IMG: Title - TAO TE CHING, A New Translation by Akrishi
 
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Chapter 12
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IMG: Chinese text - 12.1
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12.1.1 The five colors make our eyes blind.
12.2.2 The five flavors make our mouth lose (taste).
12.2.3 The five musical tones make our ears deaf.
12.2.1 Hunting (and) galloping make our mind go wild.
12.2.2 Goods difficult to get make us do harm.
12.3.1 This is why the governing of the sage,
(is) to act for the belly (and) not for (what) the eyes (see).
12.3.2 So depart from that and take this.
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