THE WAY OF THE ACTION OF THE SOUL
A New Translation of the Tao Te Ching
by Alan Sheets and Barbara Tovey
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SoulType 9, Chapter 81


Believing in words is not good.
Good words are not believed.

Skillful people do not dispute.
Those who dispute are not skillful.

Knowing it is not the same as wide learning.*
Wide learning is not the same as knowing.

The sage does not hoard.
Because they work for others, they have more.
Having shared with people, they have abundance.

Heaven’s Tao is sharp, and does not injure.
The sage's Tao becomes, and does not compete.


*Wide learning=Metabolizing experiences in the body
 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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