Water flows towards a lower place (water seeks its own level). In that way, rivers will become the sea. Then, people who downgrade themselves are connected to the Tao. Arrogant and self-centered persons are never followed by others. It is modest and altruistic ones who are followed by others. If a person is modest and altruistic, he/she will not fight with others. If we do not fight with others, we will be able to spend our time calmly. The ultimate arts of fighting is to win without fighting. If our true winning means spending our time calmly with others, the very core of martial arts is just being modest and altruistic.
May 01, 2018
After Reading Lao Tsu: Chapter 66 老子：第六六章を読んで
水は低いところに流れていく。そうして川はやがて海になる。だから低くへりくだる者がタオに通じている。横柄で利己的な者に人は決して付いていかない。謙虚で利他的な者にこそ人は付いていく。謙虚で利他的であれば，人と争うことはない。争わなければ，心穏やかに過ごすことができる。究極の武術とは，争わずに勝つことである。本当の勝利とは，人とともに心穏やかに過ごすことだとすれば，武術の核心とはすなわち謙虚で利他的であることである。
Water flows towards a lower place (water seeks its own level). In that way, rivers will become the sea. Then, people who downgrade themselves are connected to the Tao. Arrogant and self-centered persons are never followed by others. It is modest and altruistic ones who are followed by others. If a person is modest and altruistic, he/she will not fight with others. If we do not fight with others, we will be able to spend our time calmly. The ultimate arts of fighting is to win without fighting. If our true winning means spending our time calmly with others, the very core of martial arts is just being modest and altruistic.
Water flows towards a lower place (water seeks its own level). In that way, rivers will become the sea. Then, people who downgrade themselves are connected to the Tao. Arrogant and self-centered persons are never followed by others. It is modest and altruistic ones who are followed by others. If a person is modest and altruistic, he/she will not fight with others. If we do not fight with others, we will be able to spend our time calmly. The ultimate arts of fighting is to win without fighting. If our true winning means spending our time calmly with others, the very core of martial arts is just being modest and altruistic.
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