The wise do nothing through acting,
They do everything through being.
Never making a big deal about anything,
They accomplish everything.
When leaders follow this way,
All things grow naturally
And the world’s passion
To stray from goodness
Is checked at its core
In Nameless Simplicity.
When desires are stilled,
Grasping and fixation dissolve,
Peace reigns,
And in not wanting,
All the world spontaneously
Rests in appreciation.
“When you like a flower, you just pluck it. But when you love a flower, you water it daily.”
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“The ancients ruled the world by doing nothing. This is the Virtue of Heaven — Heaven moves without moving.”
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“And once we are free of desire, we must also forget the desire to be free of desire. Serene and at peace, the ruler does nothing, while the world takes care of itself.”
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“All the suffering there is in this world arises from wishing our self to be happy. All the happiness there is in this world arises from wishing others to be happy.”
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“All the good works gathered in a thousand ages such as deeds of generosity and offerings to the Blissful One, a single flash of anger shatters them.”
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“The chilled crane in its nest in the clouds has not yet been aroused from its dreams.”
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“If the only prayer you said in your whole life was 'thank you,' that would suffice.”
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“The explanation requiring the fewest assumptions is most likely to be correct.”
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“There's a virtue born from suffering that dims and conquers the sense of pain.”
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“Silence is not always a sign of wisdom but babbling is ever a mark of folly.”
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“One with compassion is kind even when angry; one without compassion kills even as he smiles.”
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“The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run.”
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“When in doubt tell the truth. It will confound your enemies and astound your friends.”
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“To imagine is everything, to know is nothing at all.”
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“The art of letting things happen, action in non-action, letting go of oneself… became a key to me: we must be able to let thing happen in the psyche… this becomes a real art of which few people know anything. Consciousness is forever interfering.”
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“For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.”
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“If you love a flower that lives on a star, it is sweet to look at the sky at night. All the stars are a-bloom with flowers...”
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“Indians chase the vision, white men chase the dollar.”
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“Moment after moment, everyone comes out from nothingness. This is the true joy of life… activity which is based on nothingness… Without nothingness, there is no naturalness – no true being.”
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“It is wonderful how by negatives and privatives Lao Tzu gives a sense of serene, inexhaustible fullness of being.”
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“Imagine all the people, living for today.”
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“Name takes sides. Complexity limits options Hence, those who uphold nameless simplicity don’t take sides and keep their options. Open”
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“If you still define yourself as a Buddhist, you are not a buddha yet.”
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Shan Dao
7 years ago
In 1973, a remarkably well-preserved on silk Tao Te Ching version was discovered in a tomb sealed in 168 BCE. Discovered in a suburb of Changsha, Mawangtui, this text mainly differs from others in beginning with the Te section that starts with Chapter 38. Ursula Le Guin writes about this difference, “To my mind, the best reason for following the Ma wang Tui text in reversing the order of the books is that the whole thing ends with a chapter (37) that provides a nobler conclusion than 81.”
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