Tao te ching the book of the way7/7/2023 ![]() ![]() The best way to look at it, though, is like the forest and the mountain. The Tao must be lived, not just read about and discussed. We are all on the path, whether we know it or not. ![]() Others might call it 'God's Will' or 'the laws of nature'. It applies to everyone, in every walk of life because it is simply the way of things. Confucianism and Buddhism) because it is so generic. The Tao Te Ching is largely compatible with any religions or alternative philosophies that it encounters (e.g. Having said all this, none of this is that important-they're only the messengers-the principles inside are what matters most. It was eventually declared 'finished' and definitive by Wang Bi about 800 years ago. It's essentially open source wisdom.Īfterwards, it was adapted and edited by various sages throughout China. ![]() Rather, it is said that he was essentially summarising the collected wisdom of the previous few thousand years. The Tao existed long before Lao Tzu is reported to have written it down, when he did so for an admiring army officer. ![]()
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