Chapter 54 – How do You Know? He who is well established (in Tao) cannot be pulled away. He who has a firm grasp (of Tao) cannot be separated from it. Thus from generation to generation his ancestral sacrifice will never be suspended. When one cultivates virtue in his person, it becomes genuine virtue. WhenContinue reading “CHAPTER 54 – HOW DO YOU KNOW?”
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CHAPTER 53 – SOME DOGS (AND SAGES) APPRECIATE WORD-PLAY
Chapter 53 – Some Dogs (and Sages) Appreciate Word-Play If I had any learning Of a highway wide and fit, Would I lose it at each turning? Yet look at people spurning Natural use of it! See how fine the palaces And see how poor the farms, How bare the peasants’ granaries While gentry wearContinue reading “CHAPTER 53 – SOME DOGS (AND SAGES) APPRECIATE WORD-PLAY”
CHAPTER 52 – AWARE
Chapter 52 – Aware There was a beginning of the universe Which may be called the Mother of the Universe. He who has found the mother (Tao) And thereby understands her sons (things) And having understood the sons, Will be free from danger throughout his lifetime. Close the mouth. Shut the doors (of cunning andContinue reading “CHAPTER 52 – AWARE”
CHAPTER 51 – M IS FOR …
Chapter 51 – M is For . . . The Tao gives birth to all of creation. The virtue of Tao in nature nurtures them, and their families give them their form. Their environment then shapes them into completion. That is why every creature honors the Tao and its virtue. No one tells them toContinue reading “CHAPTER 51 – M IS FOR …”