Alright, I have spent a few days on the next five verses of the Tao (46-50); and then I am taking a break to refresh my mind. I will add that the Tao is my favorite scripture for its humility, more than any religious text, and also for its beauty. The gospels lack the first, the dhammapada lack the second, the quran lacks either.
By the way, anybody who wants me to send the first 40 verses, send me a request and I will email them to you.
Daniel Christopher June
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46.
The world has Tao:
Racehorses are bridled to haul fertilizer.
The world lacks Tao:
War horses thrive in the countryside.
There is no greater calamity
Than discontment
There is no greater calamity
Then wanting more.
Therefore be content with contentment
And you’ll be content indeed!
47.
Without stepping out your door
You can know the world
Without looking out your window
Tou can see the way of heaven
The more you travel
The less you know.
Thus the sage
Travels not
Yet knows
Looks not
Yet names
Works not
Yet wins.
48.
Seek knowledge daily
And you’ll gain.
Seek Tao daily
And you’ll lose
Lose it
And you’ll lose again.
Thus strive until you can’t strive.
Without action yet not without action
Conquer the world forever thus
Without meddling.
The man of meddling affairs
Hasn’t the stuff for conquering worlds.
49.
The holy man lacks a set mind
Thus everyone’s mind becomes one.
To the good I am good
The the bad I am also good
For virtue is excellent.
To the truthful I am truthful
The the liars I am also truthful.
For virtue is excellent.
The sage abides the world in peace.
Making the world universal in his mind,
The sage sees all people as his children.
50.
From life comes death.
Three out of ten men are friends of life
Three out of ten men are friends of death
Three out of ten men are merely passing
One from the other.
Why is this?
Because they all live too intensely
But the remaining one in ten lives a good life.
He travels the land and fears no rhino or tiger.
Enters the battlefield without shield or sword
The rhino has no place to sink its horn
The Tiger has no place to set his claws
The soldiers have no place to press their blade.
Why is this?
Because he lacks an appointment with death.
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