January 19, 2018

After Reading Lao Tsu: Chapter 49 老子:第四九章を読んで

私利私欲をもって人に接すれば,その人は自分が損しないようにと身構える。好き嫌いをもって人に接すれば,敵を作る機会が生じる。だから集団の長となる者は,私利私欲や好き嫌いで成員に接しない方が良い。我々はもともと自分を利するようにできているし,好きな人もいれば嫌いな人もいる。しかし,無心となって無我となって振る舞おうとする態度と行動が,集団に平穏を生む。そこに争いはない。これも一つの無手勝流,武の極意である。

If you interacted with people only in your self-interest, they would guard themselves from suffering a loss. If you interacted with people in a partial manner, some of them would become enemies to you. Therefore, a person who is a leader of a group should not interact with the group members in his/her self-interest nor in a partial manner. We human beings have a natural disposition to benefit ourselves, and there are not only people who we like but also those who we dislike. However, the attitude and act to behave without intention and selfishness leads to calmness in the group. There are not conflicts in that group. This is one of Mutekatsu-ryu, which is a secret of martial arts.

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