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Osho on Lao Tzu

496 discourses in which Osho speaks about Lao Tzu, most mentions first. Each line is his own sentence from that talk.

  1. Tao Upanishad #6 · 96 mentions · 24 June 1971
    “Lao Tzu does not see the opposite as opposite, the distant as distant, the contrary as contrary.”
  2. Tao Upanishad #7 · 92 mentions · 25 June 1971
    “Lao Tzu, in the first two sutras, has spoken of this dialectic of existence.”
  3. The Way of Tao, Volume 1 #6: The music of opposing notes · 91 mentions · 24 June 1971
    “Lao Tzu does not see the opposing as the hostile; he does not consider the far away to be far away; and he does not understand the contrary to be the opposite.”
  4. The Way of Tao, Volume 1 #7: Actionless action and silent dialogue of the wise · 89 mentions · 25 June 1971
    “Lao Tzu has talked about Existence in his first two sutras.”
  5. Tao Upanishad #8 · 87 mentions · 26 June 1971
    “In the sutra that follows, Lao Tzu says, "All things happen of themselves."”
  6. Tao Upanishad #65 · 83 mentions · 1 December 1972
    “People often ask me why I chose to speak on Lao Tzu.”
  7. The Way of Tao, Volume 1 #8: Action free from ownership and recognition · 81 mentions · 26 June 1971
    “Then in the following Sutra, Lao Tzu says, "Everything happens by itself."”
  8. Tao: The Three Treasures, Vol 1 #1: On The Absolute Tao · 77 mentions · 11 June 1975
    “I speak on Lao Tzu totally differently.”
  9. The Way of Tao, Volume 1 #3: Into the disinterested depths of Tao · 68 mentions · 21 June 1971
    “After the first two sutras (quoted above) the third sutra of Lao Tzu starts with Therefore.”
  10. The Way of Tao, Volume 2 #19: To live in artless spontaneity and not in doctrines and decorum · 68 mentions · 19 June 1972
    “The greatest difficulty in understanding Lao Tzu is our level of thinking.”
  11. Tao Upanishad #41 · 67 mentions · 19 June 1972
    “The greatest difficulty in understanding Lao Tzu lies in the grooves of our own thinking.”
  12. The Way of Tao, Volume 1 #2: The mysterious original current -- Tao · 65 mentions · 20 June 1971
    “Lao Tzu says, "Name-less is the Creator of Heaven and Earth.”
  13. Tao Upanishad #2 · 65 mentions · 20 June 1971
    “Lao Tzu says: the Nameless is the begetter of heaven and hell, the primal source.”
  14. Tao Upanishad #29 · 64 mentions · 4 February 1972
    “Lao Tzu is speaking precisely of that harmony.”
  15. The Way of Tao, Volume 2 #7: The sadhana of Tao -- in the context of yoga · 63 mentions · 4 February 1972
    “It is this connection that Lao Tzu talks of.”
  16. The Way of Tao, Volume 1 #12: The supreme void, the supreme ancestor, the ideal support -- Tao · 62 mentions · 22 July 1971
    “Lao Tzu says, "Religion is like an empty vessel."”
  17. The Way of Tao, Volume 1 #5: Free from the similar variances -- the beautiful and the good · 60 mentions · 23 June 1971
    “Lao Tzu reiterates what he has said in the first chapter but in a different dimension.”
  18. Tao Upanishad #5 · 60 mentions · 23 June 1971
    “Lao Tzu, in his very first sutras, has repeated a truth—now from a fresh dimension.”
  19. Tao Upanishad #3 · 59 mentions · 21 June 1971
    “After such two sutras, Lao Tzu’s third sutra is: Therefore.”
  20. Tao Upanishad #45 · 57 mentions · 17 July 1972
    “People like Lao Tzu are sighted among us blind ones—in the spiritual sense.”
  21. The Way of Tao, Volume 2 #18: The birth of doctrines from the decline of Tao · 55 mentions · 18 June 1972
    “Lao Tzu is opposed to everything that we look upon as a great ethical doctrine.”
  22. The Way of Tao, Volume 1 #16: Unbiased are the three -- heaven, earth and the saint · 54 mentions · 2 November 1971
    “From all the people who have known on this earth, Lao Tzu is matchless, he is unique.”
  23. Tao Upanishad #12 · 52 mentions · 22 July 1971
    “Lao Tzu says: dharma is like an empty pot.”
