{"id":13398,"date":"2020-11-17T00:15:45","date_gmt":"2020-11-17T05:15:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gornahoor.net\/?p=13398"},"modified":"2021-11-16T20:31:04","modified_gmt":"2021-11-17T01:31:04","slug":"principle-and-action-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gornahoor.net\/?p=13398","title":{"rendered":"Principle and Action 14"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2190 Chapter 13<\/a> Chapter 15 →<\/a><\/p>\n

Chapter 14<\/h2>\n

One looks at it and does not see it, so that it is called invisible
\nOne hears it and does not understand it, so that it is called soundless
\nOne touches it and does not grab it, so it is called incorporeal
\nThese three characteristics of the transcendent
\nMix together and say one thing.
\nIt is the negation of the higher luminosity
\nAnd of the lower darkness
\nIt is immense and insusceptible of name
\nIt returns to what stands before (and above) being
\nIts form is the absence of form
\nIts figure is the absence of figure
\nUndiscernible profundity
\nIf you look ahead, you will not see the end
\nIf you look behind, you will not see the origin
\nPrimordial principle
\nIn action now [as in every time = perennially current]
\nOne follows the way of the Ancients
\nAnd one will know the eternal essence of the Principle<\/p>\n

The ninth line can be understood both metaphysically: The Tao is before and above being — as well as in these terms, referring to individual beings: the Tao brings them back from the current of transformations to that which is before and above being (in the pre-formal state).<\/p>\n

In the first lines: the Principle, tangible but elusive. Non-being, which is not the not-existent. This passage of Kuan Tze (XIII, 36) will be interesting, for the meeting of the attributes of the principle with the technique of realization:<\/p>\n

The Tao is not far, yet reaching it is difficult \u2026 Empty and non-being, incorporeity and immateriality, that is called Tao. Heaven is empty, Earth is calm, neither one nor the other struggles. The I is discarded and falls silent: then divine clarity will persist in you. Who understands silence (p\u2019u jen<\/em>) and immobility profoundly will understand the essential drama of the Tao\u2026 If (man) will renounce craving, the emptiness (hsu<\/em>) will entirely compenetrate him; compenetrated by it, he will remain calm and non-acting; calm and firm, he will take up contact with the vital ether; whoever possesses the vital ether is detached (from terrestrial form); detached, he will radiate light like a god (ming shen<\/em>).\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Chinese text and literal translation<\/h2>\n

Chapter 14 (\u7b2c\u5341\u56db\u7ae0)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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\n\u662f\u8b02\u9053\u7d00\u3002
\n<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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That which is looked at yet never seen is known as invisible,
\n That which is listened to yet never heard is known as soundless,
\n And that which is grasped yet never touched is known as intangible.
\nThe origin of these three can not be observed, so mix them and form a unity.
\n Above, it is not lit; Below, it is not dark.
\nThe Dao cannot be named by common rules, as it returns to its origin,
\n It is the shape of the original shape, the image of the original object,
\n This is blur and profound.
\n Step forward, cannot see its beginning; Follow it, cannot see its end.
\nHold the ancient Dao to know the present things, and thus know the ancient beginnings,
\n This is the principle of the Dao.\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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