Tao Te Ching Verse 16: NoThing is Permanent

Send us a textTao Te Ching Verse 16Attain the utmost in Passivity,Hold firm to the basis of Quietude.The myriad things take shape and rise to activity, But I watch them fall back to their repose.Like vegetation that luxuriantly grows But returns to the root (soil) from which it springs.To return to the root is Repose; It is called going back to one's Destiny.Going back to one's Destiny is to find the Eternal Law. To know the Eternal Law is Enlig...