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LIKE LIVING FLAME LIVING FLAME THEIR FLAME THEIR FACES THEIR FACES SEEMED FACES SEEMED TO SEEMED TO GLOW. TO GLOW. THEIR GLOW. THEIR WINGS THEIR WINGS WERE WINGS WERE GOLD. WERE GOLD. AND GOLD. AND ALL AND ALL THEIR ALL THEIR BODIES THEIR BODIES SHONE BODIES SHONE MORE SHONE MORE DAZZLING MORE DAZZLING WHITE DAZZLING WHITE THAN WHITE THAN ANY THAN ANY EARTHLY ANY EARTHLY SNOW. EARTHLY SNOW. HI SNOW. HI HOW HI HOW ARE HOW ARE YOU ARE YOU TRY YOU TRY TO TRY TO REMEMBER TO REMEMBER BUT REMEMBER BUT MY BUT MY FEELINGS MY FEELINGS CAN'T FEELINGS CAN'T KNOW CAN'T KNOW FOR KNOW FOR SURE FOR SURE TRY SURE TRY TO TRY TO REACH TO REACH OUT REACH OUT BUT OUT BUT IT'S BUT IT'S GONE IT'S GONE LUCKY GONE LUCKY STARS LUCKY STARS IN STARS IN YOUR IN YOUR EYES YOUR EYES I EYES I AM I AM WALKING AM WALKING THE WALKING THE COW THE COW I COW I REALLY I REALLY DON'T REALLY DON'T KNOW DON'T KNOW HOW KNOW HOW I HOW I CAME I CAME HERE CAME HERE I HERE I REALLY I REALLY DON'T REALLY DON'T KNOW DON'T KNOW WHY KNOW WHY I'M WHY I'M STAYING I'M STAYING HERE STAYING HERE OH HERE OH OH OH OH OH... OH OH... I OH... I AM I AM WALKING AM WALKING THE WALKING THE COW THE COW TRY COW TRY TO TRY TO POINT TO POINT MY POINT MY FINGER MY FINGER BUT FINGER BUT THE BUT THE WIND THE WIND IS WIND IS BLOWING IS BLOWING ME BLOWING ME AROUND ME AROUND IN AROUND IN CIRCLES IN CIRCLES CIRCLES CIRCLES CIRCLES LUCKY CIRCLES LUCKY STARS LUCKY STARS IN STARS IN YOUR IN YOUR EYES YOUR EYES I EYES I AM I AM WALKING AM WALKING THE WALKING THE COW THE COW I COW I REALLY I REALLY DON'T REALLY DON'T KNOW DON'T KNOW WHY KNOW WHY I WHY I HAVE I HAVE TO HAVE TO FEAR TO FEAR I FEAR I REALLY I REALLY DON'T REALLY DON'T KNOW DON'T KNOW WHY KNOW WHY I WHY I HAVE I HAVE TO HAVE TO CARE TO CARE OH CARE OH OH OH OH OH... OH OH... I OH... I AM I AM WALKING AM WALKING THE WALKING THE COW THE COW LUCKY COW LUCKY STARS... LUCKY STARS... ONE STARS... ONE MAN ONE MAN PRETENDS MAN PRETENDS TO PRETENDS TO BE TO BE RICH, BE RICH, YET RICH, YET HAS YET HAS NOTHING, HAS NOTHING, ANOTHER NOTHING, ANOTHER PRETENDS ANOTHER PRETENDS TO PRETENDS TO BE TO BE POOR, BE POOR, YET POOR, YET HAS YET HAS GREAT HAS GREAT WEALTH. GREAT WEALTH. THE WEALTH. THE MOCKER THE MOCKER SEEKS MOCKER SEEKS WISDOM SEEKS WISDOM AND WISDOM AND FINDS AND FINDS NONE, FINDS NONE, BUT NONE, BUT KNOWLEDGE BUT KNOWLEDGE COMES KNOWLEDGE COMES EASILY COMES EASILY TO EASILY TO THE TO THE DISCERNING. THE DISCERNING. EVEN DISCERNING. EVEN A EVEN A FOOL A FOOL IS FOOL IS THOUGHT IS THOUGHT WISE THOUGHT WISE IF WISE IF HE IF HE KEEPS HE KEEPS SILENT, KEEPS SILENT, AND SILENT, AND DISCERNING AND DISCERNING IF DISCERNING IF HE IF HE HOLDS HE HOLDS HIS HOLDS HIS TONGUE. HIS TONGUE. A TONGUE. A SLUGGARD A SLUGGARD DOES SLUGGARD DOES NOT DOES NOT PLOW NOT PLOW IN PLOW IN SEASON, IN SEASON, SO SEASON, SO AT SO AT HARVEST AT HARVEST TIME, HARVEST TIME, HE TIME, HE LOOKS HE LOOKS BUT LOOKS BUT FINDS BUT FINDS NOTHING. FINDS NOTHING. BETTER NOTHING. BETTER IS BETTER IS OPEN IS OPEN REBUKE OPEN REBUKE THAN REBUKE THAN HIDDEN THAN HIDDEN LOVE. HIDDEN LOVE. HE LOVE. HE WHO HE WHO REBUKES WHO REBUKES A REBUKES A MAN A MAN WILL MAN WILL IN WILL IN THE IN THE END THE END GAIN END GAIN MORE GAIN MORE FAVOUR MORE FAVOUR THAN FAVOUR THAN HE THAN HE WHO HE WHO HAS WHO HAS A HAS A FLATTERING A FLATTERING TONGUE. FLATTERING TONGUE. ALTHOUGH TONGUE. ALTHOUGH THEY ALTHOUGH THEY MAY THEY MAY PLAY MAY PLAY WITH PLAY WITH MY WITH MY BODY MY BODY AND BODY AND MAKE AND MAKE IT MAKE IT A IT A SOURCE A SOURCE OF SOURCE OF JEST OF JEST AND JEST AND BLAME, AND BLAME, BECAUSE BLAME, BECAUSE I BECAUSE I HAVE I HAVE GIVEN HAVE GIVEN IT GIVEN IT UP IT UP TO UP TO THEM TO THEM WHAT THEM WHAT IS WHAT IS THE IS THE USE THE USE OF USE OF HOLDING OF HOLDING IT HOLDING IT DEAR? IT DEAR? THEREFORE DEAR? THEREFORE I THEREFORE I WILL I WILL LET WILL LET THEM LET THEM DO THEM DO ANYTHING DO ANYTHING TO ANYTHING TO IT. TO IT. THAT IT. THAT DOES THAT DOES NOT DOES NOT CAUSE NOT CAUSE THEM CAUSE THEM ANY THEM ANY HARM. ANY HARM. AND HARM. AND WHEN AND WHEN ANYONE WHEN ANYONE ENCOUNTERS ANYONE ENCOUNTERS ME ENCOUNTERS ME MAY ME MAY IT MAY IT NEVER IT NEVER BE NEVER BE MEANINGLESS BE MEANINGLESS FOR MEANINGLESS FOR THEM. FOR THEM. WHERE THEM. WHERE COULD WHERE COULD I COULD I POSSIBLY I POSSIBLY FIND POSSIBLY FIND ENOUGH FIND ENOUGH LEATHER ENOUGH LEATHER WITH LEATHER WITH WHICH WITH WHICH TO WHICH TO COVER TO COVER THE COVER THE SURFACE THE SURFACE OF SURFACE OF THE OF THE EARTH? THE EARTH? BUT EARTH? BUT WEARING BUT WEARING LEATHER WEARING LEATHER JUST LEATHER JUST ON JUST ON THE ON THE SOLES THE SOLES OF SOLES OF MY OF MY SHOES MY SHOES IS SHOES IS EQUIVALENT IS EQUIVALENT TO EQUIVALENT TO COVERING TO COVERING THE COVERING THE WHOLE THE WHOLE EARTH WHOLE EARTH WITH EARTH WITH IT. WITH IT. JUST IT. JUST AS JUST AS I AS I WOULD I WOULD BE WOULD BE ATTENTIVE BE ATTENTIVE AND ATTENTIVE AND CAREFUL AND CAREFUL OF CAREFUL OF A OF A WOUND A WOUND WHEN WOUND