Donna Quesada. Taoism/Daoism. (Farmer & Horse. Relativity. Tao Te Ching) 1/9

[MrBobeeto]

Question out of all of the Philosophies your aware of,does the Taoist philosophy stand out?

[imarobotnow]

I know that story of the horse but I cannot think where it was from. Was it from the book of Chuang Tzu?

[bayreuth79]

If x has value with respect to another value, then nothing has value. In other words, if there is nothing to ground value, then there are no values, there are only imagined values.

[operationmongoose1]

Great lecture. I am interested in Taoism. These students are lucky to sit under your tutelage. (student shrugs).

[o0OCognizanceO0o]

Goosebumps, this is my philosophy. Things will happen regardless. Just take the path of least resistance, it's the best you can achieve.

[creestoefur]

hehe the fact that she's storytelling in that voice, and sitting cross legged on top of her desk, it looks like she's teaching a class of kindergarden students. it's kinda hard to watch.

[HybridD91]

@creestoefur A stern voice and uptight persona is a better way for teaching subjects like Taoism? Who says there is one way of teaching?

[creestoefur]

@HybridD91 i was gonna write an actual response having been an east asian studies and buddhist major but this actually doesn't warrant one. so instead my response is: huh?!

[schmoukiz]

The West is taught to appreciate fatalism, which never got it far in the past history, while the Chinese are becoming competition freaks and workaholics. The West is taught to be relativistic about all values, and especially about its own values, that made it a desirable place to live in. Meanwhile, the East is becoming more fundamentalist about its values, that are yet to produce a better society. Talk about horse stories, remember the Trojan one.

[o0OCognizanceO0o]

@schmoukiz The "west" stole all the worlds resources,knowledge, corrupted the world with it's slave like religion while destroying ancient knowledge and keeping it to themselves. They built their civilization and economies using slaves and now are trying to SELL the resources back to their original owners while claiming no advantage. By west I mean government institutions and religious insitiutions. Till this day it is on going, financially.

[schmoukiz]

@o0OCognizanceO0o youtube.com/watch?v=KkXI-MNSb8­Q

[breadbassed]

Mmmmm, pretty lady talking about philosophy and spirituality (drools) :p

The story makes me think of a little philosophy/religion me and my friend have (jokingly), the philosophy of 'meh', indifference i guess lol

Seriously though, big fan of taoism and zen, will definitely watch the other 8 parts, good stuff so far.

[XtraXtraodinaire]

Isn't that farmer and his horse a zen story?

[zzomgitsme]

wow your lectures are very interesting and fun to listen to.

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[frozenstrawbs]

constancy 0.o

[MooperSC]

Ms. Quesada is by far the best instructor ever! She is so understanding and at peace with herself, its absolutely amazing

[Steve2323ZX]

are taoists also moral relativists?

do they believe somethings are wrong under any circumstance or is everything relative based on context including murder, rape, stealing, etc?

[dabanhfreak]

@Steve2323ZX no

[namesameasu]

@Steve2323ZX Morality is relative insofar as opposites such as good/bad have their unity. The distinction is still recognizable, but when good or bad occur, some of its opposite may.be entailed by it. The good may bring out the worst, and the bad may bring out the best. Relativity is from the perspective of totality. So, although, suffering may always be rightly considered "bad" -- there may be a bright side to come. Vice versa with a concept such as "loving." Nothing is static.

[Steve2323ZX]

@namesameasu I posted this question 7 months ago and I gave up thinking anyone would ever give me a serious answer.

[MichaelmyersTX]

She knows what she´s talking about, but Taoism is more complex than that.

As a taoist myself I know about this!

[conka90k]

those who are learned are not wise, those who are wise are not learned

[codeagent47]

Taoism's idea its basically the balancing of energy between Yin and Yang.

Once you understand this concept, you able to understand the nature of justice.

[Keunono]

Haha ye! gogo Supreme Court <(^^,)<

[yinyangnature]

Thank you Donna! This is an excellent lecture on Relativity. Well done!

[monmedro]

Today has been a great day: I found you, Donna! Greetings from Mexico. And please keep teaching the Dao so enthusiastically as you do... thank you!

[Taichiprincess]

That teacher - she's a lovely lady!

[jimmyjamesWang]

People are so obsessed with Yin and Yang. But Tao Te Ching is much more than just Yin and Yang. Tao Te Ching is to a certain degree very much like Plato's Republic where it established a somewhat controversial hypothesis as to how society should be (the utopia of the philosopher King vs. asocialism and antisocialism proposed by Laozi.)

[MidnightDC696969]

@jimmyjamesWang

Yes i agree, the Tao Te Ching is neither Yin or Yang but encompasses aspects of both.

[cowfordflorida1]

great lecture

[guitardude660]

great videos except for all the noisy rude kids digging through their backpacks, whispering and whistling in every video

[dardonZ]

Since I first heard it the horse story has been cool =P. Great video

[Prakular]

She looks like Jenifer Aniston.. Does she own this youtube channel?

[Merlyn1978]

I've heard this story before but in the version I heard was instead of recruiting the son because of his broken leg...they took the neighbor. That may have just been a bit of poetic license. hehehe...

[profquesada]

Hi teeahtate,

Just embody it, and they will!

Thanks for watching!

~Donna

[Alta626]

@profquesada This is a great lecture I'm a grad student at the university of Laverne and this really helps one question though How does this relate to management? 

[teeahtate]

Peace. Harmony. Yin and Yang. Wouldn't it be nice if more people would get on board?

[deepbluedtd2]

Thank You Donna, very well done.