Month: October 2016

Chapter 12. Closing doors Light blinds the eyes of human. Sound deafens his ears. Taste corrupts the palate. Hunting makes man wild and treasures test him. This is why the wise man takes care of his soul and not his senses. His senses he neglects but his soul he takes with both hands.    … Continue reading Translation: Tao Te King – Chapter 12. Closing doors

Chapter 7. Concealing light Both heaven and earth stay a long time. What makes them so durable is their disregard of the longevity of their lives. This why they stay. So the wise man who does not care about himself is the greatest among men; even though he does not tend after himself he stays.… Continue reading Translation: Tao Te King – Chapter 7. Concealing light

Chapter 21. Empty spring The greatest virtue is in uncomplicatedly following the Tao. Untouched and unstudyable is the Tao. Untouched, unstudyable, yet containing forms. Untouched, unstudyable, yet containing beings. Deep and dim it is, but it still has an essence, a true essence, where there is unity. It is in all beings from their start.… Continue reading Translation: Tao Te King – Chapter 21. Empty spring

Chapter 31. Ending war Weapons, be they how fancy ever, are not sources of luck, but feared by all. This why that man of the Tao does not dwell where these things are. A respectable man sets the place of honor to left side of him in his home but a soldier going to battle,… Continue reading Translation: Tao Te King – Chapter 31. Ending war

Chapter 20. Remaining distant Leave your dogma and free yourself of worrying. The difference between certainty and uncertainty isn’t that big. Do they help us to differentiate between good and evil? For one must carefully keep track of differentiations. But oh! People are never freed of their stupidity. They are full of ambition like the… Continue reading Translation: Tao Te King – Chapter 20. Remaining distant

Chapter 3. Calming people Envy is avoided when people are not placed apart based on merit. Theft is avoided when riches are not valued. Calm stays the mind when not looking for stimulants for the senses. That is how the wise one rules, by freeing his heart of lusts; by giving his stomach enough satisfaction,… Continue reading Translation: Tao Te King – Chapter 3. Calming people

Book of the way of the virtue Chapter 1. Definition of Tao The Tao that can be defined is not the Eternal Tao. The name that can be mentioned is not the true name of the Tao. The Tao that was before heaven and earth is the nameless unbeing. The named being is the Mother… Continue reading Translation: Tao Te King – Chapter 1. Definition of Tao