WHEN AMIDST WHEN AMIDST A AMIDST A BUSTLING A BUSTLING UNCONTROLLED BUSTLING UNCONTROLLED CROWD, UNCONTROLLED CROWD, SO CROWD, SO I SO I SHOULD I SHOULD ALWAYS SHOULD ALWAYS GUARD ALWAYS GUARD THE GUARD THE WOUND THE WOUND OF WOUND OF MY OF MY MIND. MY MIND. WHEN MIND. WHEN DWELLING WHEN DWELLING AMONG DWELLING AMONG HARMFUL AMONG HARMFUL PEOPLE. HARMFUL PEOPLE. SHOULD PEOPLE. SHOULD I SHOULD I BEHAVE I BEHAVE IN BEHAVE IN SUCH IN SUCH A SUCH A WAY A WAY AS WAY AS THIS. AS THIS. THEN THIS. THEN WHETHER THEN WHETHER AMONG WHETHER AMONG HARMFUL AMONG HARMFUL PEOPLE HARMFUL PEOPLE OR PEOPLE OR EVEN OR EVEN IN EVEN IN THE IN THE MIDST THE MIDST OF MIDST OF WOMEN, OF WOMEN, THE WOMEN, THE STEADY THE STEADY EFFORT STEADY EFFORT TO EFFORT TO CONTROL TO CONTROL MYSELF CONTROL MYSELF WILL MYSELF WILL NOT WILL NOT DECLINE. NOT DECLINE. WHATEVER DECLINE. WHATEVER HAS WHATEVER HAS BEEN HAS BEEN LEARNT, BEEN LEARNT, CONTEMPLATED LEARNT, CONTEMPLATED AND CONTEMPLATED AND MEDITATED AND MEDITATED UPON MEDITATED UPON BY UPON BY THOSE BY THOSE WHOSE THOSE WHOSE MINDS WHOSE MINDS LACK MINDS LACK ALERTNESS, LACK ALERTNESS, JUST ALERTNESS, JUST LIKE JUST LIKE WATER LIKE WATER IN WATER IN A IN A LEAKING A LEAKING VASE LEAKING VASE WILL VASE WILL NOT WILL NOT BE NOT BE RETAINED BE RETAINED IN RETAINED IN THEIR IN THEIR MEMORY. THEIR MEMORY. THEREFORE MEMORY. THEREFORE I THEREFORE I SHALL I SHALL NEVER SHALL NEVER LET NEVER LET MINDFULNESS LET MINDFULNESS DEPART MINDFULNESS DEPART FROM DEPART FROM THE FROM THE DOORWAY THE DOORWAY OF DOORWAY OF MY OF MY MIND. MY MIND. IF MIND. IF IT IF IT GOES, IT GOES, I GOES, I SHOULD I SHOULD RECALL SHOULD RECALL THE RECALL THE MISERY THE MISERY OF MISERY OF THE OF THE LOWER THE LOWER REALMS LOWER REALMS AND REALMS AND FIRMLY AND FIRMLY RE-ESTABLISH FIRMLY RE-ESTABLISH IT RE-ESTABLISH IT THERE. IT THERE. WHEN THERE. WHEN MINDFULNESS WHEN MINDFULNESS IS MINDFULNESS IS SET IS SET WITH SET WITH THE WITH THE PURPOSE THE PURPOSE OF PURPOSE OF GUARDING OF GUARDING THE GUARDING THE DOORWAY THE DOORWAY OF DOORWAY OF THE OF THE MIND, THE MIND, THEN MIND, THEN ALERTNESS THEN ALERTNESS WILL ALERTNESS WILL COME WILL COME ABOUT. COME ABOUT. AND ABOUT. AND EVEN AND EVEN THAT EVEN THAT WHICH THAT WHICH HAD WHICH HAD GONE HAD GONE WILL GONE WILL RETURN. WILL RETURN. IF RETURN. IF I IF I HAPPEN I HAPPEN TO HAPPEN TO BE TO BE PRESENT BE PRESENT WHILE PRESENT WHILE A WHILE A SENSELESS A SENSELESS CONVERSATION SENSELESS CONVERSATION IS CONVERSATION IS TAKING IS TAKING PLACE, TAKING PLACE, OR PLACE, OR IF OR IF I IF I HAPPEN I HAPPEN TO HAPPEN TO SEE TO SEE SOME SEE SOME KIND SOME KIND OF KIND OF SPECTACULAR OF SPECTACULAR SHOW, SPECTACULAR SHOW, I SHOW, I SHOULD I SHOULD ABANDON SHOULD ABANDON ATTACHMENT ABANDON ATTACHMENT TO ATTACHMENT TO IT. TO IT. IF IT. IF FOR IF FOR NO FOR NO OTHER NO OTHER REASON OTHER REASON I REASON I START I START DIGGING START DIGGING AT DIGGING AT THE AT THE EARTH, THE EARTH, PICKING EARTH, PICKING AT PICKING AT THE AT THE GRASS THE GRASS OR GRASS OR DRAWING OR DRAWING PATTERNS DRAWING PATTERNS ON PATTERNS ON THE ON THE GROUND, THE GROUND, THEN GROUND, THEN BY THEN BY RECALLING BY RECALLING THE RECALLING THE ADVICE THE ADVICE OF ADVICE OF THE OF THE BUDDHAS; THE BUDDHAS; I BUDDHAS; I SHOULD I SHOULD IMMEDIATELY SHOULD IMMEDIATELY STOP IMMEDIATELY STOP OUT STOP OUT OF OUT OF FEAR. OF FEAR. DO FEAR. DO I DO I NOT I NOT SEE NOT SEE THAT SEE THAT HE THAT HE IS HE IS SYSTEMATICALLY IS SYSTEMATICALLY SLAUGHTERING SYSTEMATICALLY SLAUGHTERING MY SLAUGHTERING MY SPECIES? MY SPECIES? WHOEVER SPECIES? WHOEVER REMAINS WHOEVER REMAINS SOUNDLY REMAINS SOUNDLY ASLEEP SOUNDLY ASLEEP SURELY ASLEEP SURELY BEHAVES SURELY BEHAVES LIKE BEHAVES LIKE A LIKE A BUFFALO A BUFFALO WITH BUFFALO WITH A WITH A BUTCHER. A BUTCHER. RELYING BUTCHER. RELYING UPON RELYING UPON THE UPON THE BOAT THE BOAT OF BOAT OF A OF A HUMAN A HUMAN BODY, HUMAN BODY, FREE BODY, FREE YOURSELF FREE YOURSELF FROM YOURSELF FROM THE FROM THE GREAT THE GREAT OCEAN GREAT OCEAN OF OCEAN OF SUFFERING. OF SUFFERING. AS SUFFERING. AS IT AS IT IS IT IS HARD IS HARD TO HARD TO FIND TO FIND THIS FIND THIS BOAT THIS BOAT AGAIN. BOAT AGAIN. THIS AGAIN. THIS IS THIS IS NO IS NO TIME NO TIME FOR TIME FOR SLEEP, FOR SLEEP, YOU SLEEP, YOU FOOL. YOU FOOL. SO, FOOL. SO, HAVING SO, HAVING MOUNTED HAVING MOUNTED THE MOUNTED THE HORSE THE HORSE OF HORSE OF AN OF AN AWAKENING AN AWAKENING MIND, AWAKENING MIND, THAT MIND, THAT DISPELS THAT DISPELS ALL DISPELS ALL DISCOURAGEMENT ALL DISCOURAGEMENT AND DISCOURAGEMENT AND WEARINESS. AND WEARINESS. WHO, WEARINESS. WHO, WHEN WHO, WHEN THEY WHEN THEY KNOW THEY KNOW OF KNOW OF THIS OF THIS MIND THIS MIND THAT MIND THAT PROCEEDS THAT PROCEEDS FROM PROCEEDS FROM JOY FROM JOY TO JOY TO JOY, TO JOY, WOULD JOY, WOULD EVER WOULD EVER LAPSE EVER LAPSE INTO LAPSE INTO DESPONDENCY. INTO DESPONDENCY. POWERLESS, DESPONDENCY. POWERLESS, THEIR POWERLESS, THEIR MINDS THEIR MINDS DISTURBED, MINDS DISTURBED, PEOPLE DISTURBED, PEOPLE IN PEOPLE IN THIS IN THIS WORLD THIS