Lead to Law


'Tao and the Law' is the first text from nine, that are called 'Lead to Law'.
On these pages this first and the ninth text is reproduced. The ten verses of this text are containing the the summary of the philosophy in in a very logical order. It shows the road from the birth of the Law from Tao to the level of pure insight.

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1.1

The Law is born from Tao
That is the lead, straight as an arrow
Between success and failure
It shows what is wrong and right. 

So, what controls Tao
Gives birth to the Law
And does not dare to resist it;
Once the Law is established
One does not dare
To abolish it. 

Only who [..] is able from his heart
To lead himself straight as an arrow
By the Law, 
He has a clear insight 
In the World 
And is free from uncertainty.

 

 

 




[Birth]

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1.2

Empty without Shape
With a backbone deep and dark
From which all surrounding things
Are born into this World. 

Being born knows dangers:
They are: Desire and Discontent.
Being born cannot be without movement
And movement knows dangers
They are: The lack of notion of the right moment
And the notion of the moment but yet [wrong].
Movements does not work
Without performing tasks
Tasks cannot exist without words
And words causes several dangers:
-Unreliability
- Insufficient notion of effects of others
- Creating exaggerated expectations of yourself
- Show off with success which is not yours.
That is to say, converting gaps in remains.

 



[Words]

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1.3

So, without difference, everything arises
From the deep and dark
The one is dieing through that,
Another is born through that,
The one is failing through that
Another is succeeding through that.

Disaster or good luck shares both
The same Tao and nobody
Knows what the cause of that is.


 

[Counterparts]

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1.4

The Tao that leads to Insight
Is nothing else than 
Emptiness and Nothingness
Even in the smallest things.
Besides that, it is inevitable
That it receives a Shape and Name.
When Shape and Name are certain
Than is the division between
Black and white completed.

So he who has Tao in his hands
When he is reviewing the World
He does not take any point of view
And does not interfere 
And does not allow self interest
To play a part.

Therefore there is no task on Earth
Or it gets a Shape, a Name, a Reputation 
And a Title, all by its self.
When Shape and Name are fixed
And Name and reputation are standing firm,
There is no possibility to wipe the traces
Or to obscure the right things.




[Tasks]

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1.5

He who shows respect to common interest,
Has a clear insight.
He who has the highest insight,
Gains the victory.
He who attains the highest right,
Is imperturbable.
He who attains the highest imperturbability,
Is a Holy Sage.
He who does not consider 
His own preferences,
Shows knowledge.
He who shows the highest knowledge,
Is an example for the World.

 

 

[Example]

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The titles of the verses and text between [brackets] are no part of the original text.
The numbers are added by me for editorial reasons. Gaps in the numbering mean that a the verse is not translated. In all cases that is because there were to much unreadible characters in the original text


Translated and edited by Bram den Hond