Tao Te Ching - Interconnected

From Sonja Elen Kisa's elegant translation, 'Dào Dé Jīng, The Flow and the Power of Good, a Taoist scripture by Lǎozǐ.' Ms. Kisa, who is also a writer, language teacher and language inventor, has her website at http://kisa.ca/

"II - Interconnected

"Because we all see something as beautiful,
Ugliness exists.
Because everyone knows that good is good,
Bad exists.

"Being and non-being give birth to one another.
Ease and difficulty complete each other.
Long and short shape each other.
High and low support each other.
Voice and resonance sound off each other.
Past and future follow each other.

"That is why the sage practices non-action.
She teaches without words."

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