WORLD ARE WORLD ARE UNABLE ARE UNABLE TO UNABLE TO BENEFIT TO BENEFIT THEMSELVES. BENEFIT THEMSELVES. THEREFORE THEMSELVES. THEREFORE I THEREFORE I SHALL I SHALL DO SHALL DO IT DO IT FOR IT FOR THEM. FOR THEM. SINCE THEM. SINCE UNLIKE SINCE UNLIKE ME, UNLIKE ME, THESE ME, THESE BEINGS THESE BEINGS ARE BEINGS ARE INCAPABLE. ARE INCAPABLE. WHEN INCAPABLE. WHEN CROWS WHEN CROWS ENCOUNTER CROWS ENCOUNTER A ENCOUNTER A DYING A DYING SNAKE DYING SNAKE THEY SNAKE THEY WILL THEY WILL ACT WILL ACT AS ACT AS THOUGH AS THOUGH THEY THOUGH THEY WERE THEY WERE EAGLES. WERE EAGLES. LIKEWISE, EAGLES. LIKEWISE, IF LIKEWISE, IF MY IF MY SELF-CONFIDENCE MY SELF-CONFIDENCE IS SELF-CONFIDENCE IS WEAK IS WEAK I WEAK I SHALL I SHALL BE SHALL BE INJURED BE INJURED BY INJURED BY THE BY THE SLIGHTEST THE SLIGHTEST DOWNFALL. SLIGHTEST DOWNFALL. I DOWNFALL. I WILL I WILL CONQUER WILL CONQUER EVERYTHING CONQUER EVERYTHING AND EVERYTHING AND NOTHING AND NOTHING AT NOTHING AT ALL AT ALL SHALL ALL SHALL CONQUER SHALL CONQUER ME! CONQUER ME! I, ME! I, A I, A SON A SON OF SON OF THE OF THE LION-LIKE THE LION-LIKE CONQUEROR, LION-LIKE CONQUEROR, SHOULD CONQUEROR, SHOULD REMAIN SHOULD REMAIN SELF-CONFIDENT REMAIN SELF-CONFIDENT IN SELF-CONFIDENT IN THIS IN THIS WAY. THIS WAY. IF WAY. IF SOMEONE IF SOMEONE DROPPED SOMEONE DROPPED HIS DROPPED HIS SWORD HIS SWORD DURING SWORD DURING BATTLE, DURING BATTLE, HE BATTLE, HE WOULD HE WOULD IMMEDIATELY WOULD IMMEDIATELY PICK IMMEDIATELY PICK IT PICK IT UP IT UP OUT UP OUT OF OUT OF FEAR. OF FEAR. LIKEWISE FEAR. LIKEWISE IF LIKEWISE IF I IF I LOSE I LOSE THE LOSE THE WEAPON THE WEAPON OF WEAPON OF MINDFULNESS OF MINDFULNESS I MINDFULNESS I SHOULD I SHOULD QUICKLY SHOULD QUICKLY RETRIEVE QUICKLY RETRIEVE IT, RETRIEVE IT, BEING IT, BEING AFRAID BEING AFRAID OF AFRAID OF HELL. OF HELL. JUST HELL. JUST AS JUST AS POISON AS POISON SPREADS POISON SPREADS THROUGHOUT SPREADS THROUGHOUT THE THROUGHOUT THE BODY, THE BODY, IN BODY, IN DEPENDENCE IN DEPENDENCE UPON DEPENDENCE UPON THE UPON THE CIRCULATION THE CIRCULATION OF CIRCULATION OF BLOOD, OF BLOOD, LIKEWISE BLOOD, LIKEWISE IF LIKEWISE IF A IF A DISTURBING A DISTURBING CONCEPTION DISTURBING CONCEPTION FINDS CONCEPTION FINDS AN FINDS AN OPPORTUNITY AN OPPORTUNITY UNWHOLESOMENESS OPPORTUNITY UNWHOLESOMENESS WILL UNWHOLESOMENESS WILL PERMEATE WILL PERMEATE MY PERMEATE MY MIND. MY MIND. THOSE MIND. THOSE WHO THOSE WHO PRACTISE WHO PRACTISE SHOULD PRACTISE SHOULD BE SHOULD BE AS BE AS ATTENTIVE AS ATTENTIVE AS ATTENTIVE AS A AS A FRIGHTENED A FRIGHTENED MAN FRIGHTENED MAN CARRYING MAN CARRYING A CARRYING A JAR A JAR FULL JAR FULL OF FULL OF MUSTARD OF MUSTARD OIL MUSTARD OIL WHO OIL WHO IS WHO IS BEING IS BEING THREATENED BEING THREATENED BY THREATENED BY SOMEONE BY SOMEONE WITH SOMEONE WITH A WITH A SWORD, A SWORD, AND SWORD, AND WILL AND WILL BE WILL BE KILLED BE KILLED IF KILLED IF HE IF HE SPILLS HE SPILLS ONE SPILLS ONE DROP ONE DROP JUST DROP JUST AS JUST AS I AS I WOULD I WOULD SWIFTLY WOULD SWIFTLY STAND SWIFTLY STAND UP STAND UP IF UP IF A IF A SNAKE A SNAKE CAME SNAKE CAME INTO CAME INTO MY INTO MY LAP MY LAP LIKEWISE LAP LIKEWISE IF LIKEWISE IF ANY IF ANY SLEEP ANY SLEEP OR SLEEP OR LAZINESS OR LAZINESS OCCUR LAZINESS OCCUR I OCCUR I SHALL I SHALL QUICKLY SHALL QUICKLY TURN QUICKLY TURN THEM TURN THEM BACK. THEM BACK. EACH BACK. EACH TIME EACH TIME SOMETHING TIME SOMETHING UNWHOLESOME SOMETHING UNWHOLESOME OCCURS UNWHOLESOME OCCURS I OCCURS I SHOULD I SHOULD CRITICIZE SHOULD CRITICIZE MYSELF, CRITICIZE MYSELF, AND MYSELF, AND THEN AND THEN CONTEMPLATE THEN CONTEMPLATE FOR CONTEMPLATE FOR A FOR A LONG A LONG TIME LONG TIME THAT TIME THAT I THAT I SHALL I SHALL NEVER SHALL NEVER LET NEVER LET THIS LET THIS HAPPEN THIS HAPPEN AGAIN. HAPPEN AGAIN. WHY AGAIN. WHY DO WHY DO I DO I MAKE I MAKE SUCH MAKE SUCH AN SUCH AN EFFORT AN EFFORT TO EFFORT TO POLISH TO POLISH IT POLISH IT (THE IT (THE BODY)? (THE BODY)? LIKE BODY)? LIKE CLEANING LIKE CLEANING A CLEANING A WEAPON A WEAPON THAT WEAPON THAT WILL THAT WILL CAUSE WILL CAUSE ME CAUSE ME HARM. ME HARM. HENCE HARM. HENCE THIS HENCE THIS ENTIRE THIS ENTIRE WORLD ENTIRE WORLD IS WORLD IS DISTURBED IS DISTURBED WITH DISTURBED WITH INSANITY, WITH INSANITY, DUE INSANITY, DUE TO DUE TO THE TO THE EXERTIONS THE EXERTIONS OF EXERTIONS OF THOSE OF THOSE WHO THOSE WHO ARE WHO ARE CONFUSED. ARE CONFUSED. IN CONFUSED. IN THE IN THE SAME THE SAME WAY SAME WAY AS WAY AS ANIMALS AS ANIMALS DRAWING ANIMALS DRAWING CARRIAGES DRAWING CARRIAGES ARE CARRIAGES ARE ONLY ARE ONLY ABLE ONLY ABLE TO ABLE TO EAT TO EAT A EAT A FEW A FEW MOUTHFULS FEW MOUTHFULS OF MOUTHFULS OF GRASS, OF GRASS, LIKEWISE GRASS, LIKEWISE DESIROUS LIKEWISE DESIROUS PEOPLE DESIROUS PEOPLE HAVE PEOPLE HAVE MANY HAVE MANY DISADVANTAGES MANY DISADVANTAGES SUCH DISADVANTAGES SUCH AS SUCH AS THESE AS THESE AND THESE AND LITTLE AND LITTLE PROFIT. LITTLE PROFIT. THE PROFIT. THE OBJECTS THE OBJECTS OF OBJECTS OF DESIRE OF DESIRE WILL DESIRE WILL CERTAINLY WILL CERTAINLY PERISH, CERTAINLY PERISH, AND