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Tao Te Ching of Lao Tzu
by Brian Browne Walker
(Translator), Lao Tzu
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Thirty-Eight
Why scurry about looking for the
truth?
It vibrates in every thing
and every not-thing, right off the tip of your nose.
Can you be still and see it
in the mountain?
the pine tree?
yourself?
Don't imagine that you'll discover
it by accumulating more knowledge.
Knowledge creates doubt,
and doubt makes you ravenous
for more knowledge.
You can't get full eating this
way.
The wise person dines on something
more subtle:
He eats the understanding that
the named was born from the unnamed, that all being flows from non- being,
that the describable world emanates from an indescribable source.
He finds this subtle truth
inside his own self,
and becomes completely content.
So who can be still and watch
the chess game of the world?
The foolish are always making
impulsive moves, but the wise know that victory and defeat are decided
by something more subtle.
They see that something perfect
exists before any move is made.
This subtle perfection deteriorates
when artificial actions are taken,
so be content not to disturb
the peace.
Remain quiet.
Discover the harmony in your
own being. Embrace it.
If you can do this, you will
gain everything, and the world will become healthy again.
If you can't, you will be lost
in the shadows forever.
The Tao te Ching of Lao Tzu is among the most widely
translated and cherished books in the world. Singular in its lucidity,
revered across cultural boundaries for its timeless wisdom, it is
believed among Westerners to
be Lao Tzu's only book. Few are aware that a collection of his oral teachings
on the subject of attaining enlightenment and mastery were also recorded
in a book called the Hua Hu Ching (pronounced "wha hoo jing"). The teachings
of the Hua Hu Ching are of enormous power and consequence, a literal road
map to the divine realm for ordinary human beings. Perhaps predictably,
the book was banned during a period of political discord in China, and
all copies were ordered to be burned. Were it not for the Taoist
tradition of oral transmission
of sacred scriptures from master to student, they would have been lost
forever. I am permanently indebted to Taoist Master Ni Hua-Ching for sharing
his version of these teachings with the Western world after his emigration
from China in 1976. My work here is largely based upon his teaching. I
bow also to Stephen Mitchell, whose recent translation of the Tao te Ching
moved, shaped, and informed me. I encourage readers of this volume to also
study Stephen's book; his elucidation of the Tao and how it manifests in
the world is exquisite. It would be a profound pleasure to me if my work
one day met the high standard he has set with his own.
--BRIAN WALKER BOULDER, COLORADO
1 OCTOBER 1993 |