The Dao De Jing Podcast

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Spiritual and philosophical meditations on the wisdom from this ancient Chinese classic by Shu Lee.

Shu Lee


    • Aug 13, 2024 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 54m AVG DURATION
    • 31 EPISODES


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    Breaking the Dao with Raygunn

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2024 52:03


    Special Episode: Why Australian Olympic breakdancer and professional academic Rachael Gunn's Paris performance is a symbolic story of the way of the Dao / Tao.

    Ch.25: We're Mixing It.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2024 59:59


    Is English really English? How I was inspired by ignorance.

    Ch.24: Are You Spiritual?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2024 59:59


    Why I had a very enlightening Earth Day. And how it was actually a spiritual experience. What we learn from famous megalomaniacs in history.

    Ch.23: Negativity vs Positivity.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2023 59:57


    Ep.28: Ch.23: Is there really more to being positive? What can we learn from the wind and rain?

    Ch.22: The See-Saw Principle.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2023 59:59


    Ep.27: Ch.22: Who is in the right? Who is in the wrong? Who is to blame? Why seek only a little to gain a lot? What happens when you are over ambitious?

    Ch.21(b): Goodbye Grandma…

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2023 59:59


    Ep.26: The passing of Grandma. - What is 精 the quark? - How to find the essence of life in 众甫 the ancestor. Link to interview on Experimental Film Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4cMiahzqzf2bz1tDqs2c1E?si=ms_qx9KYRLKl7EP1VEZfWA

    Ch.21 (a) Elephant in the Room.

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2023 59:59


    What Dao 道 looks like can be seen through the relationship between The Way and The Virtue. So what is 德 (The Virtue)?

    Ch.20(b): Why am I Different?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2023 59:59


    Ep.24: Ch.20: What actually is 善 good and what is 恶 evil? Why Dao practitioners look foolish in the eyes of the world.

    Ch. 20(a): I am Different.

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2023 59:57


    The host shares his little backstory about being different. What's it like to be different? Why is 7 significant? What happens when we disrupt the course of nature?

    Ch.19: Your Worries Disappear.

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2023 59:59


    Episode 22: Chapter 19. Life can be fraught with conflict. How “letting go” and simplifying our lives help us.

    Ch. 18: Dao is Hope in Despair.

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2023 59:59


    Ever been in a messy situation? How did we get out of it? Shu shares stories from his personal experiences about how the Dao has lifted him up out of the mud. Why should we be more gracious to each other?

    Ch.17 (B): Dao is Freedom.

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2022 59:58


    Being in the Dao is 悠 yōu.

    Ch.17 (A): The Best Type of Leader.

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2022 59:59


    What is a “GREAT” leadership? What does faeces have to do with knowing? Why is 信 xìn the secret to success?

    Ch.16 (B): Destiny, Justice & Wholeness

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2022 59:59


    A huge thank you to reviewers and listeners across the world! Do we achieve destiny or return to it? Choosing the 容 róng over the 凶 xiōng. What really is 公 gōng?

    Ch.16: Returning to your Roots (A)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2022 59:59


    Part A: Your life is a …… The meaning of life is… How do we return to our roots? Why is this Journey even important? Part B will follow in the next episode. Thank you for listening.

    Ch. 15: The Yoga in the Dao.

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2022 59:59


    Highlights the secret description of the ancients who knew the Dao. What were these people like? What can we learn from their principles? What is the yoga spirit of the in Dao? Why it is essential to be both old and new?

    Chapter 14: The Trinity of the Tao?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2022 59:58


    Color and non-color. Vague is beautiful. Returning to the roots. Taking hold is the discipline of the Dao.

    Ch. 13: Dancing with the Dao and a Dragon Under Your Roof?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2022 59:59


    I share a Dao De Jing moment story. Have you ever danced with the Dao? What is it like to host a dragon? Where do troubles come from? Does your body symbolize something else?

    Ch. 12: Beauty Causes Blindness?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2022 59:59


    Can beauty images cause blindness? Can songs causes deafness? Can great food cause a lost of taste? Let's explore what a wise person does with beauty. And what does all this have to do with your stomach?

    Ch.11: Tapping into Empty Space.

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2022 59:59


    A wheel, a vessel, a house. What is it about these everyday tools that makes them useful?

    CH. 10: Like a piece of silk hanging…

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2022 59:59


    Can we be perfect? What is responsibility? How mysterious is your heart?

    Ch. 9: One Should Stop…

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2022 59:59


    Spiritual exploration and meditation of DDJ Chapter 9: Why is it important for us to stop after we have reached the point before the brim?

    Ch. 8: To be like water…

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2022 59:59


    How flowing like water can bring us closer to the Tao that is within us.

    Ch. 7: Existing for the Other.

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2022 47:24


    Meditations on chapter 7 of the Dao De Jing: completing the self by being no-self.

    #7 : Ch6 : The Mysterious Mother

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2020 32:32


    The Grain God, the Valley Spirit, the Womb, the Root, the Sea... What do these have in common and how are they related to us?

    Ep.6: Ch5: Are You a Straw Dog?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2020 31:04


    What is a straw dog? Am I over-pumping my life? There is a "Golden Path?"

    Ep.5: Chp.4: The Dao is a Football?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2020 33:06


    The Dao is like watching a slow cinema movie? The Dao is in our culture? The Dao is a Football? Includes a meditation.

    Ep 4: Ch 3: Advice for kings or convicts? Did I hear you say water problems?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2020 20:20


    Is this chapter advice for political leaders or just for ordinary me? Is it okay to covet? So you have a water problem with your palace and your boat?

    Chapter 2: Part 2: The Sage, Ying Yang & You.

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2020 31:26


    Who is the Sage? What is Yin Yang? Do we need peace?

    Chapter 2: Complementary Opposites

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2020 38:09


    Why continue learning as adults? Were Lao Zi and Socrates good friends? Do we really need each other?

    Chapter 1: The Way, The Name, The Nothingness, The Being.

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2020 83:02


    Shu Lee's commentary on the first chapter of the ancient Chinese spiritual and philosophical classic 'Dao De Jing.' What is the Dao, the Name, the Nothingness and the Being? How do they interact with each other and us as humans?

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