IMG: Title - TAO TE CHING, A New Translation by Akrishi
 
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Chapter 20
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20.1.1 (Between) "yea" and "yes", how much difference (is there)?
20.1.2 (Between) beauty and ugliness, how far apart (are them)?
20.1.3 What people fear, (one) cannot be fearless to.
How absurd it is, yet never ending!
20.2.1 The multitudes are merry, like mounting the platform in spring to feast on the great sacrificial (cattle).
20.2.2 I (remain with my) ghost in white not manifested,
like a baby not yet (begun to) laugh.
20.2.3 Looking weary! Like (having) no place to go back.
20.3.1 The multitudes all have surplus,
yet I alone seem (to be) lacking.
I (have) the heart of a fool.
How dull-witted!
20.3.2 The vulgar people (are) bright and sharp,
(yet) I alone (am) dullish.
The vulgar people (are) scrutinizing,
(yet) I alone (am) dispirited and muffled.
How in an instant, it seems to be (unbounded) like the ocean.
How in an flash, it seems to be (extending with) no end.
20.3.3 All the people are purposeful,
yet I alone (am) stubborn as rustic.
I alone (am) different from (other) people,
but value feeding on the mother (of creation).
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