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Tao Te Ching
Lao Tzu
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# Chapter 1 --- ## The tao that can be told ## is not the eternal Tao. ## The name that can be named ## is not the eternal Name. --- ## The unnamable is
the eternally real. ## Naming is the origin ## of all particular things. --- ## Free from desire ## you realize the mystery. ## Caught in desire, ## you see only the manifestations. --- ## Yet mystery and manifestations ## arise from the same source. ## This source is called darkness. --- ## Darkness within darkness ## The gateway to all understanding.
# Chapter 2 --- ## When people see
some things as beautiful, ## other things become ugly. ## When people see
some things as good, ## other things become bad. --- ## Being and non-being
create each other. ## Difficult and easy
support each other. ## Long and short
define each other. --- ## High and low
depend on each other. ## Before and after
follow each other. --- ## Therefore the Master acts
without doing anything ## and teaches
without saying anything. --- ## Things arise
and she lets them come; ## Things disappear
and she lets them go. --- ## She has but doesn't possess, ## acts but doesn't expect. --- ## When her work is done,
she forgets it. ## That is why it lasts forever.
# Chapter 3 --- ## If you overesteem great men, ## people become powerless. ## If you overvalue possesions, ## people begin to steal. --- ## The Master leads ## by emptying people's minds ## and filling their cores, ## by weakening their ambition ## and toughening their resolve. --- ## He helps people lose
everything they know, ## everything they desire, ## and creates confusion ## in those who think that they know. --- ## Practice not-doing, ## and everything
will fall into place.
# Chapter 4 --- ## The Tao is like a well: ## used but never used up. ## It is like the eternal void: ## filled with infinite possibilities. --- ## It is hidden but always present. ## I don't know who gave birth to it. ## It is older than God.
# Chapter 5 --- ## The Tao doesn't take sides; ## it gives birth to
both good and evil. ## The master doesn't take sides; ## she welcomes both saints and sinners. --- ## The Tao is like a bellows: ## it is empty yet infinitely capable. ## The more you use it,
the more it produces; ## the more you talk of it,
the less you understand. --- ## Hold on to the center.
# Chapter 6 --- ## The Tao is called
the Great Mother: ## empty yet inexhaustible, ## it gives birth to infinite worlds. --- ## It is always present within you. ## You can use it
any way you want.
# Chapter 7 --- ## The Tao is infinite, eternal. --- ## Why is it eternal? ## It was never born; ## thus it can never die. --- ## Why is it infinite? ## It has no desires for itself; ## thus it is present for all beings. --- ## The Master stays behind; ## that is why she is ahead. --- ## She is detached from all things; ## that is why she is one with them. --- ## Because she has let go of herself, ## she is perfectly fulfilled.
# Chapter 8 --- ## The supreme good is like water, ## which nourishes all things without trying to. --- ## It is content with the low places that people distain. ## thus it is like the Tao. --- ## In dwelling, ## live close to the ground. --- ## In thinking, ## keep to the simple. --- ## In conflict, ## be fair and generous. --- ## In governing, ## don't try to control. --- ## In work, ## do what you enjoy. --- ## In family life, ## be completely present. --- ## When you are content to be simply yourself ## and don't compare or compete, ## everybody will respect you.
# Chapter 9 --- ## Fill your bowl to the brim ## and it will spill. --- ## Keep sharpening your knife ## and it will blunt. --- ## Chase after money and security ## and your heart will never unclench. --- ## Care about people's approval ## and you will be their prisoner. --- ## Do your work, then step back. ## The only path to serenity.
# Chapter 10 --- ## Can you coax your mind from its wandering ## and keep to the original oneness? --- ## Can you let your body become ## supple as a newborn child's? --- ## Can you cleanse your inner vision ## until you see nothing but the light? --- ## Can you love people and lead them ## without imposing your will? --- ## Can you deal with the most vital matters ## by letting events take their course? --- ## Can you step back from your own mind ## and thus understand all things? --- ## Giving birth and nourishing, ## having without possessing, ## acting with no expectations, ## leading and not trying to control: ## this is the supreme virtue.
# Chapter 11 --- ## We join spokes together in a wheel, ## but it is the center hole ## that makes the wagon move. --- ## We shape clay into a pot, ## but it is the emptiness inside ## that holds whatever we want. --- ## We hammer wood for a house, ## but it is the inner space ## that makes it livable. --- ## We work with being, ## but non-being is what we use.
# Chapter 12 --- ## Colors blind the eye. --- ## Sounds deafen the ear. --- ## Flavors numb the taste. --- ## Thoughts weaken the mind. --- ## Desires wither the heart. --- ## The Master observes the world ## but trusts his inner vision. --- ## He allows things to come and go. --- ## His heart is open as the sky.
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