Tao Te Ching: The best kindness is like water, which is the great wisdom of life

道德经：上善若水是人生大智慧

Blessed life is limitless. The best kindness is like water, and the greatest wisdom of life.

----Zhuge Changqing

amitabha.

Blessed life is limitless.

Life is a journey. To make life more beautiful and meaningful, we should learn water.

Laozi said in the Tao Te Ching, "The best is like water.".

What is the basic meaning of being as good as water?

Zhuge Changqing believes that "the best is like water" contains three basic meanings:

The first meaning: like water, with dedication and kindness. Water is everywhere, water nourishes everything, water is the source of life, selfless dedication. Such a state and action will naturally be blessed by heaven and earth and help by people. The so-called "good deeds and good deeds must be rewarded with good deeds, and there are many ways to help and few ways to help".

The second meaning: like water, take it easy. You see water everywhere. There is no obstacle, no trouble, only happy voice. Why? Water will not worry about self-interest, will not fight for self-interest, and will not worry about self-interest. Water will always be content with the situation. The best kind is like water. It's worth thinking.

The third meaning: be as modest as water, and be as modest as a valley. Look at the water, where it is low, it flows everywhere. It is always modest, but people always chase him and cannot leave him. A person who can do this step is a high-level person.

The best is like water. Let's always reflect on whether we have achieved the same goal? Zhuge Changqing suggested that we should learn the characteristics of water and practice it all the time.

Throughout the world, most people who have made great achievements have the characteristics of water. The best good is like water. I hope that everyone who has a chance will deeply understand the connotation of the best good as water, and then realize a happy life.

The best is like water, and success is endless.

"The best good is like water" is derived from Laozi's "Tao Te Ching": "The best good is like water, and water is good for all things and does not compete." It means that the highest level of good deeds are like the character of water, which benefits all things and does not compete for fame and wealth. Water is good for all things, but not for fighting; It is the evil of others, so it is more than the Tao. Live in a good place, have a good heart, be kind and benevolent, speak good faith, govern well, do well, and act well. The only thing we can do is not fight.

People's character should be like water, doing things like flowing clouds and still like water. The highest state of human beings should be like water, flexible and selfless.

The four words "the best good is like water" are derived from the first sentence of Chapter 8 of Laozi's Tao Te Ching, "The best good is like water. Water is good for all things and does not fight. It is the evil of all people, so it is less than the Tao. Dwelling, good place; heart, good abyss; and, good benevolence; words, good faith; governance, good governance; things, good ability; movement, good time. People only do not fight, so nothing special."

Its literal meaning is that the conduct of the best person, like water, can nourish and benefit all things, but not compete with all things. When it comes to the ideological significance covered by it, we need to explain more.

Laotse also said, "The highest good is like water, and the water is good at benefiting all things without fighting, which is the virtue of humility; therefore, the river and sea can be the king of the hundred valleys, and the river and sea can be the king of the hundred valleys if they are good at the bottom. The world is not weaker than the water, and the strong can not win, which is the virtue of softness; therefore, the soft is stronger than the hard, and the weak is stronger than the strong. Because they have nothing, they can enter into the void. Therefore, we can know the benefit of teaching without words and inaction."

He believed that the best man should be like water. Water benefits all things, nourishes all things, but does not compete with all things. This is the most modest virtue. The reason why Jianghai can become the destination of all rivers is that he is good at being in the downstream position, so he becomes the king of hundreds of valleys.

There is nothing softer than water in the world. However, it can penetrate the hardest thing, and nothing can surpass it. For example, drops of water pierce the stone, which is where "Jude" lies. So the weak can overcome the strong, and the soft can overcome the hard.

The things that do not see their shape can enter into the things without gaps, so we know the teaching of "not speaking" and the benefits of "inaction".

Lao Tzu also said, "Because it does not compete, no one in the world can compete with it. This is to imitate the water virtue. The water is less than the Tao. The Tao is everywhere, and the water is unfavourable. The water can avoid the high and the low. It has never been rebellious, and it is good for the earth. The space is quiet and unfathomable. Good is deep; damage is inexhaustible, and good is benevolent.

"Tao" is the general source of all things in the world, the thing that exists before concrete things, and the basic law and origin of things. So "Tao" is something we should all recognize and understand. The virtue of water is the closest to "Tao". "Tao" is everywhere. Therefore, water has no disadvantages. It avoids high and tends down, so it will not be hindered.

It can flow to any place, nourish everything and wash the mud. It is in a deep pool. The surface is clear and calm, but it is unfathomable. It flows continuously to benefit all things without seeking return. Such virtue, even benevolence and goodness.

Lao Tzu said: The best is like water, and water conservancy works for all things without competition.

Confucius said: Water has five virtues. Because it keeps flowing, it can spread all living things, as if it is virtuous; The flow will be downward, and it will not be inverted, either square or long, and it will follow the principle, as if it is justified; It is vast and endless, as if there is a way; It seems to be brave to flow through the mountains without fear; The placement is not uneven, as if abiding by the law; It is not necessary to cut and scrape how much you see, as if it were upright; It's like knowing everything; The origin must be from the west, as if determined; Take it out and take it in, and everything will be washed and clean, as if it were good at change. Water has these virtues, so a gentleman must look at water.

