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Tao Te Ching
Tao Te Ching by Laozi, available in Auren as a public-domain ebook in the United States.
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2chapters
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The Tao that can be trodden is not the enduring and unchanging Tao. The name that can be named is not the enduring and unchanging name.
(Conceived of as) having no name, it is the Originator of heaven and earth; (conceived of as) having a name, it is the Mother of all things.
Always without desire we must be found,
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