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| Burney Falls (McArthur-Burney Falls State Park) |
Eternal Tao has no name.
Although simple and subtle,
no one in the world can master it.
If those who rule could grasp it,
everything in the world would honor them,
heave and earth would join
to rain sweet dew on the people
without a command being given.
Rule is begun by naming,
but naming can proliferate.
Know when to stop.
Know when reason sets limits
to avoid peril.
Imagine Tao's presence in the the world:
it flows like streams and rivulets
into great rivers and the sea.
--A new translation by Stephen Hamill
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