This chapter describes the Tao as a mysterious yet real source of all existence, accessible through virtue. It is formless but contains the seed of all reality.
Key Concepts
Tao
德
恍惚
精信
Cite This Chapter
Laozi, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 21, "The Form of Great Virtue", laotzu.ai: https://www.laotzu.ai/tr/chapters/21/
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The form of great virtue follows only the Tao. The Tao as a thing is vague and indistinct. Indistinct and vague, yet within it there are images. Vague and indistinct, yet within it there are things. Deep and dark, yet within it there is essence. This essence is very real; within it there is trust. From ancient times to the present, its name has not passed away, through it we observe the beginnings of all things. How do I know the nature of all beginnings? By this.
Derin tefekkur
Bu bölüm ne hakkında?
This chapter describes the Tao as a mysterious yet real source of all existence, accessible through virtue. It is formless but contains the seed of all reality.
Bunun benimle ne ilgisi var?
When I feel lost in life's complexity, I can trust that there is a deep, authentic pattern beneath everything. My connection to this essence brings clarity.
Bugün ne yapmalıyım?
Today, I will pause and observe something simple, like a leaf or a breath, and sense the subtle reality behind its form, trusting in the unseen.
The grandest forms of active force From Tao come, their only source. Who can of Tao the nature tell? Our sight it flies, our touch as well. Eluding sight, eluding touch, The forms of things all in it crouch; Eluding touch, eluding sight, There are their semblances, all right. Profound it is, dark and obscure; Things' essences all there endure.
AI Modern
The form of great virtue follows only the Tao. The Tao as a thing is vague and indistinct. Indistinct and vague, yet within it there are images. Vague and indistinct, yet within it there are things. Deep and dark, yet within it there is essence. This essence is very real; within it there is trust. From ancient times to the present, its name has not passed away, through it we observe the beginnings of all things. How do I know the nature of all beginnings? By this.
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