  24. The Way of Tao, Volume 1 #14: Reflection of that -- which was before god · 51 mentions · 24 July 1971
    “In this last sutra Lao Tzu points towards Him and says, "I DO NOT KNOW WHOSE SON IT IS."”
  25. The Way of Tao, Volume 2 #13: From repose to equality. to attain liberation through the golden mean · 51 mentions · 18 April 1972
    “With regard to a saint's characteristics, Lao Tzu has said in the end that they are empty like a valley and humble like muddy waters.”
  26. Tao Upanishad #16 · 51 mentions · 2 November 1971
    “Among all who have ever known, Lao Tzu is utterly unique.”
  27. Tao Upanishad #40 · 51 mentions · 18 June 1972
    “Lao Tzu stands in opposition to what we call great moral principles.”
  28. The Way of Tao, Volume 1 #10: The secret of a full stomach and an empty mind -- Tao · 49 mentions · 20 July 1971
    “A disciple of Lao Tzu, Chuang-Tse was on his death-bed.”
  29. Tao Upanishad #69 · 49 mentions · 20 June 1973
    “Lao Tzu calls this the rhythm of life.”
  30. Tao Upanishad #35 · 48 mentions · 18 April 1972
    “In describing the sage’s signs, Lao Tzu gave the final hallmark: empty like a valley, and humble like muddy water.”
  31. The Way of Tao, Volume 1 #9: The poison of ambition and the order of life · 47 mentions · 19 July 1971
    “This sutra of Lao Tzu is unique.”
  32. Tao Upanishad #34 · 47 mentions · 17 April 1972
    “What we think about a saint is not what Lao Tzu thinks.”
  33. The Way of Tao, Volume 1 #11: Empty (theoretical) knowledge leads to desire · 46 mentions · 21 July 1971
    “Lao Tzu however does not think this way, nor do the Rishis of the Upanishads or any person on this earth, who has attained the supreme knowledge.”
  34. The Way of Tao, Volume 2 #12: The signs of a saint: he is alert and irresolute, egoless and playful · 46 mentions · 17 April 1972
    “Lao Tzu does not look at a saint as we do.”
  35. Tao: The Three Treasures, Vol 1 #3: On The Character of Tao · 45 mentions · 13 June 1975
    “Lao Tzu is not teaching something -- he is that something.”
  36. The Way of Tao, Volume 1 #22: Lao-tse is the most useful in the present state of the world · 45 mentions · 8 November 1971
    “Bhagwan Sri: Whatever Lao Tzu has said is 2,500 years old.”
  37. Tao Upanishad #10 · 45 mentions · 20 July 1971
    “All that Lao Tzu says seems upside-down.”
  38. Tao Upanishad #11 · 45 mentions · 21 July 1971
    “Lao Tzu does not think so.”
  39. Tao Upanishad #121 · 45 mentions · 31 March 1975
    “It is difficult to find a subtler observer of life than Lao Tzu.”
  40. Tao Upanishad #14 · 45 mentions · 24 July 1971
    “In this final sutra Lao Tzu points toward it and says, ‘I do not know whose son this is.’”
  41. Tao Upanishad #46 · 45 mentions · 18 July 1972
    “The morality, the conduct Bernard Shaw speaks of—Lao Tzu would call it petty policy, petty conduct.”
  42. Tao Upanishad #79 · 45 mentions · 12 August 1973
    “What Vedanta names as the One Brahman, as Advaita, Lao Tzu says: that too is born out of Tao.”
  43. The Way of Tao, Volume 1 #21: The nature of water is very much like Tao · 44 mentions · 6 November 1971
    “Lao Tzu says: "That excellence which can be taken away, is no excellence."”
  44. Tao Upanishad #21 · 44 mentions · 7 November 1971
    “Lao Tzu says: that which can be snatched away is not worth calling superiority.”
  45. Tao Upanishad #50 · 43 mentions · 22 July 1972
    “Lao Tzu did not say that what a sage speaks is little from the listeners’ side; it is little from the sages’ side.”
  46. The Way of Tao, Volume 2 #3: An aimless life, an inviting attitude and a pliable understanding · 42 mentions · 31 January 1972
    “Viewed in this context, Lao Tzu's statement is shocking.”
  47. The Way of Tao, Volume 2 #9: Only he is fit to be the master whose ego is naught · 42 mentions · 14 April 1972
    “But I have not suggested renunciation of the desire for happiness Nor does Lao Tzu mean to convey this intention or, for that matter, Buddha or Mahavira.”
