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April 4, 2011 by James Miller 4 comments on "“best to be like water”: tsunamis, religion and non-human agency"

“best to be like water”: tsunamis, religion and non-human agency

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It’s been three weeks since the devastating tsunami in Japan, and I am still haunted by the familiar phrase from Daode jing ch. 8: Best to be like water, Which benefits the ten thousand things And does not contend. It pools where humans disdain to dwell, Close to the Tao. (Trans. Addis and Lombardo, Hackett:…

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