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This episode is also available as a blog post: https://angelsansara.wordpress.com/2023/04/20/the-tao-chapter-60/
The Tao, Chapter 60
Governing a large country
is like frying small fish.
Too much poking spoils the meat.
When the Tao is used to govern the world
then evil will lose its power to harm the people.
Not that evil will no longer exist,
but only because it has lost its power.
Just as evil can loose its ability to harm,
the Master shuns the use of violence.
If you give evil nothing to oppose,
then virtue will return by itself.
-- Translated by J. H. McDonald
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://angelsansara.wordpress.com/2023/04/19/the-tao-chapter-59/
The Tao, Chapter 59
There is nothing better than moderation
for teaching people or serving Heaven.
Those who use moderation
are already on the path to the Tao.
Those who follow the Tao early
will have an abundance of virtue.
When there is an abundance of virtue,
there is nothing that cannot be done.
Where there is limitless ability,
then the kingdom is withing your grasp.
When you know the Mother of the kingdom,
then you will be long enduring.
This is spoken of as the deep root and the firm trunk,
the Way to a long life and great spiritual vision.
-- Translated by J. H. McDonald
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