The Ultimate Path
is simple and easy — it is just a
matter of whether you abandon things
or pursue them. Those who would
experience the Path should
think deeply on
this.
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tao is like streams flowing to the sea
The primal eternal Tao
is an unnameable simplicity.
Though small, there is nothing
under all of heaven that
can subjugate it.
If a leader abides by it,
all beings are naturally
drawn to him.
Heaven and
earth come together
in harmony and sweet rain falls
everywhere. People cooperate
voluntarily, without any
instruction.
Tao in the world
is like streams flowing
into the sea.
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do you want to know?
You are people of the present time; don’t seek somewhere else. Even if Bodhidharma were to come here, he would just tell you to be without affectations; he would tell you not to be contrived. Dressing, eating, excreting, there is no more “birth and death” to be feared, and no nirvana to be attained, no enlightenment to be realized. You’re just an ordinary individual, without affectations.
Do you want to know? It’s just a void, with nothing to attain, pure and clear everywhere, radiant with light, thoroughly translucent inside and out. There is no affectation, no dependence, nothing to dwell on. What are you concerned with?
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hymn for offering incense upon the buddha’s attainment of the path
The morning star
returns night after night;
the snows of the twelfth month
linger from year to year.
Silly: Gautama’s
achieving some “special” state;
looking for a knife in the water by
marks in the ship’s hull.
concentrate on tao and experience tao
Nature is
sparing with speech: a
whirlwind doesn’t last all morning;
a rain shower doesn’t
last all day.
What causes these?
Heaven and earth.
If heaven and earth can’t
make something furious
endure, how could
man?
Concentrate on tao
and you’ll experience tao.
Concentrate on power and
you’ll experience power.
Concentrate on loss and
you’ll experience
loss.
If you won’t trust,
you won’t be
trusted.
ebooks & apps of the Tao the Ching, I Ching,
Hua hu Ching, and Art of War for
You
can now buy
Tao te Ching as part of a
five-app bundle of Taoist classics
for iPhone or iPad for less than
the cost of one hardcover
book.