“The Three Lineages—Heaven, Earth and human beings—depend upon each other for their existence and develop giving form to each other, just as human being has a head, feet and an abdomen. If one lineage is annihilated, all three lineages will be destroyed."
- Taiping jing, from Scripture of Great Peace
“If the pursuit of development runs counter to the harmony and balance of nature, even if it is of great immediate interest and profit, people should restrain themselves from it. Insatiable human desire will lead to the over-exploitation of natural resources. To be too successful is to be on the path to defeat.” from “What Does Daoism Teach Abut Ecology,” Alliance for Relgions and Conservation |
Taoism teaches that the whole of humanity should attach great importance to the Earth and should obey its rule of movement. What humans beings can do with nature is to help everything grow according to its own way.
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