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All sages are mysteries to the rest of mankind, but perhaps the most mysterious was the sage Lao Tse whose teachings inspired the religion of Taoism. Born in the Hunan province around 604 B.C., he eventually became historian and librarian of the Emperor’s royal library at the Court of Chow. Loving solitude, he was rarely seen, but he met the great Confucius at least once, inspiring him to say about Lao Tse: “This day I have seen a dragon. Birds have wings to fly with, fish have fins to swim with, wild beasts have feet to run with. For feet there are traps, for fins nets, for wings arrows. But who knows how dragons surmount wind and clouds into heaven?” Those who know and comprehend the teachings of Lao Tse know how–and do.

 

Commentary on the Tao Teh King–by Swami Nirmalananda Giri The Ineffable Tao

Introductory remarks
On of the accusations made about the Essenes by the "regular" adherents of the Mosaic Laws was that they "kept alien scriptures." According to the Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ this was so. The Essenes had copies of the scriptures of Taoism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Zoroastrianism, which they considered valid and from which they taught in their communities and schools along with the Law, the Psalms, and the Prophets. According to the Aquarian Gospel Jesus was brought up as conversant with those religions as with Judaism. It is only fitting, therefore, that a publication centered on the Aquarian Gospel would also include material on those traditions.
It is said that the Tao Teh King is the work of the great Chinese sage Lao Tze. Disgusted with the degeneration of Chinese society, he decided to leave and vanish forever-which he did. But as he was leaving the capital, the warden of the gate asked him to set down his realizations since he would no longer be accessible to truth seekers. He did so, and then went out the gate into the lost pages of human history.
If a person wishes he can immerse himself in the stewpot of scholarly speculation as to who Lao Tze "really" was, whether he ever existed, and whether he wrote the Tao Teh King, or who did. None of this means