PERISH, AND THEN AND THEN I THEN I SHALL I SHALL FALL SHALL FALL INTO FALL INTO HELLISH INTO HELLISH STATES. HELLISH STATES. BUT STATES. BUT BUDDHAHOOD BUT BUDDHAHOOD ITSELF BUDDHAHOOD ITSELF IS ITSELF IS ATTAINED IS ATTAINED WITH ATTAINED WITH JUST WITH JUST ONE JUST ONE MILLIONTH ONE MILLIONTH OF MILLIONTH OF THE OF THE DIFFICULTY. THE DIFFICULTY. IT DIFFICULTY. IT IS IT IS A IS A MISTAKEN A MISTAKEN CONCEPTION MISTAKEN CONCEPTION TO CONCEPTION TO THINK TO THINK THAT THINK THAT I THAT I SHALL I SHALL EXPERIENCE SHALL EXPERIENCE THE EXPERIENCE THE SUFFERING THE SUFFERING OF SUFFERING OF MY OF MY NEXT MY NEXT LIFE, NEXT LIFE, FOR LIFE, FOR IT FOR IT IS IT IS ANOTHER IS ANOTHER PERSON ANOTHER PERSON WHO PERSON WHO DIES, WHO DIES, AND DIES, AND ANOTHER AND ANOTHER THAT ANOTHER THAT WILL THAT WILL BE WILL BE REBORN. BE REBORN. ALTHOUGH REBORN. ALTHOUGH OTHERS ALTHOUGH OTHERS MAY OTHERS MAY DO MAY DO SOMETHING DO SOMETHING WRONG, SOMETHING WRONG, I WRONG, I SHOULD I SHOULD TRANSFORM SHOULD TRANSFORM IT TRANSFORM IT INTO IT INTO A INTO A FAULT A FAULT OF FAULT OF MY OF MY OWN, MY OWN, BUT OWN, BUT SHOULD BUT SHOULD I SHOULD I DO I DO SOMETHING DO SOMETHING EVEN SOMETHING EVEN SLIGHTLY EVEN SLIGHTLY WRONG, SLIGHTLY WRONG, I WRONG, I SHALL I SHALL OPENLY SHALL OPENLY ADMIT OPENLY ADMIT IT ADMIT IT TO IT TO MANY TO MANY PEOPLE. MANY PEOPLE. UPON PEOPLE. UPON ANALYSIS UPON ANALYSIS THIS ANALYSIS THIS WORLD THIS WORLD OF WORLD OF LIVING OF LIVING BEINGS LIVING BEINGS IS BEINGS IS FOUND IS FOUND TO FOUND TO HAVE TO HAVE NO HAVE NO TRUE NO TRUE EXISTENCE. TRUE EXISTENCE. THEREFORE EXISTENCE. THEREFORE WHO THEREFORE WHO CAN WHO CAN DIE CAN DIE HERE? DIE HERE? WHAT HERE? WHAT IS WHAT IS THERE IS THERE TO THERE TO COME TO COME AND COME AND WHAT AND WHAT HAS WHAT HAS BEEN? HAS BEEN? WHO BEEN? WHO ARE WHO ARE FRIENDS ARE FRIENDS AND FRIENDS AND WHO AND WHO ARE WHO ARE RELATIVES? ARE RELATIVES? THE RELATIVES? THE TAO THE TAO THAT TAO THAT CAN THAT CAN BE CAN BE TOLD BE TOLD IS TOLD IS NOT IS NOT THE NOT THE ETERNAL THE ETERNAL TAO. ETERNAL TAO. THE TAO. THE NAME THE NAME THAT NAME THAT CAN THAT CAN BE CAN BE NAMED BE NAMED IS NAMED IS NOT IS NOT THE NOT THE ETERNAL THE ETERNAL NAME. ETERNAL NAME. THE NAME. THE NAMELESS THE NAMELESS IS NAMELESS IS THE IS THE BEGINNING THE BEGINNING OF BEGINNING OF HEAVEN OF HEAVEN AND HEAVEN AND EARTH. AND EARTH. THE EARTH. THE NAMED THE NAMED IS NAMED IS THE IS THE MOTHER THE MOTHER OF MOTHER OF TEN OF TEN THOUSAND TEN THOUSAND THINGS. THOUSAND THINGS. EVER THINGS. EVER DESIRELESS, EVER DESIRELESS, ONE DESIRELESS, ONE CAN ONE CAN SEE CAN SEE THE SEE THE MYSTERY. THE MYSTERY. EVER MYSTERY. EVER DESIRING, EVER DESIRING, ONE DESIRING, ONE CAN ONE CAN SEE CAN SEE THE SEE THE MANIFESTATIONS. THE MANIFESTATIONS. THESE MANIFESTATIONS. THESE TWO THESE TWO SPRING TWO SPRING FROM SPRING FROM THE FROM THE SAME THE SAME SOURCE SAME SOURCE BUT SOURCE BUT DIFFER BUT DIFFER IN DIFFER IN NAME; IN NAME; THIS NAME; THIS APPEARS THIS APPEARS AS APPEARS AS DARKNESS. AS DARKNESS. THE DARKNESS. THE GATE THE GATE TO GATE TO ALL TO ALL MYSTERY. ALL MYSTERY. UNDER MYSTERY. UNDER HEAVEN UNDER HEAVEN ALL HEAVEN ALL CAN ALL CAN SEE CAN SEE BEAUTY SEE BEAUTY AS BEAUTY AS BEAUTY AS BEAUTY ONLY BEAUTY ONLY BECAUSE ONLY BECAUSE THERE BECAUSE THERE IS THERE IS UGLINESS. IS UGLINESS. ALL UGLINESS. ALL CAN ALL CAN KNOW CAN KNOW GOOD KNOW GOOD AS GOOD AS GOOD AS GOOD ONLY GOOD ONLY BECAUSE ONLY BECAUSE THERE BECAUSE THERE IS THERE IS EVIL. IS EVIL. THEREFORE EVIL. THEREFORE HAVING THEREFORE HAVING AND HAVING AND NOT AND NOT HAVING NOT HAVING ARISE HAVING ARISE TOGETHER. ARISE TOGETHER. DIFFICULTY TOGETHER. DIFFICULTY AND DIFFICULTY AND EASY AND EASY COMPLEMENT EASY COMPLEMENT EACH COMPLEMENT EACH OTHER. EACH OTHER. LONG OTHER. LONG AND LONG AND SHORT AND SHORT CONTRAST SHORT CONTRAST EACH CONTRAST EACH OTHER; EACH OTHER; HIGH OTHER; HIGH AND HIGH AND LOW AND LOW REST LOW REST UPON REST UPON EACH UPON EACH OTHER; EACH OTHER; VOICE OTHER; VOICE AND VOICE AND SOUND AND SOUND HARMONIZE SOUND HARMONIZE EACH HARMONIZE EACH OTHER; EACH OTHER; FRONT OTHER; FRONT AND FRONT AND BACK AND BACK FOLLOW BACK FOLLOW ONE FOLLOW ONE ANOTHER. ONE ANOTHER. THEREFORE ANOTHER. THEREFORE THE THEREFORE THE SAGE THE SAGE GOES SAGE GOES ABOUT GOES ABOUT DOING ABOUT DOING NOTHING, DOING NOTHING, TEACHING NOTHING, TEACHING NO-TALKING. TEACHING NO-TALKING. THE NO-TALKING. THE TEN THE TEN THOUSAND TEN THOUSAND THINGS THOUSAND THINGS RISE THINGS RISE AND RISE AND FALL AND FALL WITHOUT FALL WITHOUT CEASE; WITHOUT CEASE; CREATING, CEASE; CREATING, YET CREATING, YET NOT YET NOT POSSESSING, NOT POSSESSING, WORKING, POSSESSING, WORKING, YET WORKING, YET NOT YET NOT TAKING NOT TAKING CREDIT. TAKING CREDIT. WORK CREDIT. WORK IS WORK IS DONE, IS DONE, THEN DONE, THEN FORGOTTEN. THEN FORGOTTEN. THEREFORE FORGOTTEN. THEREFORE IT THEREFORE IT LASTS IT LASTS FOREVER. LASTS FOREVER. THE FOREVER. THE TAO THE TAO IS TAO IS AN IS AN EMPTY AN EMPTY VESSEL; EMPTY VESSEL; IT VESSEL; IT IS IT IS USED, IS