Tao simply means the ultimate principle that binds the whole existence together. Existence is not a chaos; that much is certain. It is a cosmos. There is immense order in it, intrinsic order in it, and the name of that order is Tao.
Osho, Absolute Tao: Talks on Fragments from "Tao Te Ching" by Lao Tzu
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