Tao te Ching (pt.1)

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justbernard
November 10, 2007

http://ekbtv.blogspot.com/ 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 pa...

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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.
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.
3
If you overesteem great men,
people become powerless.
If you overvalue possessions,
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
8
The supreme good is like water,
which nourishes all things without trying to.
It is content with the low places that people disdain.
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.
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.
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 you 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.

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Grasshopper, when you can grab this pebble from my hand it will be time for you to leave.

Kung Fu........

luv2bud (1 day ago) Show Hide

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Right . . . we must remember not to mistake one for the other. Many different fingers can point to it, but there is only one moon.

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A finger pointing to the moon.

luv2bud (2 days ago) Show Hide

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"Those who know don't talk, those who talk don't know." Makes you wonder why they're talking about it anyway, unless they really don't know what they're talking about.

jovenmedia (2 days ago) Show Hide

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Great video, great effort...

I know you don't have the budget to hire James Earl Jones to narrate the Tao Te Ching but this dude's voice was a little "speak and spell", if you know what I mean....

There's nothing like reading the Tao Te Ching...

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shhhhhhh...

vachief (3 days ago) Show Hide

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..Do you think Jesus intentionaly lied to people?

TheTaoistdragon (2 days ago) Show Hide

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Absolutely not. I don't think Charles Manson intentionally lied to people either. Of course we KNOW Charles exists. And Christians BELIEVE Jesus existed.
Belief is defined as something taken for truth that cannot be proved. Adopting a philosophy is not the same as having a belief. Keep the faith if it works for you O-My Brother/Sister. But, Don't preach the Only Way. For it is not.

vachief (2 days ago) Show Hide

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..Jesus said....." There is but one way...." you can take it up with Him....not me. lol

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By the way, I have not reached enlightenment yet, though I have understood some things ^^

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