Evaluating the recent testomony with the Tao Te Ching, Taoism’s such a lot sacred e-book, Jesus and Lao Tzu unearths a shocking set of examples during which those non secular masters aspect their fans within the similar course. With over ninety parallel sayings, readers locate clean knowing and new views the following, because the common teachings are awarded facet by means of facet. The booklet additionally indicates how those shared truths go beyond conventional non secular barriers.
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TA O T E C H I N G 7 3 35 Materialism Lao Tzu and Jesus were unfailing opponents of the passion for wealth and the preoccupation with material things. They saw clearly the negative, stunting effects of materialism on human lives and repudiated it as a sort of disease. Materialistic concerns, almost by definition, are a spiritual danger because they impede the deepening and leavening necessary for cultivating an inner life. To Lao Tzu wealth, more than anything else, was a burden—a source of anxiety and a time-consuming diversion from far more important matters.
Woe to you who are full now, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who are laughing now, for you will mourn and weep. LUKE 6:24–25 32 Lao Tzu That which shrinks must first expand. That which becomes weak must first be strong. That which is cast down must first be raised. Those who are taken away from must first be given. TA O T E C H I N G 3 6 33 Je sus And can any of you by worrying add a single hour to the span of your life? LUKE 12:25 34 Lao Tzu The Tao of heaven does not strive, and yet it overcomes.
When foolish people hear of the Tao they break into laughter. If they didn’t laugh, it wouldn’t be the Tao. TA O T E C H I N G 4 1 27 Je sus Ask, and it will be given you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you. LUKE 11:9 28 Lao Tzu The spirit of the valley never dies. It is called the mystic female. Her door is the root of heaven and earth. Continuously, it seems to remain. Draw upon it and it serves you with ease. TA O T E C H I N G 6 29 Je sus Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.