Based on Lao Tzu
Adapted by Rick Rubin

Each encounter I’ve had with Lao Tzu has pointed
to something new. Almost as if the book changes
with every reading. I first picked up Stephen Mitchell’s
translation 40 years ago at the Bodhi Tree bookstore
in Los Angeles and my life has never been quite the same.

— Rick Rubin

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The code that can be namedis not the eternal code.The function that can be definedis not the limitless function.
The nameless is the origin of heaven and earth.The named is the mother of ten thousand things.
Free from desire, you see essence unformed.Caught in desire, you see only the manifestations.
These two spring from the same sourcebut differ in name only.This model is the mystery.The gateway to all understanding.