  48. Tao Upanishad #22 · 42 mentions · 8 November 1971
    “Whatever Lao Tzu has said is indeed twenty-five centuries old; but in one sense it is as new as the dewdrop of morning.”
  49. The Way of Tao, Volume 2 #2: The oneness of the body and the soul, the eternal state of Tao, and the sadhana of the vital breath · 41 mentions · 30 January 1972
    “In this sutra, Lao Tzu is laying the foundation stone of advaita (the indivisible).”
  50. Tao Upanishad #114 · 41 mentions · 24 March 1975
    “Try to understand Lao Tzu’s words.”
  51. Tao Upanishad #24 · 41 mentions · 30 January 1972
    “Here Lao Tzu is laying the foundation of nonduality.”
  52. Tao Upanishad #25 · 41 mentions · 31 January 1972
    “Lao Tzu’s statement will startle you.”
  53. The Way of Tao, Volume 1 #17: Oneness in the opposites and installation into the void · 40 mentions · 3 November 1971
    “Lao Tzu here gives us the most profound news about these opposites.”
  54. Tao Upanishad #107 · 40 mentions · 8 February 1975
    “In these sutras Lao Tzu is saying very profound things.”
  55. Tao Upanishad #49 · 40 mentions · 21 July 1972
    “Lao Tzu is very sparing of speech.”
  56. Tao Upanishad #31 · 38 mentions · 14 April 1972
    “Lao Tzu does not rely on a personal soul; he is exactly like Buddha.”
  57. The Way of Tao, Volume 2 #20: The renunciation of spiritual desires the revelation of the simple self · 37 mentions · 20 June 1972
    “Lao Tzu looks upon these as the three illnesses.”
  58. Jin Khoja Tin Paiyan #7 · 37 mentions · 15 June 1970
    “The story is that Confucius went to Lao Tzu.”
  59. The Way of Tao, Volume 2 #1: The dangers of success, the agony of the ego, and the gate of heaven · 36 mentions · 29 January 1972
    “Lao Tzu is investigating this mystery in these sutras.”
  60. The Way of Tao, Volume 2 #17: Who is the best ruler? -- he who is like god · 36 mentions · 17 June 1972
    “Because it is connected with Lao Tzu, it is only proper that we consider it now.”
  61. The Way of Tao, Volume 2 #11: The image of the eternal and the formless, the ancient and the void · 35 mentions · 16 April 1972
    “In this sutra, Lao Tzu tells us about the beginningless, infinite continuity of the nature of existence, that is beyond both birth and death.”
  62. Tao Upanishad #125 · 35 mentions · 4 April 1975
    “Lao Tzu is not an idealist.”
  63. Tao Upanishad #17 · 35 mentions · 3 November 1971
    “In this sutra Lao Tzu brings the deepest news of this opposition.”
  64. Tao Upanishad #83 · 35 mentions · 22 November 1973
    “Lao Tzu is a nourisher of acceptance, of Tathata.”
  65. The Way of Tao, Volume 1 #4: The mysterious Tao -- beyond ignorance and knowledge · 34 mentions · 22 June 1971
    “And Lao Tzu says: "UNDER THESE TWO ASPECTS, IT IS REALLY THE SAME."”
  66. The Way of Tao, Volume 2 #14: The impartial awaiting, the death of pride and the one in the many · 34 mentions · 19 April 1972
    “Says Lao Tzu: it is necessary for a saint that his ego should dissolve and he should know that he is not the body, not the mind.”
  67. Tao Upanishad #39 · 34 mentions · 17 June 1972
    “Non-doing, for Lao Tzu, is the supreme truth, the ultimate.”
  68. Tao Upanishad #42 · 34 mentions · 20 June 1972
    “What Lao Tzu has called the three things to be dropped are like diseases.”
  69. Tao Upanishad #43 · 34 mentions · 21 June 1972
    “If one understands Lao Tzu rightly, Lao Tzu says: activity itself is the mistake.”
  70. Tao Upanishad #44 · 34 mentions · 8 November 1971
    “This sutra of Lao Tzu is about the relation between essence and personality.”
  71. Tao Upanishad #52 · 34 mentions · 16 August 1972
    “Lao Tzu is not in favor of giving a name to the supreme mystery of life.”
  72. The Way of Tao, Volume 1 #15: Understanding, emptiness, surrender and effort · 33 mentions · 25 July 1971
    “Bhagwan Sri: Lao Tzu says that once a matter becomes perfectly clear, there is nothing more to be done, for then the understanding leads all our actions and makes us do what is worth doing.”
