| 14.1.1 |
Look at it, (yet) nothing is seen. (This is)
named (and) said as subtle. |
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Listen to it, (yet) nothing is heard. (This is)
named (and) said as silence. |
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Touch it, (yet) nothing (can) be gained. (This
is) named (and) said as flatness. |
| 14.1.2 |
These three cannot be inquired. |
| 14.1.3 |
So
(they) whirled to become one. |
| 14.2.1 |
Above it (is) not bright and white.
Beneath
it (is) not dim.
(Extending) continuously like a rope, (it)
cannot (be) named. |
| 14.2.2 |
(And it) returns back to (the state of) no
things (in existence), |
| 14.2.3 |
which is called the stateless
state. |
| 14.3.1 |
(This) phenomenon of (the state of) no things
(in existence),
is called the transitory (state) - in an instant (and) in an
flash. |
| 14.3.2 |
Follow it (but can) not see its back.
(Go to)
meet it (but can) not see its head. |
| 14.3.3 |
(By) holding (to) the Tao (at) present,
to
administer Beings of the present. |
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(And) with
(which) to know (how it) begins (in) ancient
(times). |
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This is called the threads (of) Tao. |
