Home/81 Chapters/Chapter 15

TAO TE CHING · 道德经

Chapter 15

Inner Peace
ORIGINAL · 原文

古之善为士者,微妙玄通,深不可识。

ENGLISH INTERPRETATION

A brief invitation to notice balance, natural timing, and the cost of unnecessary force.

TAO IN MODERN LIFE

Let the chapter meet your life.

Read this chapter slowly. Its value is less in finding one fixed answer than in noticing where life is asking for less force and more awareness.

TODAY'S PRACTICE

Pause once today before reacting, and choose the smallest useful action.

REFLECT

Where might a quieter response create a better result?