Why was it that the ancients prized this Tao so
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Why was it that the ancients prized this Tao so much? Was it not
because it could be got by seeking for it, and the guilty could escape
(from the stain of their guilt) by it? This is the reason why all
under heaven consider it the most valuable thing
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When the Tao prevails in the world, they send back
When the Tao prevails in the world, they send back their swift horses to (draw) the dung-carts When the Tao is disregarded in the world, the war-horses breed in the border lands ... When these two do not injuriously affect each other, their
When these two do not injuriously affect each other, their good influences converge in the virtue (of the Tao) ... When things have attained their strong maturity they become old This
When things have attained their strong maturity they become old This may be said to be not in accordance with the Tao: and what is not in accordance with it soon comes to an end ... When things have become strong, they (then) become old, which
When things have become strong, they (then) become old, which may be said to be contrary to the Tao Whatever is contrary to the Tao soon ends ... Wherever a host is stationed, briars and thorns spring up
Wherever a host is stationed, briars and thorns spring up In the sequence of great armies there are sure to be bad years ... Who can (make) the muddy water (clear)? Let it
Who can (make) the muddy water (clear)? Let it be still, and it will gradually become clear Who can secure the condition of rest? Let movement go on, and the condition of rest will gradually arise ... Who can take his own superabundance and therewith serve all
Who can take his own superabundance and therewith serve all under heaven? Only he who is in possession of the Tao! ... Who is content Needs fear no shame
Who is content Needs fear no shame Who knows to stop Incurs no blame From danger free Long live shall he ... Who knows his manhood's strength, Yet still his
Who knows his manhood's strength, Yet still his female feebleness maintains; As to one channel flow the many drains, All come to him, yea, all beneath the sky Thus he the constant excellence retains; The simple child again, free from ... Who shall overcome this earth, and the world of Yama
Who shall overcome this earth, and the world of Yama (the lord of the departed), and the world of the gods? Who shall find out the plainly shown path of virtue, as a clever man finds out the (right) flower? ... Who thinks his great achievements poor Shall find
Who thinks his great achievements poor Shall find his vigour long endure Of greatest fulness, deemed a void, Exhaustion ne'er shall stem the tide Do thou what's straight still crooked deem; Thy greatest art still stupid seem, And ... Who uses well his light, Reverting to its
Who uses well his light, Reverting to its (source so) bright, Will from his body ward all blight, And hides the unchanging from men's sight ... Whomsoever this fierce thirst overcomes, full of poison, in this world,
Whomsoever this fierce thirst overcomes, full of poison, in this world, his sufferings increase like the abounding Birana grass ... Why was it that the ancients prized this Tao so
Why was it that the ancients prized this Tao so much? Was it not because it could be got by seeking for it, and the guilty could escape (from the stain of their guilt) by it? This is the reason why all under heaven consider it the most valuable thing... Wise people do not call that a strong fetter which
Wise people do not call that a strong fetter which is made of iron, wood, or hemp; far stronger is the care for precious stones and rings, for sons and a wife ... Wise people, after they have listened to the laws, become
Wise people, after they have listened to the laws, become serene, like a deep, smooth, and still lake ... With that gentleness I can be bold; with that economy
With that gentleness I can be bold; with that economy I can be liberal; shrinking from taking precedence of others, I can become a vessel of the highest honour Now-a-days they give up gentleness and are all for being bold; economy, and are all for bei... Without going outside his door, one understands (all that takes place)
Without going outside his door, one understands (all that takes place) under the sky; without looking out from his window, one sees the Tao of Heaven The farther that one goes out (from himself), the less he knows ... Without knowledge there is no meditation, without meditation there is no
Without knowledge there is no meditation, without meditation there is no knowledge: he who has knowledge and meditation is near unto Nirvana ... Women Revealed At Medina
O men, fear your Lord, who hath created you out of one man, and out of him created his wife, and from them two hath multiplied many men and women: and fear God by whom ye beseech one another; and respect women who have borne you, for God is wa... Words that are strictly true seem to be paradoxical
Words that are strictly true seem to be paradoxical ... You yourself must make an effort The Tathagatas (Buddhas)
You yourself must make an effort The Tathagatas (Buddhas) are only preachers The thoughtful who enter the way are freed from the bondage of Mara ... `All created things are grief and pain,' he who knows
`All created things are grief and pain,' he who knows and sees this becomes passive in pain; this is the way that leads to purity ... `All created things perish,' he who knows and sees this
`All created things perish,' he who knows and sees this becomes passive in pain; this is the way to purity ... `All forms are unreal,' he who knows and sees this
`All forms are unreal,' he who knows and sees this becomes passive in pain; this is the way that leads to purity ... `Here I shall dwell in the rain, here in winter
`Here I shall dwell in the rain, here in winter and summer,' thus the fool meditates, and does not think of his death ...