Tao Te Ching.
Date Submitted: 09/10/2006 03:01:30
Category: / Society & Culture / Religion
Length: 3 pages (718 words)
Category: / Society & Culture / Religion
Length: 3 pages (718 words)
The Tao Te Ching compiled
Some important parts needed to learn.
Chapter 1 -What is the Tao?
The "Tao" is too great to be described by the name "Tao".
If it could be named so simply, it would not be the eternal Tao.
Heaven and Earth began from the nameless (Tao),
but the multitudes of things around us were created by names.
We desire to understand the world by giving names to the things we see,
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…ice that is on the verge of melting
Sincere, like an uncut block of wood
Receptive, like a valley
Opaque, like muddy water
(Q:)
Who can wait quietly for muddy water to slowly settle and become clear?
Who can continue to calmly live, and so experience nature's constant, slow growth?
(A:)
People who follow the Tao do not desire excess to be full.
People who do not desire excess have unseen energy that constantly invigorates.
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