Tag: name
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Dao De Jing 32 – Dao and the world: unnamed vs. the named
Dao does not have a name. It can not be owned or controlled. When one abides in it, all things will follow. -> When the self does not arise, problem does not arise, and the world flows in perfect harmony. Dew falls under the combined effect of heaven and earth, people cannot control it and it…
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Dao De Jing 1 – Dao is beyond words and names, form and non form
“The Dao that can be spoken is not the enduring and unchanging Dao. The name that can be named is not the enduring and unchanging name.” -> As Dao is beyond forms, words and names are only symbols and pointers of the Dao. “Nothingness, is the origin of heaven and earth; Beingness, is the mother of all…