Tao Te Ching Fall 2004 Designed by: A.R. Dixon

“To regard the fundamental as the essence, to regard things as coarse, to regard accumulation as deficiency, and to dwell quietly alone with the spiritual and the intelligent -- herein lie the techniques of Tao of the ancients.” philosopher Chuang Tzu on Taoism Fall 2004 Designed by: A.R. Dixon

Qi Bai Shi Fall 2004 Designed by: A.R. Dixon

Emptiness Attain complete emptiness Hold fast to stillness Tao Te Ching 16 http://www.iewu.org/Lao1.htm Fall 2004 Designed by: A.R. Dixon

Tao called Tao is not Tao. Empty of desire, perceive mystery Filled with desire, perceive manifestations Tao Te Ching 1 Fall 2004 Designed by: A.R. Dixon

Yin and Yang Know the male, maintain the female Become the channel of the world. Know the white, sustain the black, Become the pattern of the world. Tao Te Ching 28 Fall 2004 Designed by: A.R. Dixon

Fall 2004 Designed by: A.R. Dixon Tang Yin

Wu Wei Therefore the sage is devoted to non-action; Moves without teaching, Creates ten thousand things without instruction, Tao Te Ching 2 Fall 2004 Designed by: A.R. Dixon

Wu Wei Lives but does not own, Acts but does not presume, Accomplishes without taking credit. Tao Te Ching 2 Fall 2004 Designed by: A.R. Dixon

The five colours blind the eye. The five tones deafen the ear The five colours blind the eye. The five tones deafen the ear. The five flavours dull the taste. Liang Kai Li Bai Strolling Southern Song Dynasty, 13th century Fall 2004 Designed by: A.R. Dixon

Racing and hunting madden the mind. Precious things lead one astray. Fall 2004 Designed by: A.R. Dixon

Therefore the sage is guided by what he feels and not by what he sees Therefore the sage is guided by what he feels and not by what he sees. He lets go of that and chooses this. Tao Te Ching, 12 Fall 2004 Designed by: A.R. Dixon

The Three Jewels of Taoism BALANCE COMPASSION HUMILITY Fall 2004 Designed by: A.R. Dixon

Look, it cannot be seen - it is beyond form Look, it cannot be seen - it is beyond form. Listen, it cannot be heard - it is beyond sound. Chen Zhou [Shen Chou] 1427-1509 Ming Dynasty Fall 2004 Designed by: A.R. Dixon

Grasp, it cannot be held - it is intangible Grasp, it cannot be held - it is intangible. These three are indefinable, they are one. Fall 2004 Designed by: A.R. Dixon

From above it is not bright; From below it is not dark: Unbroken thread beyond description. It returns to nothingness. Form of the formless, Image of the imageless, It is called indefinable and beyond imagination. Tao Te Ching 14 Fall 2004 Designed by: A.R. Dixon

Humans follow Earth Earth follows Heaven Heaven follows Tao Tao follows its own nature. Tao Te Ching 25 Fall 2004 Designed by: A.R. Dixon

Fall 2004 Designed by: A.R. Dixon Tang Yin

Qi Bai Shi Fall 2004 Designed by: A.R. Dixon

Tao Te Ching Fall 2004 Designed by: A.R. Dixon