Verse 01
Lao-tzu’s Tao Teching
Interpreted by Red Pine
Tao does not act
yet it is the root of all action
Tao does not move
yet it is the source of all creation
If princes and kings could hold it
everyone under them would naturally turn within
Should a doubt or old desire rise up
The Nameless Simplicity would push it down
The Nameless Simplicity frees the heart of desire
and reveals its inner silence
When there is silence
one finds peace
When there is silence
one finds the anchor of the universe within himself
Lao-tzu’s Tao Teching
Interpreted by Jonathan Star
Haiku by Erdos
Named and Nameless
Maiden of Heaven and Earth
There! In front of me.
Erdos 2022
Commentary on Verse 01 by Red Pine