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I Ching - O Livro das Mutações - cont

28 The Passing of Greatness wind below, lake above

When greatness passes, the ridgepole bends.

When there has been peace for a long time, the beginnings of disorder inevitably sprout. It is best to prevent it when it is still weak, to stop it from creeping up. When the transformative path is flourishing, contaminations easily arise; it is best to set up guidelines and regulations.

It is not good to rely on force and cause disturbance; though strength is predominant, yet it is balanced, and it is docile and acts joyfully, so there is still a way to restore order and equilibrium. Then success is attained.

Developed people stand alone without fear, avoid society without distress.

Moisture originally nourishes wood, but also can destroy it;... Only when sustained by the power to stand alone without fear and avoid society without distress can learning be firmly rooted and development have a proper basis; then it is possible to refine and support the mediocre.

... a balance of firmness and flexibility makes for success, while being too firm or too flexible makes for failure. ... studying humbly to attain higher things is one's work here.

When too obstinate and unbalanced, indulging in stubbornness, if one cultivates oneself in this way, one's virtues will surely be ruined, and if one governs society in this way, disturbances will surely arise.

When strong but not excessively so, one can establish oneself and others as well. But if one likes greatness and enjoys achievement, one may not keep calm; ... But one may have some personal ambition, in which case self-help and helping others will not necessarily be fulfilled;

... enjoying peace, one does not know the problems of the people,...

... when correct concentration has no insight, winding up as a fall at the peak.

Idem

Sagesse Taoïste 2

"Comment clarifier l'eau trouble? Laissez-la reposer et elle cessera d'être trouble."

Tao-Te-Ching, XV-9, idem M.Yourcenar.

Sagesse Taoïste

"Envers ceux qui sont bons pour moi, je suis bon. Envers ceux qui ne sont pas bons pour moi, je suis bon, afin qu'ils apprennent à être bons. Envers ceux qui sont sincères avec moi, je suis sincère. Envers ceux qui ne sont pas sincères avec moi, je suis également sincère, afin qu'ils apprennent la sincérité."

Tao-Te-Ching, 49-2,

cité en "La Voix des Choses" Marguerite Yourcenar,

Éditions Gallimard, 1987.

I Ching - O Livro das Mutações - cont

9 Small Obstruction (Nurturance of the Small) heaven below, wind above

At small obstruction, nurturing the small succeeds.

... when you encounter situations that obstruct you and bog you down, if you do not get resentful or bitter, but just nurture yourself to digest them, you will be successful.... one must not seek to obtain results too rapidly.

In terms of contemplating mind, when the factual obstructions to enlightenment that have been there since beginningless time are overpowering even after the harmonizing of the elements of the path to enlightenment, they block perceptive insight, so that it cannot realize the truth.

The educational and liberative activities of buddhas do not reject the deluded. ... events and situations that formerly obstructed you can become means of self-development; this is how you succeed. But now, though you need not fear the situation, still you should not grab for easy success. ... That is, you should only go into action after harmonization of yin and yang.

Nurturing the small at small obstruction, flexibility finds its proper position, so above and below respond to it. ...Once one is at an impasse and needs devepolment, this is "small" in the sense that it is a matter of being correctly flexible.

Wind moving up in the sky, nurturing the small. ... Nothing has a more subtle influence on things than wind. ... In terms of contemplating mind, using generosity, self-discipline, patience, diligence, meditation, and insight to correct perceptive flaws, aid in psychological development, and open the mind, is called beautifying cultured qualities.

If there is truthfulness, blood goes and fear leaves...

There is truthfulness in companionship, in the sense that one does not enjoy blessings alone. ... when we practice a true way, there may be powerful factual obstructions that require specific remedies to help clear them away. But though we use remedies to help clear away obstructions, still the guidance comes from perceptive insight into the right way. ... accurate knowledge is strong, so obstacles caused by events cannot do any harm,...

... subtle insight into the true center of everything understands that obstacles lead to the qualities to overcome them,...

... concentration and insight are equal, so concrete obstacles melt away and you are freed of them.

Idem

I Ching - O Livro das Mutações - cont.

24 Return thunder below, earth above

When a companion comes, there is no fault. Returning back on the path,...

... after decadence has set in, there has to be a true sage to appear in response and bring about a revival; this is return. ... stripping away is removing all emotional clinging and returning to the essence of all things. In terms of contemplation of the center of all things, going from contemplation of conditionality to contemplation of emptiness... reaching out to teach in harmony with essence...

Return must lead to success; ... Using good to transform evil,... Once you have returned, you should cause the return to be permanent, so ... this comes to last a long time, ... Then there is a beginning and an end, whereby you can help yourself and help others,...

To return is to see the heart of heaven and earth. ... the essence of enlightenment is called the heart of heaven and earth; ... The ocean of suffering is boundless, but the shore is near at hand;

Once we harmonize with the essence of reality at the center of all things, we dwell neither in samsara nor in nirvana, but can roam freely in samsara and nirvana, so there is no ill.

On the winter solstice, the ancient kings shut the gates; the caravans did not travel; ... it is necessary to nurture potencial with serenity. So the buddhahood in contemplative practices, the "ancient Kings", have awakened to the "winter solstice" of the latent essence, "shut the gates" of the senses, shed attachments, and mastered themselves inwardly, temporarily halting the "caravans" of myriad practices of the six transcendent ways, and just observed the mind of the present moment, without "inspecting the regions" of the mental and physical elements.

... when true insight is perfectly clear, one sees the essence of enlightenment all at once and is immediately imbued with all practices; ... in terms of the six transcendent ways, this is the correct path of transcendent wisdom.

...when correct concentration is balanced, one is near to reality, close to sagehood, as in the stages of faith in the complete teaching. ... this is correct concentration combining with insight.

...one must first contemplate emptiness, then the conditional, then the center - this is called repeated return.... this is the continual urging of preseverance.

... this is patience.

... this is discipline;

... this is giving;

Idem - The Buddhist I Ching

I Ching - O Livro das Mutações - cont

21 Biting Through thunder below, fire above

Biting through is successful. It is beneficial to apply justice.

... as Yin is in a Yang position, this represents having an aberrant intellect, which is like poison.

However, being strong without excess, one will surely be able to master oneself,...

It is lucky if there is the quality of balance, which is to be valued; this is like finding gold.

"Wearing a cangue destroying the ears" means not listening clearly. ... Generally one comes to this because one does not listen clearly and does not know how to repent of faults and take to the good.

Idem