|
 | |  | | E-book Category: , Religion, Philosophy
E-book Title: THE TAO TEH CHING
Author: Lao-Tse
Book Description: Online book of Lao-Tse the tao teh ching. The original text translated into english. This immortal work written more than 2500 years ago, is the most sacred text of toaism ever writen. You can lead a horse to the water but you can not force him to drink.
* * *
1.
The Tao that can be followed is not the eternal Tao.
The name that can be named is not the eternal name.
The nameless is the origin of heaven and earth
While naming is the origin of the myriad things.
Therefore, always desireless, you see the mystery
Ever desiring, you see the manifestations.
These two are the same-
When they appear they are named differently.
This sameness is the mystery,
Mystery within mystery;
The door to all marvels.
2.
All in the world recognize the beautiful as beautiful.
Herein lies ugliness.
All recognize the good as good.
Herein lies evil.
Therefore
Being and non-being produce each other.
Difficulty and ease bring about each other.
Long and short delimit each other.
High and low rest on each other.
Sound and voice harmonize each other.
Front and back follow each other.
Therefore the sage abides in the condition of wu-wei(unattached action).
And carries out the wordless teaching.
Here, the myriad things are made, yet not separated.
Therefore the sage produces without possessing,
Acts without expectations
And accomplishes without abiding in her accomplishments.
It is precisely because she does not abide in them
That they never leave her.
More... | |
| | | | | |  |
|  |
| Recommended Product for "THE TAO AND ITS CHARACTERISTICS" | | |
| |  | |  |
| Reader Reviews for "THE TAO AND ITS CHARACTERISTICS" | | |
Reviewed by on 2010-01-21
My Rate 5
I love this book makes you think
Reviewed by on 2009-12-13
My Rate 5
The translation is easy to understand. This is one of the few Tao Teh Ching translations that are easy to understand.
Reviewed by on 2008-06-12
My Rate 5
He is amasing for 2500 years ago and still..my grandgrand father told me that Lao Tsu was a Turk
| | | | |
|
