Chapter 37
ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ ᐊᐱᕐᕐᐅᓚᐃᑦᑐᖅ
Quick Answer
ᐅᐃᓯ ᐅᓇᐃᓐᐅᕐᕕᒃᑲᓐᓂᖅ ᐱᓪᓚᓐᓂᖅ ᑎᓐᓄᓪᓕᓚᐅᔪᖅ, ᓈᓚᐅᒥᖅ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐅᓄᖅᑕᖅᐊᑦ. ᓄᓇᖅ ᐱᓪᓚᓐᓂᖅ ᐊᑎᖅᑎᐊᓪᓗᓚᐅᔪᖅ ᐱᓪᓚᖅ ᑕᕐᔪᐊᖅ ᐆᒪᓚᐅᔪᖅ.
Key Concepts
- 无为
- 无不为
- 自化
- 无欲
Cite This Chapter
Laozi, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 37, "ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ ᐊᐱᕐᕐᐅᓚᐃᑦᑐᖅ", laotzu.ai: https://www.laotzu.ai/iu-Cans/chapters/37/
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Original
道常无为而无不为。侯王若能守之，万物将自化。化而欲作，吾将镇之以无名之朴。无名之朴，夫亦将无欲。不欲以静，天下将自定。
ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᖅ
ᐅᐃᓯ ᐊᕐᕐᐅᓚᐃᑦᑐᖅ ᐅᓇᐃᓐᐅᕐᕕᒃᑲᓐᓂᖅ ᐊᐃᓄᓪᓕᐊᑎᓪᓗᖅᑎᑦᑎᔧᔪᖅ ᐅᓄᖅᑕᖅᐊᑦ. ᓴᐊᓂᐅᑉ ᐆᐊᑦᑎᒋᔪᖅ, ᐱᓪᓚᓐᓃᑦᑎᐊᓪᓗᖅ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅᑎᓐᓄᓪᓕᐊᕐᖅᓚᐅᔪᖅ. ᐆᒻᒪᑕᖅᑎᓐᓄᓪᓕᓚᐅᔪᖅ, ᐆᓴᐃᒥ ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᑦ ᐊᑎᖅᑎᐊᓪᓗᓚᐅᔪᖅ. ᐱᓪᓚᓐᓂᖅ ᓇᓃᐅᓚᐅᔪᖅ, ᐊᐃᓄᓪᓕᐊᑎᓪᓗᖅᑎᐊᑦᑎᔧᔪᖅ. ᐊᐃᓄᓪᓕᐊᑎᓪᓗᖅᑎᐊᑦ ᐱᓪᓚᖅ ᑲᓐᓂᐊᓚᐅᔪᖅ. ᑲᓐᓂᐊᓚᐅᔪᖅ ᐊᐃᓅᓐᓂᖅ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅ ᐊᓂᔾᔨᙳᐊᑦ. ᐆᒧᑎᐊᖅ ᐊᐃᓄᓪᓕᐊᑎᓪᓗᖅᑎᑦᑎᔧᔪᖅ, ᓄᑖᓪᓕᓚᐅᔪᖅ.
ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕐᒥ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᓂᖅ
ᐅᑎᑦᑎᕐᓇᐃᑦ ᐊᕐᓇᖅᑐᑦ?
ᐅᐃᓯ ᐅᓇᐃᓐᐅᕐᕕᒃᑲᓐᓂᖅ ᐱᓪᓚᓐᓂᖅ ᑎᓐᓄᓪᓕᓚᐅᔪᖅ, ᓈᓚᐅᒥᖅ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐅᓄᖅᑕᖅᐊᑦ. ᓄᓇᖅ ᐱᓪᓚᓐᓂᖅ ᐊᑎᖅᑎᐊᓪᓗᓚᐅᔪᖅ ᐱᓪᓚᖅ ᑕᕐᔪᐊᖅ ᐆᒪᓚᐅᔪᖅ.
ᖃᓄᖅ ᐊᑦᑐᐃᓂᖃᖅᐸ ᐃᒃᐱᒋᔭᕐᓂᒃ?
ᐅᐃᓯ ᐆᒪᓚᐅᔪᖅ, ᓂᕐᓪᓗᖅᑎᓐᓂᖅ ᐱᓪᓚᓐᓂᖅ ᐊᑎᖅᑎᐊᑦ ᑲᓐᓂᐊᓚᐅᔪᖅ. ᐅᖃᓕᒫᕐᔪᐊᖅ ᐱᓪᓚᓐᓂᖅ ᐅᓇᐃᓐᐅᕐᕕᒃᑲᓐᓂᖅ ᑕᑯᓪᓕᒪᔪᖅ ᐱᓪᓚᓐᓂᖅ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ.
ᓱᓇᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᒥ ᐊᐅᓚᒍᓐᓇᖅᐳᖓ?
ᐅᓇᐃᓐᐅᕐᕕᒃᑲᓐᓂᖅ ᐊᐃᓄᓪᓕᐊᑎᓪᓗᖅᑎᑦᑎᔧᔪᖅ ᐱᓪᓚᓐᓂᖅ ᑕᕐᔪᐊᖅ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅ ᐊᓂᔾᔨᙳᐊᑦ.
ᐃᓗᓕᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᑦᑐᐊᓂᖃᖅᑐᑦ
ᐃᓱᒪᒋᔭᕋ
What does this chapter inspire in you? How will you apply it?