Tao Follows Nature道法自然

Taoism is a Chinese philosophy and religion that instructs believers on how to exist in harmony with the universe. "Tao Te Ching" is a short text of around 5,000 Chinese characters in 81 brief chapters or sections written by the famous Taoist Laozi. This piece quotes the first chapter of the whole text: The Tao that is utterable is not the eternal Tao; The name that is namable is not the eternal Name The Nothingness is the name of the beginning of heaven and earth; The Being is the name of the mother of all things. Hence one should gain an insight into the beginning of the Tao By constantly observing the Nothingness, And should perceive the end of the Tao By constantly observing the Being. The two things, the Nothingness and the Being, are of the same origin but different in name. They are both so profound as to be a key to the door of myriad secrets.