1. Tao Te Ching
Fall 2004
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2. “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
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3. Qi Bai Shi
Fall 2004
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4. Emptiness Attain complete emptiness Hold fast to stillness
Tao Te Ching 16
Fall 2004
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5. Tao called Tao is not Tao. Empty of desire, perceive mystery
Filled with desire, perceive manifestations
Tao Te Ching 1
Fall 2004
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6. 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
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7. Fall 2004
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Tang Yin

8. 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
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9. Wu Wei Lives but does not own, Acts but does not presume,
Accomplishes without taking credit.
Tao Te Ching 2
Fall 2004
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10. 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
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11. Racing and hunting madden the mind. Precious things lead one astray.
Fall 2004
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12. 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
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13. The Three Jewels of Taoism
BALANCE
COMPASSION
HUMILITY
Fall 2004
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14. 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] Ming Dynasty
Fall 2004
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15. 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
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16. 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
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17. Humans follow Earth Earth follows Heaven Heaven follows Tao Tao follows its own nature Tao Te Ching 25
Fall 2004
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18. Fall 2004
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Tang Yin

19. Qi Bai Shi
Fall 2004
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20. Tao Te Ching
Fall 2004
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