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41 occurrences of light across 2 texts in /en/Taoism
| en/Taoism/Chuangtse (Lin Yutang tr).txt 25 | ||
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| "Deformities" (a typically "romanticist" theme). The most de | light | ful is probably "Horses' Hooves," and the most fantastic is |
| upon a great wind to a height of ninety thousand li, for a f | light | of six months' duration. There mounting aloft, the bird saw |
| with only the clear sky above it. And then it directs its f | light | towards the Southern Ocean. "And a lake sparrow laughed, an |
| "If, when the sun and moon are shining, the torch is still | light | ed, would it be not difficult for the latter to shine? If, w |
| to what it has secured. Then, as under autumn and winter's b | light | , comes gradual decay, and submerged in its own occupations, |
| ed up like an old drain, and the failing mind shall not see | light | again <<8>> . "Joy and anger, sorrow and happiness, worries |
| One. Hence it is said that there is nothing like using the | Light | . To take a finger in illustration of a finger not being a f |
| others have succeeded. Therefore the true Sage discards the | light | that dazzles and takes refuge in the common and ordinary. T |
| this is brought about, --this is the art of "Concealing the | Light | ." Of old, the Emperor Yao said to Shun, "I would smite the |
| ng to keep out of jail! The good fortunes of this world are | light | as feathers, yet none estimates them at their true value. T |
| sameness, all things are One. He who regards things in this | light | does not even trouble about what reaches him through the se |
| e to his (conscious) love of fellow men. Therefore he who de | light | s in understanding the material world is not a Sage. He who |
| fied their clothing, were satisfied with their homes, and de | light | ed in their customs. Neighboring settlements overlooked one |
| ge is a curse. "Then I will take you to that abode of Great | Light | to reach the Plateau of Absolute Yang. I will lead you thro |
| n the hereafter. Those who do not possess my Tao behold the | light | of day in this life and become clods of earth in the hereaf |
| ls of Eternity to wander in the great wilds of Infinity. My | light | is the light of sun and moon. My life is the life of Heaven |
| y to wander in the great wilds of Infinity. My light is the | light | of sun and moon. My life is the life of Heaven and Earth. B |
| re scattered, that the birds of the air cry at night, that b | light | strikes the trees and herbs, that destruction spreads among |
| ithout confusion. He relies on the people and does not make | light | of them. He accommodates himself to matter and does not ign |
| on of Tao will not know where to begin. And he who is not en | light | ened by Tao, --alas indeed for him! What then is Tao? There |
| uld have been for ever a laughing stock to those of great en | light | enment!" To this North-Sea Jo (the Spirit of the Ocean) repl |
| eat of summer, nor torn by bird or beast. Not that he makes | light | of these; but that he discriminates between safety and dang |
| alms below to reach high heaven. For him no north or south; | light | ly the four points are gone, engulfed in the unfathomable. F |
| s from the South Sea to fly to the North Sea, it would not a | light | except on the wu-t'ung tree. It eats nothing but the fruit |
| ignal for attack 60 Lit. "Heaven" 61 Yin, yang, wind, rain, | light | and darkness. 62 Great Nebulous is here addressed as "Heave |
| en/Taoism/Tao Te Ching.txt 16 | ||
| --------------------------------- 26 Gravity is the root of | light | ness; stillness, the ruler of movement. Therefore a wise pri |
| hem. How should the lord of a myriad chariots carry himself | light | ly before the kingdom? If he do act lightly, he has lost his |
| iots carry himself lightly before the kingdom? If he do act | light | ly, he has lost his root (of gravity); if he proceed to acti |
| he does not cast away anything. This is called 'Hiding the | light | of his procedure.' Therefore the man of skill is a master ( |
| o him undesirable. To consider this desirable would be to de | light | in the slaughter of men; and he who delights in the slaught |
| e would be to delight in the slaughter of men; and he who de | light | s in the slaughter of men cannot get his will in the kingdom |
| l first have made gifts to him:--this is called 'Hiding the | light | (of his procedure).' The soft overcomes the hard; and the w |
| xpressed themselves:-- 'The Tao, when brightest seen, seems | light | to lack; Who progress in it makes, seems drawing back; Its |
| t and tender is (the secret of) strength. Who uses well his | light | , Reverting to its (source so) bright, Will from his body wa |
| ing to its (source so) bright, Will from his body ward all b | light | , And hides the unchanging from men's sight. --------------- |
| e on that account to accomplish the greatest things. He who | light | ly promises is sure to keep but little faith; he who is cont |
| o showed their skill in practising the Tao did so, not to en | light | en the people, but rather to make them simple and ignorant. |
| hey feel it an injury to them. Therefore all in the world de | light | to exalt him and do not weary of him. Because he does not s |
| where there is no enemy. There is no calamity greater than | light | ly engaging in war. To do that is near losing (the gentlenes |
| ugh this that they are difficult to govern. The people make | light | of dying because of the greatness of their labours in seeki |
| for the means of living. It is this which makes them think | light | of dying. Thus it is that to leave the subject of living al |