USED, BUT USED, BUT NEVER BUT NEVER FILLED. NEVER FILLED. OH, FILLED. OH, UNFATHOMABLE OH, UNFATHOMABLE SOURCE UNFATHOMABLE SOURCE OF SOURCE OF TEN OF TEN THOUSAND TEN THOUSAND THINGS! THOUSAND THINGS! BLUNT THINGS! BLUNT THE BLUNT THE SHARPNESS, THE SHARPNESS, UNTANGLE SHARPNESS, UNTANGLE THE UNTANGLE THE KNOT, THE KNOT, SOFTEN KNOT, SOFTEN THE SOFTEN THE GLARE, THE GLARE, MERGE GLARE, MERGE WITH MERGE WITH DUST. WITH DUST. OH, DUST. OH, HIDDEN OH, HIDDEN DEEP HIDDEN DEEP BUT DEEP BUT EVER BUT EVER PRESENT! EVER PRESENT! I PRESENT! I DO I DO NOT DO NOT KNOW NOT KNOW FROM KNOW FROM WHENCE FROM WHENCE IT WHENCE IT COMES. IT COMES. IT COMES. IT IS IT IS THE IS THE FOREFATHER THE FOREFATHER OF FOREFATHER OF THE OF THE EMPERORS. THE EMPERORS. HEAVEN EMPERORS. HEAVEN AND HEAVEN AND EARTH AND EARTH ARE EARTH ARE RUTHLESS. ARE RUTHLESS. THEY RUTHLESS. THEY SEE THEY SEE THE SEE THE TEN THE TEN THOUSAND TEN THOUSAND THINGS THOUSAND THINGS AS THINGS AS DUMMIES. AS DUMMIES. THE DUMMIES. THE WISE THE WISE ARE WISE ARE RUTHLESS; ARE RUTHLESS; THEY RUTHLESS; THEY SEE THEY SEE THE SEE THE PEOPLE THE PEOPLE AS PEOPLE AS DUMMIES. AS DUMMIES. THE DUMMIES. THE SPACE THE SPACE BETWEEN SPACE BETWEEN HEAVEN BETWEEN HEAVEN AND HEAVEN AND EARTH AND EARTH IS EARTH IS LIKE IS LIKE A LIKE A BELLOWS. A BELLOWS. THE BELLOWS. THE SHAPE THE SHAPE CHANGES, SHAPE CHANGES, BUT CHANGES, BUT NOT BUT NOT THE NOT THE FORM; THE FORM; THE FORM; THE MORE THE MORE IT MORE IT CHANGES, IT CHANGES, THE CHANGES, THE MORE THE MORE IT MORE IT YIELDS. IT YIELDS. MORE YIELDS. MORE WORDS MORE WORDS COUNT WORDS COUNT LESS. COUNT LESS. HOLD LESS. HOLD FAST HOLD FAST TO FAST TO THE TO THE CENTRE. THE CENTRE. THE CENTRE. THE VALLEY THE VALLEY SPIRIT VALLEY SPIRIT NEVER SPIRIT NEVER DIES; NEVER DIES; IT DIES; IT IS IT IS THE IS THE WOMAN, THE WOMAN, PRIMAL WOMAN, PRIMAL MOTHER. PRIMAL MOTHER. HER MOTHER. HER GATEWAY HER GATEWAY IS GATEWAY IS THE IS THE ROOT THE ROOT OF ROOT OF HEAVEN OF HEAVEN AND HEAVEN AND EARTH. AND EARTH. IT EARTH. IT IS IT IS LIKE IS LIKE A LIKE A VEIL A VEIL BARELY VEIL BARELY SEEN. BARELY SEEN. USE SEEN. USE IT, USE IT, IT IT, IT WILL IT WILL NEVER WILL NEVER FAIL. NEVER FAIL. HEAVEN FAIL. HEAVEN AND HEAVEN AND EARTH AND EARTH LAST EARTH LAST FOREVER. LAST FOREVER. WHY FOREVER. WHY DO WHY DO HEAVEN DO HEAVEN AND HEAVEN AND EARTH AND EARTH LAST EARTH LAST FOREVER? LAST FOREVER? THEY FOREVER? THEY ARE THEY ARE UNBORN, ARE UNBORN, SO UNBORN, SO EVER SO EVER LIVING. EVER LIVING. THE LIVING. THE SAGE THE SAGE STAYS SAGE STAYS BEHIND, STAYS BEHIND, THUS BEHIND, THUS HE THUS HE IS HE IS AHEAD. IS AHEAD. HE AHEAD. HE IS HE IS DETACHED, IS DETACHED, THUS DETACHED, THUS AT THUS AT ONE AT ONE WITH ONE WITH ALL. WITH ALL. THROUGH ALL. THROUGH SELFLESS THROUGH SELFLESS ACTION, SELFLESS ACTION, HE ACTION, HE ATTAINS HE ATTAINS FULFILLMENT. ATTAINS FULFILLMENT. CARRYING FULFILLMENT. CARRYING BODY CARRYING BODY AND BODY AND SOUL AND SOUL AND SOUL AND EMBRACING AND EMBRACING THE EMBRACING THE ONE, THE ONE, CAN ONE, CAN YOU CAN YOU AVOID YOU AVOID SEPARATION? AVOID SEPARATION? ATTENDING SEPARATION? ATTENDING FULLY ATTENDING FULLY AND FULLY AND BECOMING AND BECOMING SUPPLE, BECOMING SUPPLE, CAN SUPPLE, CAN YOU CAN YOU BE YOU BE AS BE AS A AS A NEWBORN A NEWBORN BABE? NEWBORN BABE? WASHING BABE? WASHING AND WASHING AND CLEANSING AND CLEANSING THE CLEANSING THE PRIMAL THE PRIMAL VISION, PRIMAL VISION, CAN VISION, CAN YOU CAN YOU BE YOU BE WITHOUT BE WITHOUT A WITHOUT A STAIN? A STAIN? LOVING STAIN? LOVING ALL LOVING ALL MEN ALL MEN AND MEN AND RULING AND RULING THE RULING THE COUNTRY, THE COUNTRY, CAN COUNTRY, CAN YOU CAN YOU BE YOU BE WITHOUT BE WITHOUT CLEVERNESS? WITHOUT CLEVERNESS? OPENING CLEVERNESS? OPENING AND OPENING AND CLOSING AND CLOSING THE CLOSING THE GATES THE GATES OF GATES OF HEAVEN, OF HEAVEN, CAN HEAVEN, CAN YOU CAN YOU PLAY YOU PLAY THE PLAY THE ROLE THE ROLE OF ROLE OF A OF A WOMAN? A WOMAN? UNDERSTANDING WOMAN? UNDERSTANDING AND UNDERSTANDING AND BEING AND BEING OPEN BEING OPEN TO OPEN TO ALL TO ALL THINGS, ALL THINGS, ARE THINGS, ARE YOU ARE YOU ABLE YOU ABLE TO ABLE TO DO TO DO NOTHING? DO NOTHING? GIVING NOTHING? GIVING BIRTH GIVING BIRTH AND BIRTH AND NOURISHING, AND NOURISHING, BEARING NOURISHING, BEARING YET BEARING YET NOT YET NOT POSSESSING, NOT POSSESSING, WORKING POSSESSING, WORKING YET WORKING YET NOT YET NOT TAKING NOT TAKING CREDIT, TAKING CREDIT, LEADING CREDIT, LEADING YET LEADING YET NOT YET NOT DOMINATING, NOT DOMINATING, THIS DOMINATING, THIS IS THIS IS THE IS THE PRIMAL THE PRIMAL VIRTUE. PRIMAL VIRTUE. LOOK, VIRTUE. LOOK, IT LOOK, IT CANNOT IT CANNOT BE CANNOT BE SEEN BE SEEN - SEEN - IT - IT IS IT IS BEYOND IS BEYOND FORM. BEYOND FORM. LISTEN, FORM. LISTEN, IT LISTEN, IT CANNOT IT CANNOT BE CANNOT BE HEARD BE HEARD - HEARD - IT - IT IS IT IS BEYOND IS BEYOND SOUND. BEYOND SOUND. GRASP, SOUND. GRASP, IT GRASP, IT CANNOT IT CANNOT BE CANNOT BE HELD BE HELD - HELD - IT - IT IS IT IS INTANGIBLE. IS INTANGIBLE. THESE INTANGIBLE. THESE THREE THESE THREE ARE