Chapter 1
Te Ara Ka Whakahāngaitia, Ehara i Te Ara Mō Ake
Taketake
无名天地之始，有名万物之母。
故常无欲，以观其妙；常有欲，以观其徼。
此两者同出而异名，同谓之玄。玄之又玄，众妙之门。
Whakamaoritanga
Whakaaroaro Hōhonu
He aha tēnei upoko mō?
E kōrero ana tēnei uparata mo te ātaahua o te tikanga o te Tao. Ka mau, ka mau, kāore e taea te tautuhi kia kotahi. Ko te mea ngaro, karekau he ingoa, ko te pūtaketanga o ngā mea katoa. Ka taea e tātou te mīharo i ngā mea ngaro mā te hiainu kore, ā, ka mōhio ki ngā rohe mā te hiainu nui. E rua kē ngā mea, engari kotahi te pūtaketanga, koia te kakamega.
He aha tēnei ki ahau?
I roto i tōku ao, ka kitea e au te uara o ngā mea kaore e taea te kōrero. He wāhi nui tēnei mō te rangimārie i tōku ngākau — i te mea, ka mutu te whawhai ki te kimi pūtaketanga mō ngā mea pūāhuru. Ka āwhina tēnei i ahau ki te tautoko i te noho haranui, ki te whakaae kāore he mea tērā e mōhiotia whānuitia.
He aha tāku mahi āpōpō?
I tēnei rā, tēnā koe ki te noho wehe, ki te whakamāorimāori i te taiao. Tēnā koe ki te kore waiaro ki ngā mea ka puta, ki te āta titiro ki ngā mea ngaro, ngā mīharo, ngā mea e kawea nei e koe i roto i tōu ake wairua.
Wāhanga Honohono
Ōku Huritao
He aha tēnei wāhanga e whakaoho i a koe? Ka pēhea koe e whakamahi ai?