Sacred Journeys

上善若水 가장 좋은 것은 물과 같다. 水善利萬物而不爭 물은 온갖 것을 잘 이롭게 하면서도 다투지 않는다. 處衆人之所惡 뭇사람이 싫어하는 낮은 곳에도 가기를 좋아한다. 故幾於道 그러므로 道에 가깝다. 居善地 살 때는 물처럼 땅을 좋게 하고 心善淵 마음을 쓸 때는 물처럼 그윽함을 ..

Click to open expanded view "The Tao Te Ching" by Lao Tzu (Translated by James Legge, 1891) - With Introduction by James Legge in The Sacred Books of the East - http://ftp.sunet.se/pub/doc/etext/gutenberg/etext95/taote10.txt - http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au/l/l2988t/ More English versions 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31..

47 Without opening your door, You can open your heart to the world. Without looking out your window, You can see the essence of the Tao(道). The more you know, The less you understand. The Master arrives without leaving, Sees the light without looking, Achieves without doing a thing. - Tao Te Ching: Chapter 47 (translated by Stephen Mitchell, 1988)

Tao Te Ching A New English Version, with foreword and notes By Stephen Mitchell Last updated 20 July 1995 Jump to Chapter1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 7..

道可道 非常道 名可名 非常名 無名天地之始 有名萬物之母 故常無欲以觀其妙 常有欲以觀其 此兩者同 出而異名 同謂之玄 玄之又玄 衆妙之門 (1) 谷神不死 是謂玄牝 玄牝之門 是謂天地根 綿綿若存 用之不勤 (6)