The Empty Boat ~ 08

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event type discourse
date & time 17 Jul 1974 am
location Lao Tzu balcony, Poona
language English
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shorttitle BOAT08
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synopsis
Reader of the sutras: Sw Ananda Teertha.
The sutra
Hui Tzu said to Chuang Tzu:
"All your teaching is centered on what has no use."
Chuang tzu replied:
"If you have no appreciation for what has no use
You cannot begin to talk about what can be used.
The earth, for example, is broad and vast,
But of all this expanse a man uses only a few inches
Upon which he happens to be standing at the time.
"Now suppose you suddenly take away
All that he is not actually using,
So that all around his feet a gulf yawns,
And he stands in the void
With nowhere solid except under each foot,
How long will he be able to use what he is using?"
Hui Tzu said:
"It would cease to serve any purpose."
Chuang Tzu concluded:
"This shows the absolute necessity
Of what is supposed to have no use."


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