Lit. Wu, not, Wei action: non-action, as distinct from no action. A Taoist term, which in Bsm. is action karma-less, not bearing fruit for the doer because performed without thought of self; hence purposeless. (See Purposelessness.) See the Tao Tê...

Wu wei (Traditional Chinese characters: 無爲 Simplified Chinese characters: 无为) is an important tenet of Taoism that involves knowing when to act and when not to act. Another perspective to this is that "Wu Wei" means natural action - as planets...