Mingdao Deng

Deng Ming-Dao is the author of The Lunar Tao, 365 Tao, The Living I Ching, Chronicles of Tao, Everyday Tao, and Scholar Warrior.

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We don’t know which one of our ventures will be fruitful—best to plant an orchard instead of a single tree.

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The latest post is superb!

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@4lisaguerrero My condolences. May peace come to you and your family.

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This 2 minute video, which unfolded on live tv, is the story of what it is to be Black in America. The Black family tries to flag police for help—then police arrest THEM.

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A great teacher may not know great breadth, but they must always know great depth.

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When we give to others, we give to ourselves.
When we make ourselves vulnerable, others embrace us.
When we give from our hearts, it is always right.

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The only way to make room for the new is to settle the old.
The only way to live true is to keep our ideals.

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You may not be the chosen one, yet be the one who chooses to be good.

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Balance uncertainty with intention.
Balance randomness with effort.
Balance misfortune with kindness.
Balance suffering with compassion.

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There is no single Tao. There is only the Tao each of us engages in through our own choices and movement.

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Although fate may be harsh, we must never let our hearts be harsh. Although fate may be harsh, we must be stronger at heart still.

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Acting perfectly is to accept the imperfection of our action.

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Fruit spoils; that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t eat it when it’s ripe. Sex ends; that doesn’t mean that we can’t seek more. Hunger returns after we eat; that doesn’t mean we don’t eat again. We get tired after we sleep; that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t awake.

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The love of Tao is the Tao of love.

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Each refusal to halt violence is a new bullet.

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Being in process is better than being done. Being done is to stand on a pedestal as a statute. Being in process is to dance and grow. Make movement your being.

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All the energy in the world burst forth at once. It changes and flows, but never dies. That energy is in us. Our bodies are likewise made from the matter of the world. We are part of the universe.

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A life of intensity is not realized through toil. Neither is it realized through suffering and pain. Toil, suffering, and pain are intense, but they burn us. A life lived on one’s own terms and by one’s own insight makes us bright.