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Tao Te Ching

Lao Tzu

The Tao Te Ching is a Chinese classic text written around 400 BC and traditionally credited to the sage Laozi, though the text's authorship, date of composition and date of compilation are debated. The oldest excavated portion dates back to the late 4th century BC, but modern scholarship dates other...

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Philosophize This!

It is an ancient text, cryptically worded, with thousands of translations existing; the podcast host uses Lin Yutong's 1955 translation and Stephen Mitchell's translation for the podcast.

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The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao

— Episode: Episode #007 ... Daoism

Episode: Episode #007 ... Daoism

It is an ancient text, cryptically worded, with thousands of translations existing; the podcast host uses Lin Yutong's 1955 translation and Stephen Mitchell's translation for the podcast.

"

The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao

I do not know its name and address it as Tao. If forced to give it a name, I shall call it Great. Being great implies reaching out in space. Reaching out in space implies far-reaching. Far-reaching implies reversion to the original point.

Tao gives birth to One. One gives birth to Two. Two give birth to Three. Three give birth to 10,000 things

Not exalting worth keeps the people from rivalry. Not prizing what is hard to procure keeps the people from theft. Not to show them what they may covet is the way to keep their minds from disorder

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