  73. Tao Upanishad #4 · 33 mentions · 22 June 1971
    “And Lao Tzu says: under these two aspects, it is really the same.”
  74. Tao Upanishad #9 · 33 mentions · 19 July 1971
    “This sutra of Lao Tzu is very strange.”
  75. Tao Upanishad #123 · 33 mentions · 2 April 1975
    “I see Lao Tzu—in many scenes.”
  76. Tao Upanishad #23 · 33 mentions · 29 January 1972
    “In these sutras Lao Tzu is unfolding the mystery of life.”
  77. Tao Upanishad #47 · 33 mentions · 19 July 1972
    “Lao Tzu’s sutra pertains to this foundational mistake.”
  78. Tao Upanishad #36 · 32 mentions · 19 April 1972
    “Lao Tzu says that for a saint one thing is essential: his ego must be broken; he must know “I am not the body, I am not the mind.””
  79. Tao: The Three Treasures, Vol 1 #2: Ordinariness · 31 mentions · 12 June 1975
    “Says Lao Tzu: Everybody seems to be wise except me.”
  80. The Way of Tao, Volume 1 #19: Other dimensions of a feminine consciousness: faith, acceptance and surrender · 31 mentions · 4 November 1971
    “According to Lao Tzu it is a necessary part of the dialectical evolution of Existence.”
  81. The Way of Tao, Volume 2 #21: Religion is to be your own self · 31 mentions · 21 June 1972
    “If we understand Lao Tzu we will know that activity in itself is a mistake.”
  82. Tao Upanishad #33 · 31 mentions · 16 April 1972
    “In this sutra Lao Tzu is giving a hint about this birthless, deathless, beginningless, endless continuity of Existence.”
  83. The Way of Tao, Volume 1 #1: The eternal, unchanging tao · 30 mentions · 19 June 1971
    “Those who have known, not by words, not by scriptures but by actually living life, from amongst those very few, Lao Tzu is one.”
  84. Tao Upanishad #59 · 30 mentions · 25 November 1972
    “Lao Tzu’s vision runs contrary to the common.”
  85. Tao Upanishad #67 · 30 mentions · 18 June 1973
    “Lao Tzu’s answer is utterly unique.”
  86. Tao: The Pathless Path, Vol 2 #5: The Fundamental Rule · 29 mentions · 1 March 1977
    “If you go to Lao Tzu and you say that somebody is a thief, he says, 'So what!”
  87. Tao Upanishad #74 · 29 mentions · 7 August 1973
    “Lao Tzu too could agree, but for a wholly different reason.”
  88. Tao Upanishad #112 · 28 mentions · 22 March 1975
    “Understand a few of ego’s strategic sutras and Lao Tzu becomes easy.”
  89. Tao Upanishad #15 · 28 mentions · 25 July 1971
    “Lao Tzu says: if the thing is understood, nothing remains to be done.”
  90. Tao Upanishad #89 · 28 mentions · 21 January 1975
    “Lao Tzu says: I praise the bad and the good as well—that is reverence for virtue.”
  91. Tao: The Three Treasures, Vol 2 #3: On The Futility Of Contention · 27 mentions · 23 June 1975
    “Lao Tzu is a paradox.”
  92. Tao Upanishad #101 · 27 mentions · 2 February 1975
    “These Jesus, Buddha, Lao Tzu—their heads seem turned upside down.”
  93. Tao Upanishad #61 · 27 mentions · 27 November 1972
    “Lao Tzu is against every use of force.”
  94. Come, Come, Yet Again Come #11: The Suchness of Things · 26 mentions · 6 November 1980
    “Eiko, Lao Tzu is one of those few masters who have tried to say the truth as accurately as it is humanly possible.”
  95. The Way of Tao, Volume 1 #13: Death of the ego and the entrance into the mystery · 26 mentions · 23 July 1971
    “Lao Tzu has a few things to say on this.”
  96. The Way of Tao, Volume 2 #6: Not the hunger of the senses be concerned with the hunger of the spirit · 26 mentions · 3 February 1972
    “Lao Tzu says: "The various colours blind the eyes."”
  97. The Way of Tao, Volume 2 #8: Two sides of the same coin: honour and dishonour, greed and fear · 26 mentions · 13 April 1972
    “Lao Tzu says, "When someone praises us, we feel a sense of happiness; when someone criticizes us, we feel pain."”
  98. The Way of Tao, Volume 2 #16: The door of Tao -- forbearance and non-prejudice · 26 mentions · 16 June 1972
    “What they have proved is very near Lao Tzu; but nowhere near Newton.”
