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    Lao Tse. Tao Te Ching
    Lao Tse. Tao Te Ching
    Lao Tse. Tao Te Ching
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    Lao Tse. Tao Te Ching

    By Vladimir Antonov

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    Tao Te Ching was written by great Chinese spiritual adept Lao Tse about 2500 years ago. It is one of the most fundamental textbooks on philosophy and methodology of spiritual development.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNew Atlanteans
    Release dateApr 7, 2010
    ISBN9781452393087
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    Lao Tse. Tao Te Ching - Vladimir Antonov

    Lao Tse

    Tao Te Ching

    Edition by Vladimir Antonov, Ph.D. (in biology)

    Translated from Russian

    by Mikhail Nikolenko, Ph.D. (in physics)

    Corrector of the English translation —

    Keenan Murphy

    www.path-to-tao.info

    www.swami-center.org

    © Vladimir Antonov, 2007.

    The book Tao Te Ching was written by the great Chinese spiritual adept Lao Tse about 2500 years ago. In that incarnation, Lao Tse was a disciple of non-incarnate Huang Di¹ and achieved full spiritual self-realization. At the present time, Lao Tse provides spiritual help to incarnate people.

    The work on creating this edition of Tao Te Ching was done at the personal request of Lao Tse² and with His help.

    Tao Te Ching is one of the most fundamental textbooks on the philosophy and methodology of spiritual development.

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    Tao Te Ching

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    Tao Te Ching

    1. One cannot cognize Tao³ only by speaking about It.

    One cannot name by a human name that Origin of the sky and the earth Which is the Mother of everything.

    Only those who are free from worldly passions can see It, and those who have such passions can see only Its Creation.

    Tao and Its Creation are One in essence, though They are called by different names. The passage which exists between Them is a doorway to all that is miraculous.

    2. When people know beauty, they also understand what is ugly.

    When people learn what is good, they also realize what is evil.

    In this way, existence and non-existence, hard and easy, long and short, high and low allow knowing each other.

    Different sounds mix and create harmony. And so the preceding and the succeeding follow each other harmoniously.

    The wise prefer non-doing⁴ and live in quietness⁵. Everything happens around them as if by itself. They are not attached to anything on the Earth. They do not own anything made by them. They are not proud of their works.

    Since they do not exalt themselves, do not boast, and do not require special respect from others, they are pleasant to all.

    3. If the chosen are not exalted, no one envies them. If material treasures are not praised, no one steals them. In other words, if the objects of passions are not shown off, there are no temptations.

    The wise ruler does not create such temptations for people but takes care that people have enough food. This eliminates passions and strengthens people’s health. The wise ruler always strives to prevent temptations and passions and does not let evil people act.

    The absence of all that has been mentioned brings calm.

    4. Tao looks like a void. Yet, It is omnipotent!

    It is in the Depths.⁶

    It is the Origin of everything.

    It controls everything.

    It pervades everything.

    It manifests Itself as shining Light.

    It is the Subtlest!

    It is the Main Essence of

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