THREE ARE INDEFINABLE; ARE INDEFINABLE; THEREFORE INDEFINABLE; THEREFORE THEY THEREFORE THEY ARE THEY ARE JOINED ARE JOINED IN JOINED IN ONE. IN ONE. FROM ONE. FROM ABOVE FROM ABOVE IT ABOVE IT IS IT IS NOT IS NOT BRIGHT; NOT BRIGHT; FROM BRIGHT; FROM BELOW FROM BELOW IT BELOW IT IS IT IS NOT IS NOT DARK. NOT DARK. AN DARK. AN UNBROKEN AN UNBROKEN THREAD UNBROKEN THREAD BEYOND THREAD BEYOND DESCRIPTION. BEYOND DESCRIPTION. IT DESCRIPTION. IT RETURNS IT RETURNS TO RETURNS TO NOTHINGNESS. TO NOTHINGNESS. THE NOTHINGNESS. THE FORM THE FORM OF FORM OF THE OF THE FORMLESS, THE FORMLESS, THE FORMLESS, THE IMAGE THE IMAGE OF IMAGE OF THE OF THE IMAGELESS, THE IMAGELESS, IT IMAGELESS, IT IS IT IS CALLED IS CALLED INDEFINABLE CALLED INDEFINABLE AND INDEFINABLE AND BEYOND AND BEYOND IMAGINATION. BEYOND IMAGINATION. STAND IMAGINATION. STAND BEFORE STAND BEFORE IT BEFORE IT AND IT AND THERE AND THERE IS THERE IS NO IS NO BEGINNING. NO BEGINNING. FOLLOW BEGINNING. FOLLOW IT FOLLOW IT AND IT AND THERE AND THERE IS THERE IS NO IS NO END. NO END. STAY END. STAY WITH STAY WITH THE WITH THE ANCIENT THE ANCIENT TAO, ANCIENT TAO, MOVE TAO, MOVE WITH MOVE WITH THE WITH THE PRESENT. THE PRESENT. KNOWING PRESENT. KNOWING THE KNOWING THE ANCIENT THE ANCIENT BEGINNING ANCIENT BEGINNING IS BEGINNING IS THE IS THE ESSENCE THE ESSENCE OF ESSENCE OF TAO. OF TAO. THE TAO. THE ANCIENT THE ANCIENT MASTERS ANCIENT MASTERS WERE MASTERS WERE SUBTLE, WERE SUBTLE, MYSTERIOUS, SUBTLE, MYSTERIOUS, PROFOUND MYSTERIOUS, PROFOUND AND PROFOUND AND RESPONSIVE. AND RESPONSIVE. THE RESPONSIVE. THE DEPTH THE DEPTH OF DEPTH OF THEIR OF THEIR KNOWLEDGE THEIR KNOWLEDGE IS KNOWLEDGE IS UNFATHOMABLE. IS UNFATHOMABLE. BECAUSE UNFATHOMABLE. BECAUSE IT BECAUSE IT IS IT IS UNFATHOMABLE, IS UNFATHOMABLE, ALL UNFATHOMABLE, ALL WE ALL WE CAN WE CAN DO CAN DO IS DO IS DESCRIBE IS DESCRIBE THEIR DESCRIBE THEIR APPEARANCE. THEIR APPEARANCE. WATCHFUL, APPEARANCE. WATCHFUL, LIKE WATCHFUL, LIKE MEN LIKE MEN CROSSING MEN CROSSING A CROSSING A WINTER A WINTER STREAM. WINTER STREAM. ALERT, STREAM. ALERT, LIKE ALERT, LIKE MEN LIKE MEN AWARE MEN AWARE OF AWARE OF DANGER. OF DANGER. COURTEOUS, DANGER. COURTEOUS, LIKE COURTEOUS, LIKE VISITING LIKE VISITING GUESTS. VISITING GUESTS. YIELDING, GUESTS. YIELDING, LIKE YIELDING, LIKE ICE LIKE ICE ABOUT ICE ABOUT TO ABOUT TO MELT. TO MELT. SIMPLE, MELT. SIMPLE, LIKE SIMPLE, LIKE UNCARVED LIKE UNCARVED BLOCKS UNCARVED BLOCKS OF BLOCKS OF WOOD. OF WOOD. HOLLOW, WOOD. HOLLOW, LIKE HOLLOW, LIKE CAVES. LIKE CAVES. OPAQUE, CAVES. OPAQUE, LIKE OPAQUE, LIKE MUDDY LIKE MUDDY POOLS. MUDDY POOLS. EMPTY POOLS. EMPTY YOURSELF EMPTY YOURSELF OF YOURSELF OF EVERYTHING. OF EVERYTHING. LET EVERYTHING. LET THE LET THE MIND THE MIND REST MIND REST AT REST AT PEACE. AT PEACE. THE PEACE. THE TEN THE TEN THOUSAND TEN THOUSAND THINGS THOUSAND THINGS RISE THINGS RISE AND RISE AND FALL AND FALL WHILE FALL WHILE THE WHILE THE SELF THE SELF WATCHES SELF WATCHES THEIR WATCHES THEIR RETURN. THEIR RETURN. THEY RETURN. THEY GROW THEY GROW AND GROW AND FLOURISH AND FLOURISH AND FLOURISH AND THEN AND THEN RETURN THEN RETURN TO RETURN TO THE TO THE SOURCE. THE SOURCE. RETURNING SOURCE. RETURNING TO RETURNING TO THE TO THE SOURCE THE SOURCE IS SOURCE IS STILLNESS, IS STILLNESS, WHICH STILLNESS, WHICH IS WHICH IS THE IS THE WAY THE WAY OF WAY OF NATURE. OF NATURE. THE NATURE. THE WAY THE WAY OF WAY OF NATURE OF NATURE IS NATURE IS UNCHANGING. IS UNCHANGING. NOT UNCHANGING. NOT KNOWING NOT KNOWING CONSTANCY KNOWING CONSTANCY LEADS CONSTANCY LEADS TO LEADS TO DISASTER, TO DISASTER, KNOWING DISASTER, KNOWING CONSTANCY, KNOWING CONSTANCY, THE CONSTANCY, THE MIND THE MIND IS MIND IS OPEN. IS OPEN. WITH OPEN. WITH AN WITH AN OPEN AN OPEN MIND, OPEN MIND, YOU MIND, YOU WILL YOU WILL BE WILL BE OPENHEARTED. BE OPENHEARTED. BEING OPENHEARTED. BEING OPENHEARTED, BEING OPENHEARTED, YOU OPENHEARTED, YOU WILL YOU WILL ACT WILL ACT ROYALLY. ACT ROYALLY. BEING ROYALLY. BEING ROYAL, BEING ROYAL, YOU ROYAL, YOU WILL YOU WILL ATTAIN WILL ATTAIN THE ATTAIN THE DIVINE. THE DIVINE. BEING DIVINE. BEING DIVINE, BEING DIVINE, YOU DIVINE, YOU WILL YOU WILL BE WILL BE AT BE AT ONE AT ONE WITH ONE WITH THE WITH THE TAO. THE TAO. BEING TAO. BEING AT BEING AT ONE AT ONE WITH ONE WITH THE WITH THE TAO THE TAO IS TAO IS ETERNAL. IS ETERNAL. AND ETERNAL. AND THOUGH AND THOUGH THE THOUGH THE BODY THE BODY DIES, BODY DIES, THE DIES, THE TAO THE TAO WILL TAO WILL NEVER WILL NEVER PASS NEVER PASS AWAY. PASS AWAY. WHEN AWAY. WHEN THE WHEN THE GREAT THE GREAT TAO GREAT TAO IS TAO IS FORGOTTEN, IS FORGOTTEN, KINDNESS FORGOTTEN, KINDNESS AND KINDNESS AND MORALITY AND MORALITY ARISE. MORALITY ARISE. WHEN ARISE. WHEN WISDOM WHEN WISDOM AND WISDOM AND INTELLIGENCE AND INTELLIGENCE ARE INTELLIGENCE ARE BORN, ARE BORN, THE BORN, THE GREAT THE GREAT PRETENCE GREAT PRETENCE BEGINS. PRETENCE BEGINS. WHEN BEGINS. WHEN THERE WHEN THERE IS THERE IS NO IS NO PEACE NO PEACE WITHIN PEACE WITHIN THE WITHIN THE FAMILY, THE FAMILY, FILIAL FAMILY, FILIAL PIETY