  99. Tao Upanishad #19 · 26 mentions · 5 November 1971
    “In Lao Tzu’s vision, the division into feminine and masculine is the very dialectics of life, an essential part of life’s dialectical evolution.”
  100. Tao Upanishad #30 · 26 mentions · 13 April 1972
    “So Lao Tzu says: when someone praises you, it seems you have received happiness; and when someone blames you, it seems you have received suffering.”
  101. Tao Upanishad #38 · 26 mentions · 16 June 1972
    “What they asserted stands closer to Lao Tzu than to Newton.”
  102. Tao Upanishad #53 · 26 mentions · 17 August 1972
    “Lao Tzu has given four ideals.”
  103. Tao Upanishad #60 · 26 mentions · 26 November 1972
    “Lao Tzu has said: there are people who would like to conquer the world and mold it according to their minds.”
  104. Tao Upanishad #27 · 25 mentions · 2 February 1972
    “This is one of Lao Tzu’s fundamental sutras.”
  105. Tao Upanishad #37 · 25 mentions · 15 June 1972
    “Lao Tzu is not in agreement.”
  106. Tao Upanishad #80 · 25 mentions · 13 August 1973
    “In Lao Tzu’s vision, power is not real power; emptiness is the real power.”
  107. Tao Upanishad #90 · 25 mentions · 22 January 1975
    “Lao Tzu is very fond of the symbol of theft.”
  108. The Way of Tao, Volume 2 #5: Non-existence and emptiness is the support of everything · 24 mentions · 2 February 1972
    “One of the basic sutras of Lao Tzu is that life is based on the rule of opposites.”
  109. The Way of Tao, Volume 2 #15: Inaction, destiny and going back to the eternal law · 24 mentions · 15 June 1972
    “Lao Tzu does not accept this.”
  110. Tao Upanishad #109 · 24 mentions · 10 February 1975
    “Lao Tzu calls this ignorance.”
  111. Tao Upanishad #13 · 24 mentions · 23 July 1971
    “So Lao Tzu says a few things.”
  112. Tao Upanishad #62 · 24 mentions · 28 November 1972
    “Let us understand this a little, because Lao Tzu’s statement is exactly the opposite.”
  113. Tao Upanishad #68 · 24 mentions · 19 June 1973
    “In Lao Tzu’s vision, a teacher is one who need not teach; whose very presence becomes teaching.”
  114. The Way of Tao, Volume 1 #18: The supreme power -- corresponding to the valley female and mysterious · 23 mentions · 4 November 1971
    “Lao Tzu says: "THE VALLEY SPIRIT DIES NOT.”
  115. Tao Upanishad #18 · 23 mentions · 4 November 1971
    “Lao Tzu says, the valley spirit is immortal.”
  116. Tao Upanishad #20 · 23 mentions · 6 November 1971
    “Lao Tzu says, heaven and earth are eternal, everlasting.”
  117. Tao Upanishad #28 · 23 mentions · 3 February 1972
    “Lao Tzu says: "The five colors blind a man’s eyes."”
  118. From Personality to Individuality #1: Man is born with a question mark in his heart · 22 mentions · 30 December 1984
    “That's why Lao Tzu refused to write anything his whole life...”
  119. Tao: The Three Treasures, Vol 4 #3: They know me not · 22 mentions · 25 August 1975
    “Lao Tzu's teachings are very easy, you cannot find more easy teachings than them.”
  120. The Way of Tao, Volume 1 #20: Blessed are those who are ready to be last · 22 mentions · 5 November 1971
    “Lao Tzu says, "HEAVEN AND EARTH ARE LONG ENDURING" -- eternal.”
  121. Tao Upanishad #100 · 22 mentions · 1 February 1975
    “If Lao Tzu were to see Gandhi, he would laugh.”
  122. Tao: The Three Treasures, Vol 3 #10: What next? · 21 mentions · 20 August 1975
    “Lao Tzu and Gurdjieff are both enlightened, and there are no degrees, so nobody is more enlightened and nobody is less enlightened.”
  123. Tao Upanishad #110 · 21 mentions · 8 November 1971
    “Lao Tzu is the path.”
  124. Tao Upanishad #51 · 21 mentions · 23 July 1972
    “Lao Tzu says, for some people dharma is like a boil; it aches.”
  125. Tao Upanishad #82 · 21 mentions · 21 November 1973
    “Lao Tzu insists greatly on this.”
