Religious Zen

Chapter 2 - Abstraction
When people see some things as beautiful,
other things become ugly.
When people see some things as good,
other things become bad.
Being and non-being create each other.
Difficult and easy support each other.
Long and short define each other.
High and low depend on each other.
Before and after follow each other.
Therefore the Master
acts without doing anything
and teaches without […]

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Chapter 1 - The Way
The Tao that can be told
is not the eternal Tao.
The name that can be named
is not the eternal Name.
The unnamable is the eternally real.
Naming is the origin
of all particular things.
Free from desire, you realize the mystery.
Caught in desire, you see only the manifestations.
Yet mystery and manifestations
arise from the same source.
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What is the Tao Te Ching?
The Tao Te Ching is a relatively short text on philosophy that is central in Eastern thought, particularly Taoism. While many hundreds of millions of people in the far east have read, studied, and applied that profound wisdom that is found within, many Westerners such as myself are only now […]

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