Get out the microscope, because we’re going through this poem line-by-line.
- The Tao is so great that it can't be compared to anything.
- If it could be compared to anything, then it wouldn't be the Tao.
- Kinda makes sense, right?
- If the Tao is everything there is, then what else is there to compare it to?
- The way of the Tao has three main treasures:
- 1) Compassion
- 2) Conservation
- 3) Humility
- Living without any of these leads to death.
- Living with them is a victory.