Tag: #Tao
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The Manifestation Is Real, And It’s Meant To Be Used
The Tao is a hollow vessel, And its use is inexhaustible!Fathomless! Like the fountain head of all things, Its sharp edges rounded off, Its tangles untied, Its light tempered, Its turmoil submerged,Yet dark like deep water it seems to remain. I do not know whose Son it is, An image of what existed before God.…
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The Two Taos
The Four Eternal Models Before the Heaven and Earth existedThere was something nebulous: Silent, isolated, Standing alone, changing not, Eternally revolving without fail, Worthy to be the Mother of All Things.I do not know its name And address it as Tao.If forced to give it a name, I shall call it “Great.”Being great implies reaching…
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Living as an Enlightened Being
The Rise of Relative Opposites When the people of the Earth all know beauty as beauty, There arises (the recognition of) ugliness.When the people of the Earth all know the good as good, There arises (the recognition of) evil. Therefore: Being and non-being interdepend in growth; Difficult and easy interdepend in completion; Long and short…
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Living In The Manifestation
Water The best of men is like water; Water benefits all things And does not compete with them.It dwells in (the lowly) places that all disdain – Wherein it comes near to the Tao. In his dwelling, (the Sage) loves the (lowly) earth;In his heart, he loves what is profound;In his relations with others, he…
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On Lessons
Knowing the Eternal Law Attain the utmost in Passivity,Hold firm to the basis of Quietude. The myriad things take shape and rise to activity, But I watch them fall back to their repose.Like vegetation that luxuriantly grows But returns to the root (soil) from which it springs. To return to the root is Repose; It…
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Why The Manifestation 2
When the people of the Earth all know beauty as beauty, There arises (the recognition of) ugliness.When the people of the Earth all know the good as good, There arises (the recognition of) evil. Therefore: Being and non-being interdepend in growth; Difficult and easy interdepend in completion; Long and short interdepend in contrast; High and…
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The Manifestation Exists, But Why?
On the Absolute Tao The Tao the can be told ofIs not the Absolute Tao;The Names that can be givenAre not Absolute Names. The Nameless is the origin of Heaven and Earth;The Named is the Mother of All Things. Therefore:Oftentimes, one strips oneself of passionIn order to see the Secret of Life;Oftentimes, one regards life…
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The Tao And Time
The Great Tao flows everywhere, (Like a flood) it may go left or right.The myriad things derive their life from it, And it does not deny them.When its work is accomplished, It does not take possession.It clothes and feeds the myriad things, Yet does not claim them as its own.Often (regarded) without mind or passion, …
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Christmas And The Tao
On the Absolute Tao The Tao the can be told ofIs not the Absolute Tao;The Names that can be givenAre not Absolute Names. The Nameless is the origin of Heaven and Earth;The Named is the Mother of All Things. Therefore:Oftentimes, one strips oneself of passionIn order to see the Secret of Life;Oftentimes, one regards life…
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Can You Know The Tao Intellectually?
Looked at, but cannot be seen – That is called the Invisible (yi).Listened to, but cannot be heard – That is called the Inaudible (hsi).Grasped at, but cannot be touched – That is called the Intangible (wei).These three elude our inquiriesAnd hence blend and become One. Not by its rising, is there light,Nor by its…
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