Tao te Ching

Wanneer die Tao verlore is, is daar goedheid. 
Wanneer goedheid verlore is, is daar welwillendheid. 
Wanneer welwillendheid verlore is, is daar geregtigheid. 
Wanneer geregtigheid verlore is, is daar 'n ritueel. 
Ritueel is die dop van geloof en lojaliteit, die begin van verwarring.


Vir die wat soek na ernstige pitkos van die geestelike soort, maar nie kans sien v die Bybel of die Koran of die Vedas nie - probeer die "Klassiek van Tao". 'n Kort en maklike boek deur 'n Chinese figuur Lao-Tzu, vader van Taoisme, die oorsprong v Zen.

The way that can be described is not the unchanging Way. The name that can be named is not the unchanging Name.

Nameless, it is the origin of Heaven and Earth.
When Named, it gives birth to all things.

If you keep feeling a point that has been sharpened, it will soon be blunt.

Who can make the muddy water clear? Let it be still, and it gradually becomes clear. Who can secure the condition of rest? Let movement go on, and the condition of rest will gradually arise.

There was something undefined and complete, existing before Heaven and Earth. How still it was, and formless, standing alone, and undergoing no change, reaching everywhere without exhaustion.

The Great Square has no corners;
The Great Vessel is the slowest to make;
The Great Sound is silent;
The Great Image has no shape.

The Tao produced One;
One produced Two;
Two produced Three;
Three produced all things.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

The wise man keeps his side of the bargain, but does not insist on the speedy fulfilment of it by the other.