Seal Name “為無為wei-wu-wei”

Category

Auspicous Sayings Seal, 吉語印 Jiyu Yin

Material

Red Serpentine

Impression.

yang  impression in seal script 為無為

General Description

Yang cut pebble seal

Translation

A"the action of non-action, " or “action without action” or "effortless doing"

PinYin

wei-wu-wei

Other info.

This is a central paradox of Taoism.
“The Sage is occupied with the unspoken
and acts without effort.
Teaching without verbosity,
producing without possessing,
creating without regard to result,
claiming nothing,
the Sage has nothing to lose.
” translation from the Tao Tê Ching by Priya Hemenway

Notes

In the Tao Te Ching, Lao Tzu explains that beings (or phenomena) that are wholly in harmony with the Tao behave in a completely natural, uncontrived way. The goal of spiritual practice for the human being is, according to Lao Tzu, the attainment of this purely natural way of behaving, as when the planets revolve around the sun. The planets effortlessly do this revolving without any sort of control, force, or attempt to revolve themselves, instead engaging in effortless and spontaneous movement.

Dimensions in millimetres

Height

57 mm

Width

46 mm

Depth

25 mm