FILIAL PIETY AND PIETY AND DEVOTION AND DEVOTION ARISE. DEVOTION ARISE. WHEN ARISE. WHEN THE WHEN THE COUNTRY THE COUNTRY IS COUNTRY IS CONFUSED IS CONFUSED AND CONFUSED AND IN AND IN CHAOS, IN CHAOS, LOYAL CHAOS, LOYAL MINISTERS LOYAL MINISTERS APPEAR. MINISTERS APPEAR. GIVE APPEAR. GIVE UP GIVE UP LEARNING, UP LEARNING, AND LEARNING, AND PUT AND PUT AN PUT AN END AN END TO END TO YOUR TO YOUR TROUBLES. YOUR TROUBLES. IS TROUBLES. IS THERE IS THERE A THERE A DIFFERENCE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YES BETWEEN YES AND YES AND NO? AND NO? IS NO? IS THERE IS THERE A THERE A DIFFERENCE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GOOD BETWEEN GOOD AND GOOD AND EVIL? AND EVIL? MUST EVIL? MUST I MUST I FEAR I FEAR WHAT FEAR WHAT OTHERS WHAT OTHERS FEAR? OTHERS FEAR? WHAT FEAR? WHAT NONSENSE! WHAT NONSENSE! OTHER NONSENSE! OTHER PEOPLE OTHER PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE ARE CONTENTED, ARE CONTENTED, ENJOYING CONTENTED, ENJOYING THE ENJOYING THE SACRIFICIAL THE SACRIFICIAL FEAST SACRIFICIAL FEAST OF FEAST OF THE OF THE OX. THE OX. IN OX. IN SPRING IN SPRING SOME SPRING SOME GO SOME GO TO GO TO THE TO THE PARK, THE PARK, AND PARK, AND CLIMB AND CLIMB THE CLIMB THE TERRACE, THE TERRACE, BUT TERRACE, BUT I BUT I ALONE I ALONE AM ALONE AM DRIFTING, AM DRIFTING, NOT DRIFTING, NOT KNOWING NOT KNOWING WHERE KNOWING WHERE I WHERE I AM. I AM. LIKE AM. LIKE A LIKE A NEWBORN A NEWBORN BABE NEWBORN BABE BEFORE BABE BEFORE IT BEFORE IT LEARNS IT LEARNS TO LEARNS TO SMILE, TO SMILE, I SMILE, I AM I AM ALONE, AM ALONE, WITHOUT ALONE, WITHOUT A WITHOUT A PLACE A PLACE TO PLACE TO GO. TO GO. OTHERS GO. OTHERS HAVE OTHERS HAVE MORE HAVE MORE THAN MORE THAN THEY THAN THEY NEED, THEY NEED, BUT NEED, BUT I BUT I ALONE I ALONE HAVE ALONE HAVE NOTHING. HAVE NOTHING. I NOTHING. I AM I AM A AM A FOOL. A FOOL. OH, FOOL. OH, YES! OH, YES! I YES! I AM I AM CONFUSED. AM CONFUSED. OTHER CONFUSED. OTHER MEN OTHER MEN ARE MEN ARE CLEAR ARE CLEAR AND CLEAR AND BRIGHT, AND BRIGHT, BUT BRIGHT, BUT I BUT I ALONE I ALONE AM ALONE AM DIM AM DIM AND DIM AND WEAK. AND WEAK. OTHER WEAK. OTHER MEN OTHER MEN ARE MEN ARE SHARP ARE SHARP AND SHARP AND CLEVER, AND CLEVER, BUT CLEVER, BUT I BUT I ALONE I ALONE AM ALONE AM DULL AM DULL AND DULL AND STUPID. AND STUPID. OH, STUPID. OH, I OH, I DRIFT I DRIFT LIKE DRIFT LIKE THE LIKE THE WAVES THE WAVES OF WAVES OF THE OF THE SEA, THE SEA, WITHOUT SEA, WITHOUT DIRECTION, WITHOUT DIRECTION, LIKE DIRECTION, LIKE THE LIKE THE RESTLESS THE RESTLESS WIND. RESTLESS WIND. EVERYONE WIND. EVERYONE ELSE EVERYONE ELSE IS ELSE IS BUSY, IS BUSY, BUT BUSY, BUT I BUT I ALONE I ALONE AM ALONE AM AIMLESS AM AIMLESS AND AIMLESS AND DEPRESSED. AND DEPRESSED. I DEPRESSED. I AM I AM DIFFERENT. AM DIFFERENT. I DIFFERENT. I AM I AM NOURISHED AM NOURISHED BY NOURISHED BY THE BY THE GREAT THE GREAT MOTHER. GREAT MOTHER. THE MOTHER. THE GREATEST THE GREATEST VIRTUE GREATEST VIRTUE IS VIRTUE IS TO IS TO FOLLOW TO FOLLOW THE FOLLOW THE TAO THE TAO AND TAO AND THE AND THE TAO THE TAO ALONE. TAO ALONE. THE ALONE. THE TAO THE TAO IS TAO IS ELUSIVE IS ELUSIVE AND ELUSIVE AND INTANGIBLE. AND INTANGIBLE. OH, INTANGIBLE. OH, IT OH, IT IS IT IS INTANGIBLE IS INTANGIBLE AND INTANGIBLE AND ELUSIVE, AND ELUSIVE, AND ELUSIVE, AND YET AND YET WITHIN YET WITHIN IS WITHIN IS IMAGE. IS IMAGE. OH, IMAGE. OH, IT OH, IT IS IT IS ELUSIVE IS ELUSIVE AND ELUSIVE AND INTANGIBLE, AND INTANGIBLE, AND INTANGIBLE, AND YET AND YET WITHIN YET WITHIN IS WITHIN IS FORM. IS FORM. OH, FORM. OH, IT OH, IT IS IT IS DIM IS DIM AND DIM AND DARK, AND DARK, AND DARK, AND YET AND YET WITHIN YET WITHIN IS WITHIN IS ESSENCE. IS ESSENCE. THIS ESSENCE. THIS ESSENCE THIS ESSENCE IS ESSENCE IS VERY IS VERY REAL, VERY REAL, AND REAL, AND THEREIN AND THEREIN LIES THEREIN LIES FAITH. LIES FAITH. FROM FAITH. FROM THE FROM THE VERY THE VERY BEGINNING VERY BEGINNING UNTIL BEGINNING UNTIL NOW UNTIL NOW ITS NOW ITS NAME ITS NAME HAS NAME HAS NEVER HAS NEVER BEEN NEVER BEEN FORGOTTEN. BEEN FORGOTTEN. THUS FORGOTTEN. THUS I THUS I PERCEIVE I PERCEIVE THE PERCEIVE THE CREATION. THE CREATION. HOW CREATION. HOW DO HOW DO I DO I KNOW I KNOW THE KNOW THE WAYS THE WAYS OF WAYS OF CREATION? OF CREATION? BECAUSE CREATION? BECAUSE OF BECAUSE OF THIS. OF THIS. HE THIS. HE WHO HE WHO STANDS WHO STANDS ON STANDS ON TIPTOE ON TIPTOE IS TIPTOE IS NOT IS NOT STEADY. NOT STEADY. HE STEADY. HE WHO HE WHO STRIDES WHO STRIDES CANNOT STRIDES CANNOT MAINTAIN CANNOT MAINTAIN THE MAINTAIN THE PACE. THE PACE. HE PACE. HE WHO HE WHO MAKES WHO MAKES A MAKES A SHOW A SHOW IS SHOW IS NOT IS NOT ENLIGHTENED. NOT ENLIGHTENED. HE ENLIGHTENED. HE WHO HE WHO IS WHO IS SELF-RIGHTEOUS IS SELF-RIGHTEOUS IS SELF-RIGHTEOUS IS NOT IS NOT RESPECTED. NOT RESPECTED. HE RESPECTED. HE WHO HE WHO BOASTS WHO BOASTS ACHIEVES BOASTS ACHIEVES NOTHING. ACHIEVES NOTHING. HE NOTHING. HE WHO HE WHO BRAGS WHO BRAGS WILL BRAGS WILL NOT WILL NOT ENDURE. NOT ENDURE. ACCORDING ENDURE. ACCORDING TO ACCORDING TO FOLLOWERS TO