Te Ching Spiritual Awakening, Cultivation and Network"
"Zen Spiritual Awakening, Cultivation and Network"
"Vegetarian Vegan Sharing and Inspiring Group"
We know that we have body, mind and spirit. The body is tangible and will go through birth, sickness, aging, and death. It also has duality, there is men and women and it lives in the physical world. Mind is intangible, but still has duality. There are positive/negative thoughts. The spirit is intangible and beyond duality. Lao Tzu used Tao to refer to origin of creation and the pure spirit within each one of us. Buddha called the pure spirit as Buddha nature, meaning everyone can reach Buddhahood or enlightenment. It is referred to as the image of God in Bible and spirit of Allah in Koran. The more modern terms can be pure awareness or pure consciousness.
Even though there are different names, they all point to the same pure nature within us.
The analogy of sun and clouds is one of my favourites. The pure nature can be likened to the sun, which is always emitting light regardless of sunny days, cloudy days or stormy days. The vexations such as anger, resentment, greed, ignorance, attachment to fame, possessions...etc. can be liken to clouds that can temporarily obscure the light from the pure nature. However, once they are blown away, the light or wisdom from the pure nature will shine again. The spiritual cultivation is the journey to awaken to the pure nature within us and how to blow away clouds of delusions to let the wisdom or light to flow from the pure nature without hindrance, which lead us to a life with joy, ease and love while living in this dualistic world.
We use Tao Te Ching as a starting point and are open to any other teachings, such as those from Buddha, Jesus, Confucius, Lao Tzu...etc. and life experiences and wisdom from within each one of us.
Tao is the origin of creation and Tao is within each one of us too. It's the matter whether one can find it and following it instead of following desires and egotistic thoughts. If one can find it and use it in every moment, one unites with Tao, which is beyond life and death. There is also great wisdom in Tao that can be applied to solve vexations in life and help people elevate their spirituality.
Lao Tzu wrote Tao Te Ching about 3000 years ago. Amazingly, the wisdom revealed in it is great and profound and can be applied by people in modern days.
Welcome to join the online or in person study group to study, discuss, understand and share realization and how to apply it in daily life.
After discussion, people can understand and apply the wisdom of Tao in life and resonate with the Tao within each one of us.
Welcome to join the study group to study, discuss, understand and share realization and how to apply it in daily life.
The in person study and discussion is from 3 to 4 30 PM on Saturdays and 2 to 3 30 PM on Sundays in WSU Kingswood campus.
The online study and discussion is from 10 30 to 12 AM and 7 30 to 9 PM on Sundays.
You can find more events and details in below
https://tinyurl.com/mrxpurpy
https://tinyurl.com/37yd2bw6
https://tinyurl.com/392dh28c
Alternatively, you can go to meetup and search for below groups for more events and details.
"Tao Te Ching Spiritual Awakening, Cultivation and Network"
"Zen Spiritual Awakening, Cultivation and Network"
"Vegetarian Vegan Sharing and Inspiring Group"
- Date Listed:17/04/2024
- Last Edited:17/04/2024
- vegetarian vegan cooking classWelcome to join the cooking demonstration to learn and share how to prepare delicious vegetarian food on weekends. The location is in the Penrith area. Please send your mobile number via meetup message and any ingredient limitation of your diet to me when you RSVP. The address will be sent in SMS to your phone before the event date. If any more info is needed, we can discuss it on the call. The fee AUD 10 is to cover the cost for ingredients, ...etc. You can find more events and detaiKingswood, NSW•2w
- Tai Chi and Qiqong exercise in Penrith (Free)Enjoy the gentle exercise of Tai Chi, which can bring peace, health to your body, mind and spirit. We will meet near the food hub between building O and K in Western Sydney University Kingswood campus from 4 30 to 5 30 PM on Saturdays. You can find more events and details in below https://tinyurl.com/mrxpurpy https://tinyurl.com/37yd2bw6 https://tinyurl.com/392dh28c Alternatively, you can go to meetup and search for below groups for more events and details. "Tao Te Ching SpiritualKingswood, NSW•2w
- Tai Chi and Qiqong exercise in Deepwater Park in Milperra (Free)Enjoy the gentle exercise of Tai Chi, which can bring peace, health to your body, mind and spirit. It's in Deepwater Park in Milperrra, NSW. at 10 AM on Sunday. You can find the location below. https://maps.app.goo.gl/ViZhGoGjFteg34d29 You can find more events and details in below https://tinyurl.com/mrxpurpy https://tinyurl.com/37yd2bw6 https://tinyurl.com/392dh28c Alternatively, you can go to meetup and search for below groups for more events and details. "Tao Te Ching SpiritualKingswood, NSW•2w
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