Taoism: Ep. 14 - The Problem is Other People

Taoism: Ep. 14 - The Problem is Other People

Chapter 14 of Chuan Tzu presents a Taoist reflection on perhaps the single vexing problem in our lives - the other people. Taoism argues for a natural approach to other people that will remove us from the shackles of expectations, obligations, and unnatural modes of reciprocal behavior. Chuang Tzu acknowledges the difficulty, yet it remains necessary to address this central problem if we are to have any hope of creating lives in harmony with the Tao.


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