Tao Te Ching 16

TaoismTao Te Ching 16

The (state of) vacancy should be brought to the utmost degree, and that of stillness guarded with unwearying vigour. All things alike go through their processes of activity, and (then) we see them return (to their original state). When things (in the vegetable world) have displayed their luxuriant growth, we see each of them return to its root. …

⏳ Equanimity ❃ Creation as sacred

The same idea in other traditions

ChristianityPsalm 24:1

The earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.

BuddhismDhammapada 81

As a solid rock is not shaken by the wind, wise people falter not amidst blame and praise.

JudaismGenesis 2:15

And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

ConfucianismAnalects 7.37

The Master said, "The superior man is satisfied and composed; the mean man is always full of distress."

JainismUttaradhyayana 9.15

To a monk who has left his sons and wives, and who has ceased to act, nothing pleasant can occur, nor anything unpleasant.

SikhismSGGS Ang 8

Air is the Guru, Water is the Father, and Earth is the Great Mother of all. Day and night are the two nurses, in whose lap all the world is at play.

IslamQuran 57:23

In order that ye may not despair over matters that pass you by, nor exult over favours bestowed upon you. For Allah loveth not any vainglorious boaster,-

HinduismBhagavad Gita 12.15

He through whom the world is not agitated, and who is not agitated by the world, who is free from joy and anger and fear and agitation, he too is dear to me.

SufismHafiz, Ode 2 (Bell)

The bird of gardens sang unto the rose, / New blown in the clear dawn: “Bow down thy head! / As fair as thou within this garden close, / Many have bloomed and died.” She laughed and said: / “That I am born to fade grieves not my heart; / But never was it a true lover’s part / To vex with bitter words his love’s repose.” …