Tao Te Ching Translation

Tao Te Ching Translation

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Verse 1 • The Way I say is not the Way unchanging...
The Way I say is not the Way unchanging.
Verse 2 • When the world glorifies beauty...
When the world glorifies beauty,
Verse 3 • Don't praise pride, and produce no jealousy...
Don't praise pride, and produce no jealousy.
Verse 4 • The Way is like an empty pot...
The Way is like an empty pot,
Verse 5 • Heaven and earth are not human hearted...
Heaven and earth are not human hearted.
Verse 6 • The spirit of the valley is immortal...
The spirit of the valley is immortal,
Verse 7 • The eternity of heaven and the everlasting earth...
The eternity of heaven and the everlasting earth
Verse 8 • The best is like the way of water...
The best is like the way of water:
Verse 9 • Don't fill your cup up past the brim...
Don't fill your cup up past the brim,
Verse 10 • Keeping still both mind and body...
Keeping still both mind and body can you merge into the one?
Verse 11 • At the hub of a wheel thirty spokes join a hole...
At the hub of a wheel thirty spokes join a hole
Verse 12 • As colors can make the eye more blind...
As colors can make the eye more blind,
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