Lao Tzu s Poetic, Philosophical Treatise Tao Te Ching

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1 Page 1 of 36 Lao Tzu s Poetic, Philosophical Treatise Tao Te Ching Volume 1 of 14 Chapters 1-6 Translated by Stephen Mitchell, adapted and annotated by Terton Lama: Jigme Gyatso, Rime Rinpoche 2018-b12-29a

2 Page 2 of 36 Contents Chapter 1...pg. 3 Chapter 2...pg. 9 Chapter 3...pg. 19 Chapter 4...pg. 25 Chapter 5...pg. 28 Chapter 6...pg. 34

3 Page 3 of 36 Tao Te Ching chapter One The tao that can be told is NOT the eternal Tao.

4 Page 4 of 36 The name that can be named is NOT the eternal Name.

5 Page 5 of 36 The UN-nameable is the eternally real. Naming is the origin of all particular things.

6 Page 6 of 36 Free from desire you realize the mystery. Caught in desire you see only the manifestations.

7 Page 7 of 36 Yet mystery and manifestations arise from the same source. This source is called darkness.

8 Page 8 of 36 Darkness within darkness the gateway to all understanding.

9 Page 9 of 36 Tao Te Ching chapter Two When people see some things as beautiful other things become ugly.

10 Page 10 of 36 When people see some things as good other things become bad.

11 Page 11 of 36 Being and non-being create each other. Difficult and easy support each other.

12 Page 12 of 36 Long and short define each other. High and low depend on each other.

13 Page 13 of 36 Before and after follow each other.

14 Page 14 of 36 Therefore the sage acts without doing anything

15 Page 15 of 36 and teaches without saying anything.

16 Page 16 of 36 Things arise and she lets them come things disappear and she let s them go.

17 Page 17 of 36 She has but does NOT possess acts but does NOT expect.

18 Page 18 of 36 When her work is done she forgets it that is why it lasts forever.

19 Page 19 of 36 Tao Te Ching chapter Three If you over esteem great men the people become powerless.

20 Page 20 of 36 If you over value possessions the people begin to steal.

21 Page 21 of 36 The sage leads by empting peoples minds and filling their cores

22 Page 22 of 36 by weakening their ambition and toughening their resolve.

23 Page 23 of 36 He helps people lose everything they know, everything they desire and creates confusion in those who think that they know.

24 Page 24 of 36 Practice NOT doing and everything will fall into place.

25 Page 25 of 36 Tao Te Ching chapter Four The Tao is like a well; used, but never used up.

26 Page 26 of 36 It is like the eternal void filled with infinite possibilities.

27 Page 27 of 36 It is hidden but always present. I do NOT know who gave birth to it. It is older than God.

28 Page 28 of 36 Tao Te Ching chapter Five The Tao does NOT take sides it gives birth to both good and evil.

29 Page 29 of 36 The sage does NOT take sides she welcomes both saints and sinners.

30 Page 30 of 36 The Tao is like a bellows, it is empty yet infinitely capable.

31 Page 31 of 36 The more you use it the more it produces

32 Page 32 of 36 the more you talk of it the less you understand.

33 Page 33 of 36 Hold on to the center.

34 Page 34 of 36 Tao Te Ching chapter Six The Tao is called the Great Mother.

35 Empty Page 35 of 36 yet inexhaustible it gives birth to infinite worlds.

36 Page 36 of 36 It is always present within you. You can use it any way you want.