Chapter 43. Unlimited utility The world’s softest being defeats the strongest. Immaterial passes through all things even if there is no opening. From this I learn how efficient inactivity is. To teach without using words and to be useful without action – few people get this far! Own translation from 1925 Finnish translation by Pekka… Continue reading Translation: Tao Te King – Chapter 43. Unlimited utility
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Translation: Tao Te King – Chapter 42. Changes in Tao
Chapter 42. Changes in Tao Out of the Tao seeped One. Of One was Two born. Of Two was Three born. And of Three are all things from.¹ Behind all beings is the unmanifested and in front of them the manifested. They are connected by the immaterial respiration.² Orphanity, seclusion and wheelless carriages the people… Continue reading Translation: Tao Te King – Chapter 42. Changes in Tao
Translation: Tao Te King – Chapter 41. The similar and the different
Chapter 41. The similar and the different When a wise man hears of the Tao he follows it. When one with ordinary intelligence hears of it he stays in it for a while and soon loses it. When a fool hears of it he just laughs at it. If such people wouldn’t mock it it… Continue reading Translation: Tao Te King – Chapter 41. The similar and the different
Translation: Tao Te King – Chapter 39. At the source of the spring
Chapter 39. At the source of the spring Few things have through oneness persisted since the ancient times and they are: Translucency of the sky; Solidity of the earth; Bobylessness of spirits; Wateriness of the valleys; Lives of all of creation; Excellence of kings and fürsts. All these persist through oneness. The sky if it… Continue reading Translation: Tao Te King – Chapter 39. At the source of the spring