Dao De Jing, Chapter 1: The Gateway to Mystery
“The Dao that can be spoken is not the eternal Dao.”
Laozi begins with a paradox. The very act of naming the Dao—the ultimate reality, the source of all things—separates us from it. Words are…
“The Dao that can be spoken is not the eternal Dao.”
Laozi begins with a paradox. The very act of naming the Dao—the ultimate reality, the source of all things—separates us from it. Words are…