  126. Tao Upanishad #86 · 21 mentions · 25 November 1973
    “If you were to ask Lao Tzu, or if you ask me, I would say: Adam became a pundit.”
  127. Tao Upanishad #97 · 21 mentions · 29 January 1975
    “This is why what Lao Tzu says will seem very surprising to you.”
  128. Tao: The Three Treasures, Vol 4 #7: Hard and Soft · 20 mentions · 29 August 1975
    “That's what religion means to Lao Tzu -- or to me.”
  129. Tao Upanishad #58 · 20 mentions · 22 August 1972
    “Lao Tzu takes the feminine—the feminine mind—to be more original, more foundational.”
  130. Tao Upanishad #99 · 20 mentions · 31 January 1975
    “Lao Tzu calls this tathata—total acceptance.”
  131. Come Follow To You, Vol 4 #4: All Who Hear It Lose Themselves · 19 mentions · 24 December 1975
    “Lao Tzu says,'There is nowhere to go, you are already there.'”
  132. Tao Upanishad #75 · 19 mentions · 8 August 1973
    “Lao Tzu is speaking of that very bridge.”
  133. Sun of Consciousness #2: The Universe -- A Family · 18 mentions · 17 October 1970
    “Lao Tzu once told his friends that he could not be defeated by anyone in his life.”
  134. Tao: The Three Treasures, Vol 3 #7: Difficult and Easy · 18 mentions · 17 August 1975
    “Lao Tzu says that for a great man there are no great problems.”
  135. Tao Upanishad #70 · 18 mentions · 21 June 1973
    “Lao Tzu says: if it is understood that the play of life moves on its own, without any doer; if within yourself you also understand that everything is happening, that there is no question of doing, then the ego will not be produced at all; there will be no ques…”
  136. Tao Upanishad #85 · 18 mentions · 24 November 1973
    “What Lao Tzu calls “non-ability” is the name of the deepest ability.”
  137. Tao: The Pathless Path, Vol 1 #7: Choose the new · 17 mentions · 17 February 1977
    “Lao Tzu has not left any mark on history: Tamburlaine has left his mark on history.”
  138. Tao: The Three Treasures, Vol 4 #1: Never be the First in the World · 17 mentions · 23 August 1975
    “And in fact that is what Lao Tzu is saying -- but we will understand.”
  139. The Empty Boat #4: Apologies · 17 mentions · 13 July 1974
    “One of the basic laws of Tao, of Lao Tzu, of Chuang Tzu, is that if you are spontaneous it is the highest prayer; you cannot miss God, whatsoever you do you will reach him.”
  140. The Last Testament, Vol 2 #19: Organism, Not Organization · 17 mentions · 8 September 1985
    “A: Lao Tzu, Chuang Tzu, Lieh Tzu, were certainly great Masters that have walked on the earth -- rare human beings -- but they have not made a clear-cut way so that others can also follow.”
  141. Yoga: The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 5 #4: Because you are buddhas · 17 mentions · 4 July 1975
    “If only you were there and I were not, then I would continuously speak on Patanjali; because then it would not be possible to speak on Lao Tzu.”
  142. Jeevan Hi Hain Prabhu #7 · 17 mentions · 12 December 1969
    “Where is Krishna’s bliss, where is Lao Tzu’s nectar in our lives?”
  143. Tao Upanishad #119 · 17 mentions · 29 March 1975
    “Lao Tzu says: when people are unruly, rather than punishing them, consider that government is exploiting excessively.”
  144. Tao Upanishad #96 · 17 mentions · 28 January 1975
    “Lao Tzu says: keep the normal in view, not the abnormal.”
  145. Om Mani Padme Hum #8: Aha! · 16 mentions · 25 December 1987
    “It is one of the reasons Lao Tzu never said anything, never wrote anything.”
  146. Tao: The Three Treasures, Vol 1 #5: On The Danger Of Overweening Success · 16 mentions · 15 June 1975
    “If you ask Lao Tzu for any conclusive answer he will laugh.”
  147. Bin Bati Bin Tel #3 · 16 mentions · 23 June 1974
    “For if Buddha was born in India, Lao Tzu was born in China.”
  148. Tao Upanishad #102 · 16 mentions · 3 February 1975
    “Before entering Lao Tzu’s sutras, a few preliminary things must be understood.”
  149. Tao Upanishad #117 · 16 mentions · 27 March 1975
    “Lao Tzu calls him courageous as well.”
  150. Tao Upanishad #122 · 16 mentions · 1 April 1975
    “Now let us enter Lao Tzu’s sutra.”

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