"Tao er kilden til alle fænomener, dog har den ikke selv nogen form.
Hvis du forsøger at danne et billede af den i dit sind, mister du den.
Det er ligesom en sommerfugl på knappenål: skallen har du, men flyvningen går tabt.
Hvorfor ikke være tilfreds med helt enkelt at opleve det?"
"The Tao gives rise to all forms, yet it has no form of its own.
If you attempt to fix a picture of it in your mind, you will lose it.
This is like pinning a butterfly: the husk is captured, but the flying is lost.
Why not be content with simply experiencing it? "
-6th verse of Hua Hu Ching - the unknown teachings of Lao Tzu (translated by Brian Walker)
"Lao-Tzu Meeting Yin Xi at the Han'gu Pass" by Shang Xi, early 15th century (from "Taoism and the Arts of China" by Stephen Little).
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