Without knowing oneself as what one truly is ~ all else is speculation.

~ Mooji

Sybil, Michael Parkes

《道德經 - 第三十二章 》

道德經:

道常無名。

樸雖小，1天下莫能臣也。

侯王若能守之，萬物將自賓。

天地相合，以降甘露，民莫之令而自均。

始制有名，名亦既有，夫亦將知止，知止所以不殆。

譬道之在天下，猶川谷之與江海。

(The Dao with no name) James Legge

The Dao, considered unchanging, has no name.

Though in its primordial simplicity it may be small, the whole world dares not deal with (one embodying) it as a minister. If a feudal prince or the king could guard and hold it, all would spontaneously submit themselves to him.

Heaven and Earth (under its guidance) unite together and send down the sweet dew, which, without the directions of men, reaches equally everywhere as of its own accord.

As soon as it proceeds to action, it has a name. When it once has that name, (men) can know to rest in it. When they know to rest in it, they can be free from all risks of failure and error.

The relation of the Dao to all the world is like that of the great rivers and seas to the streams from the valleys.

 1. 樸雖小， : Inserted. 本章王弼注多言「樸」，據河上公《注》本、馬王堆《老子乙》增。

Dao De Jing Chapter 32 - A. Charles Muller  

32. The Way is always nameless...

The Way is always nameless.

And even though a sapling might be small

No one can make it be his subject.

If rulers could embody this principle

The myriad things would follow on their own.

Heaven and Earth would be in perfect accord

And rain sweet dew.

People, unable to deal with It on their own terms

Make adjustments;

And so you have the beginning of division into names.

Since there are already plenty of names

You should know where to stop.

Knowing where to stop, you can avoid danger.

The Way's existence in the world

Is like valley streams running into the rivers and seas.

क्रिया योग Kriyā (Sanskrit क्रिया, "action, deed, effort") Kriyā is a Sanskrit term, derived from the Sanskrit root, √kṛ, kri, meaning "to do". Kriyā means "action, deed, effort". The word karma is also derived from the Sanskrit root √kṛ (kri) कृ, meaning "to do, make, perform, accomplish, cause, effect, prepare, undertake". Karma is related to verbal Proto-Indo-European root *kwer- "to make, form". The root कृ, √kṛ (kri) is common in ancient Sanskrit literature and it is relied upon to explain ideas in Rigveda, other Vedas, Upanishads, Puranas, the Epics of Hinduism.