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Tao Te Ching

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An ancient Chinese philosophical text attributed to Laozi, foundational to Taoism and containing wisdom about living in harmony with the natural order.

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"I love Lao and the Tao Te Ching is amazing, it reminds me of the philosophy of jiu-jitsu around presence and not fighting what is"

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Used for: Philosophical grounding; understanding paradox and non-action; inspiration for creative philosophy Praised: Speaks on many levels; reveals new meaning every time you read it at differen... vs: Used as the inspiration and framework for his own book The Way of Code

"I first read The Dao when I had just moved to California, probably 30 years ago. And I read it and I felt like this is different than anything I read before. It speaks to me on so many levels. And then I remember reading it something like 6 months..."

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