The soothing sounds of the Shakuhachi takes you on a journey to inner peace. Translated literally as 'The Way' or 'The Path', Tao is a name for the eternally nameless, for the primordial essence, for the fabric out of which all things in the universe are made and from which all universal energies flow. Like water it is in its essential nature undifferentiated. Like a river that never runs dry, the Tao endlessly replenishes itself. In Zen Buddhism, Tao is 'The Way' with Buddha-nature and Buddha-mind. Tao, or Dao, is the sense and expression of the relationship between the void and the plenum, the natural balance between opposites. It is soft and quiet but immensely powerful. It is the Tao that keeps the universe balanced and ordered. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.