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[display_podcast] Chapter 6 Valley spirit is deathless, It is called the mystical female. The gateway of the mystical female, Is called the root of heaven and earth. Hovering, it seems ever present. Put to use, it is never exhausted.

September 30th, 2008 | Category: Daily Tao | Leave a comment

[display_podcast] Chapter 5 Nature has no benevolence, It treats all things like strawdogs; The sage has no benevolence, He treats his people like strawdogs. Between heaven and earth it seems like a bellows: Empty, yet inexhaustible, The stronger it is activated, the greater the output. Being overly informed leads to exhaustion, Better to be centered.

September 29th, 2008 | Category: Daily Tao | Leave a comment

[display_podcast] Chapter 4 Tao functions in empty harmony. When used, it remains full. For sure, this source is the very ancestor of the myriad things. Blunting the sharp edges, Unraveling the tangles, Husbanding into the light, Being as ordinary as the dust. Ah! Limpid, it seems to exist forever. I do not know whose son [...]

September 26th, 2008 | Category: Daily Tao | Leave a comment

[display_podcast] Chapter 3 Do not exalt intelligence and people will not compete; Do not value rare goods and people will not steal; Do not display for public view and people will not desire. So the sage’s governing methods are: Emptying the mind, Vitalizing the stomach, Softening the will, Strengthening the character. This always makes people [...]

September 25th, 2008 | Category: Daily Tao | Leave a comment

[display_podcast] Chapter 2 In the world, Everyone recognizes beauty as beauty, Since the ugly is also there. Everyone recognizes goodness as goodness, Since evil is also there. Since being and nonbeing give birth to each other, Difficulty and ease complete each other, Long and short measure each other, High and low overflow into each other, [...]

September 24th, 2008 | Category: Daily Tao | Leave a comment