34	道德經:	大道汎兮，其可左右。 萬物恃之而生而不辭，功成不名有。 衣養萬物而不為主，常無欲，可名於小；萬物歸焉，而不為主，可名為大。 以其終不自為大，故能成其大。
	Dao De Jing:	(The task of achievement) All-pervading is the Great Dao! It may be found on the left hand and on the right. All things depend on it for their production, which it gives to them, not one refusing obedience to it. When its work is accomplished, it does not claim the name of having done it. It clothes all things as with a garment, and makes no assumption of being their lord; it may be named in the smallest things. All things return (to their root and disappear), and do not know what it is it which presides over their doing so; it may be named in the greatest things. Hence the sage is able (in the same way) to accomplish his great achievements. It is through his not making himself great that he can accomplish them.

Tao Te Ching Chapter 34 - Sheets/Tovey

Sep 26 at 3:07 AM

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The great Tao is the cycle of life!
It can move to the left and to the right.*
Ten-thousand things (everything) rely upon it and it gives birth and does not refuse.

It deserves praise for the whole which cannot be named.
It clothes and nourishes ten-thousand things and does not act like a ruler.
It is always without deep-seated desires.

Its name is associated with everything including the small.
Ten-thousand things revert to their original state, and from that place do not act as rulers.

The Name** becomes great because, until the end, it is not great and does not act great.
Thus it can succeed in its greatness.
* Left and right = Being to the right of the ruler was considered a place of honour. Being to the left of the ruler was considered second best.

**The Name = The universe becoming conscious of itself through its human form.