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福生无量天尊。上善若水，人生大智慧。

---- 诸葛长青

    阿弥陀佛。

   福生无量天尊。

   人生是一段旅程，要让人生更加美丽、更有意义，我们应当学习水。

    老子在《道德经》上说，“上善若水”。

   上善若水的基本含义是什么呢？

   诸葛长青认为“上善若水”包含三个基本意思：

   第一层意思：象水一样，有奉献善心。水无处不在，水滋润万物，水乃生命之源，无私奉献。这样的境界和作为，自然就得到天地的护佑，得到人们的帮助。所谓“行善积德、必有福报，得道多助、失道寡助”。 

    第二层意思：象水一样，随遇而安。你看水，走遍天下，无处不在，没有阻碍、没有烦恼，只有快乐的声音，为什么？水不会为私利而烦恼，不会为私利而争斗，不会为私利而烦恼，水总是随遇而安，知足常乐。上善若水，值得思考啊。

   第三层意思：象水一样谦虚，虚怀若谷。你看水，哪里低矮，就流到哪里，总是谦虚，但是人们总是追逐他，离不开他。做人能做到这一步，也就是高层次之人了。

   上善若水，让我们时刻反思，是否做到了水一样？诸葛长青建议，要学习水的特性，更要时刻实践。

   放眼古今中外，成就大事业的人多数都具备水的特点。上善若水，愿每一位有缘者都深刻理解上善若水的内涵，进而实现幸福人生。

   上善若水，成功无止境。  

  “上善若水”语出老子《道德经》：“上善若水，水善利万物而不争。”意思是说，最高境界的善行就像水的品性一样，泽被万物而不争名利。水善利万物，而不争；处众人之所恶，故几于道。居善地，心善渊，与善仁，言善信，政善治，事善能，动善时。夫唯不争，故无尤。

   人的品格应该向水一样，做事情行云流水，静止如水。人的最高境界要像水一样，能屈能伸、无私奉献。

   “上善若水”这四个字，出自于老子的《道德经》第八章第一句，“上善若水。水善利万物而不争，处众人之所恶，故几于道。居，善地；心，善渊；与，善仁；言，善信；政，善治；事，善能；动，善时。夫唯不争，故无尤。”

   它的字面含义是：最善者的品行，如同水一样，可以滋养与造福万物，却不与万物争……。说到这其中所涵盖的思想意义，那就需要多做些解释了。

   老子还说：“上善若水，水善利万物而不争，此乃谦下之德也；故江海所以能为百谷王者，以其善下之，则能为百谷王。天下莫柔弱于水，而攻坚强者莫之能胜，此乃柔德；故柔之胜刚，弱之胜强坚。因其无有，故能入于无之间，由此可知不言之教、无为之益也。”

   他认为上善的人，就应该象水一样。水造福万物，滋养万物，却不与万物争高下，这才是最为谦虚的美德。江海之所以能够成为一切河流的归宿，是因为他善于处在下游的位置上，所以成为百谷王。

   世界上最柔的东西莫过于水，然而它却能穿透最为坚硬的东西，没有什么能超过它，例如滴水穿石，这就是“柔德”所在。所以说弱能胜强，柔可克刚。

   不见其形的东西，可以进入到没有缝隙的东西中去，由此我们知道了“不言”的教导，“无为”的好处。

   老子还说：“以其不争，故天下莫能与之争，此乃效法水德也。水几于道；道无所不在，水无所不利，避高趋下，未尝有所逆，善处地也；空处湛静，深不可测。善为渊也；损而不竭，施不求报，善为仁也；……..。

  “道”是产生天地万物的总根源，是先于具体事物而存在的东西，也是事物的基本规律及其本源。所以“道”是我们每个人都应该认知与理解的。水的德行就是最接近于“道”的，“道”无处不在，因此，水无所不利。它避高趋下，因此不会受到任何阻碍。

   它可以流淌到任何地方，滋养万物，洗涤污淖。它处于深潭之中，表面清澈而平静，但却深不可测。它源源不断的流淌，去造福于万物却不求回报。这样的德行，乃至仁至善……。

    老子云：上善若水，水利万物而不争。
    孔子曰：水有五德。因它常流不息，能普及一切生物，好像有德；流必向下，不逆成形，或方或长，必循理，好像有义；浩大无尽，好像有道；流几百丈山间而不惧，好像有勇；安放没有高低不平，好像守法；量见多少，不用削刮，好像正直；无孔不入，好像明察；发源必自西，好像立志；取出取入，万物就此洗涤洁净，又好像善于变化。水有这些好德处，所以君子遇水必观。

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Introduction to Zhuge Changqing: Zhuge Changqing, the inheritor and promoter of traditional Chinese culture, is willing to "learn from sages, promote virtue, revitalize China and benefit the world" together with people with the same ideals in the world.

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Zhuge Changqing's Chinese Dream

Learn from sages and carry forward virtue

Revitalizing China for the benefit of the world

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诸葛长青简介：诸葛长青，中国国学传统文化传承弘扬者，愿与天下志同道合者一起“学习圣贤、弘扬善德、振兴中华、造福世界”。

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