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On June 2, 2009 at 8:40 PM
what is buddhism?
and received a response of:
36 Smothered Light
The Statement of the first hexagram
Smothered light.
Gain is difficult: persist.
Gain is difficult: persist.
The changing lines
The second line:
Smothered light: injury in the left thigh.
Exert horselike strength to rescue.
Fortunate.
Smothered light: injury in the left thigh.
Exert horselike strength to rescue.
Fortunate.
The fifth line:
The smothered light of Jizi:
gainful virtue.
The smothered light of Jizi:
gainful virtue.
5 Waiting
The Statement of the second hexagram
Waiting. Stay confident:
there is light everywhere.
Pure fortune.
Advance across the great river.
there is light everywhere.
Pure fortune.
Advance across the great river.
The Image of the first hexagram
Brilliance
in the earth's core:
smothered light.
The noble one
governs the multitude
by obscurity-
but with enlightenment.
in the earth's core:
smothered light.
The noble one
governs the multitude
by obscurity-
but with enlightenment.
The Image of the second hexagram
Clouds rising to heaven:
waiting. The noble one
drinks, eats,
and feasts with joy.
waiting. The noble one
drinks, eats,
and feasts with joy.
