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The highest attainment is not attaining. That's where there is attainment. (Ch.38)
This is the first sentence of the second half of Tao Te Ching.
The word "Te" of Tao Te Ching comes from this sentence.
Osamu Kanaya (1920 - 2006, Japanese Orientalist specialized in Chinese philosophy) thinks that the Te of 徳 [moral] is the same as the Te of 得 [attainment].
I agree with this late academic totally.
Don't try to attain Tao, Satori, or enlightenment.
If you don't try it, you will simply remember that you are already there.
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-Tao by Matsumoto / Tao Te Ching / Chapter 38
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