Hujajibu maswali yangu kwa kituo.
Pia, huelewi katika Taoism wamesema kwamba, the Tao that can be described in words is not the true Tao.
Yani ukijiona unaweza kuielezea tu Tao kwa maneno, ujue ushakosea hiyo unayoielezea si Tao yenyewe.
So, you are basically setting yourself for failure here by trying to describe the Tao in words.
Hiyo tafsiri tu ya kutoka Kichina kwenda Kiingereza tu inazaa migogoro.
I’ve been re-reading the Tao Te Ching this week, inspired to return to the ancient text by my review of Ursula Le Guin’s selected stories for my Weird Things column at The Guardian. The…
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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.
This source is called darkness.
Darkness within darkness.
The gateway to all understanding.
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The Reason that can be reasoned is not the eternal Reason. The name that can be named is not the eternal Name.
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The Tao that can be trodden is not the enduring and
unchanging Tao. The name that can be named is not the enduring and
unchanging name.
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If you can talk about it,
it ain’t Tao.
If it has a name,
it’s just another thing.