FOLLOWERS OF FOLLOWERS OF THE OF THE TAO, THE TAO, "THESE TAO, "THESE ARE "THESE ARE EXTRA ARE EXTRA AND EXTRA AND UNNECESSARY AND UNNECESSARY LUGGAGE." UNNECESSARY LUGGAGE." THEY LUGGAGE." THEY DO THEY DO NOT DO NOT BRING NOT BRING HAPPINESS. BRING HAPPINESS. THEREFORE HAPPINESS. THEREFORE FOLLOWERS THEREFORE FOLLOWERS OF FOLLOWERS OF THE OF THE TAO THE TAO AVOID TAO AVOID THEM. AVOID THEM. SOMETHING THEM. SOMETHING MYSTERIOUSLY SOMETHING MYSTERIOUSLY FORMED. MYSTERIOUSLY FORMED. BORN FORMED. BORN BEFORE BORN BEFORE HEAVEN BEFORE HEAVEN AND HEAVEN AND EARTH. AND EARTH. IN EARTH. IN THE IN THE SILENCE THE SILENCE AND SILENCE AND THE AND THE VOID, THE VOID, STANDING VOID, STANDING ALONE STANDING ALONE AND ALONE AND UNCHANGING, AND UNCHANGING, EVER UNCHANGING, EVER PRESENT EVER PRESENT AND PRESENT AND IN AND IN MOTION. IN MOTION. PERHAPS MOTION. PERHAPS IT PERHAPS IT IS IT IS THE IS THE MOTHER THE MOTHER OF MOTHER OF TEN OF TEN THOUSAND TEN THOUSAND THINGS. THOUSAND THINGS. I THINGS. I DO I DO NOT DO NOT KNOW NOT KNOW ITS KNOW ITS NAME. ITS NAME. CALL NAME. CALL IT CALL IT TAO. IT TAO. FOR TAO. FOR LACK FOR LACK OF LACK OF A OF A BETTER A BETTER WORD, BETTER WORD, I WORD, I CALL I CALL IT CALL IT GREAT. IT GREAT. BEING GREAT. BEING GREAT BEING GREAT IT GREAT IT FLOWS, IT FLOWS, IT FLOWS, IT FLOWS IT FLOWS FAR FLOWS FAR AWAY. FAR AWAY. HAVING AWAY. HAVING GONE HAVING GONE FAR, GONE FAR, IT FAR, IT RETURNS. IT RETURNS. THEREFORE RETURNS. THEREFORE "TAO THEREFORE "TAO IS "TAO IS GREAT; IS GREAT; HEAVEN GREAT; HEAVEN IS HEAVEN IS GREAT; IS GREAT; EARTH GREAT; EARTH IS EARTH IS GREAT; IS GREAT; THE GREAT; THE KING THE KING IS KING IS ALSO IS ALSO GREAT". ALSO GREAT". THE GREAT". THE HEAVY THE HEAVY IS HEAVY IS THE IS THE ROOT THE ROOT OF ROOT OF THE OF THE LIGHT; THE LIGHT; THE LIGHT; THE STILL THE STILL IS STILL IS THE IS THE MASTER THE MASTER OF MASTER OF UNREST. OF UNREST. THEREFORE UNREST. THEREFORE THE THEREFORE THE SAGE, THE SAGE, TRAVELLING SAGE, TRAVELLING BY TRAVELLING BY DAY, BY DAY, DOES DAY, DOES NOT DOES NOT LOSE NOT LOSE SIGHT LOSE SIGHT OF SIGHT OF HIS OF HIS BAGGAGE. HIS BAGGAGE. THOUGH BAGGAGE. THOUGH THERE THOUGH THERE ARE THERE ARE BEAUTIFUL ARE BEAUTIFUL THINGS BEAUTIFUL THINGS TO THINGS TO BE TO BE SEEN, BE SEEN, HE SEEN, HE REMAINS HE REMAINS UNATTACHED REMAINS UNATTACHED AND UNATTACHED AND CALM. AND CALM. WHY CALM. WHY SHOULD WHY SHOULD THE SHOULD THE LORD THE LORD OF LORD OF TEN OF TEN THOUSAND TEN THOUSAND CHARIOTS THOUSAND CHARIOTS ACT CHARIOTS ACT LIGHTLY ACT LIGHTLY IN LIGHTLY IN PUBLIC? IN PUBLIC? TO PUBLIC? TO BE TO BE LIGHT BE LIGHT IS LIGHT IS TO IS TO LOSE TO LOSE ONES LOSE ONES ROOT. ONES ROOT. TO ROOT. TO BE TO BE RESTLESS BE RESTLESS IS RESTLESS IS TO IS TO LOSE TO LOSE ONES LOSE ONES CONTROL. ONES CONTROL. WHAT CONTROL. WHAT IS WHAT IS A IS A GOOD A GOOD MAN? GOOD MAN? A MAN? A TEACHER A TEACHER OF TEACHER OF A OF A BAD A BAD MAN. BAD MAN. WHAT MAN. WHAT IS WHAT IS A IS A BAD A BAD MAN? BAD MAN? A MAN? A GOOD A GOOD MAN'S GOOD MAN'S CHARGE. MAN'S CHARGE. IF CHARGE. IF THE IF THE TEACHER THE TEACHER IS TEACHER IS NOT IS NOT RESPECTED, NOT RESPECTED, AND RESPECTED, AND THE AND THE STUDENT THE STUDENT NOT STUDENT NOT CARED NOT CARED FOR, CARED FOR, CONFUSION FOR, CONFUSION WILL CONFUSION WILL ARISE, WILL ARISE, HOWEVER ARISE, HOWEVER CLEVER HOWEVER CLEVER ONE CLEVER ONE IS. ONE IS. THIS IS. THIS IS THIS IS THE IS THE CRUX THE CRUX OF CRUX OF MYSTERY. OF MYSTERY. KNOW MYSTERY. KNOW THE KNOW THE STRENGTH THE STRENGTH OF STRENGTH OF A OF A MAN, A MAN, BUT MAN, BUT KEEP BUT KEEP A KEEP A WOMANS A WOMANS CARE! WOMANS CARE! BE CARE! BE THE BE THE STREAM THE STREAM OF STREAM OF THE OF THE UNIVERSE! THE UNIVERSE! BEING UNIVERSE! BEING THE BEING THE STREAM THE STREAM OF STREAM OF THE OF THE UNIVERSE, THE UNIVERSE, EVER UNIVERSE, EVER TRUE EVER TRUE AND TRUE AND UNSWERVING, AND UNSWERVING, BECOME UNSWERVING, BECOME A BECOME A LITTLE A LITTLE CHILD LITTLE CHILD ONCE CHILD ONCE MORE. ONCE MORE. KNOW MORE. KNOW THE KNOW THE WHITE, THE WHITE, BUT WHITE, BUT KEEP BUT KEEP THE KEEP THE BLACK! THE BLACK! BE BLACK! BE AN BE AN EXAMPLE AN EXAMPLE TO EXAMPLE TO THE TO THE WORLD! THE WORLD! BEING WORLD! BEING AN BEING AN EXAMPLE AN EXAMPLE TO EXAMPLE TO THE TO THE WORLD, THE WORLD, EVER WORLD, EVER TRUE EVER TRUE AND TRUE AND UNSWERVING, AND UNSWERVING, RETURN UNSWERVING, RETURN TO RETURN TO THE TO THE INFINITE. THE INFINITE. THE INFINITE. THE TAO THE TAO IS TAO IS FOREVER IS FOREVER UNDEFINED. FOREVER UNDEFINED. SMALL UNDEFINED. SMALL THOUGH SMALL THOUGH IT THOUGH IT IS IT IS IN IS IN THE IN THE UNFORMED THE UNFORMED STATE, UNFORMED STATE, IT STATE, IT CANNOT IT CANNOT BE CANNOT BE GRASPED. BE GRASPED. IF GRASPED. IF KINGS IF KINGS AND KINGS AND LORDS AND LORDS COULD LORDS COULD HARNESS COULD HARNESS IT, HARNESS IT, THE IT, THE TEN THE TEN THOUSAND TEN THOUSAND THINGS THOUSAND THINGS WOULD THINGS WOULD NATURALLY WOULD NATURALLY OBEY. NATURALLY OBEY. HEAVEN OBEY. HEAVEN AND HEAVEN AND EARTH AND EARTH WOULD EARTH WOULD COME WOULD COME TOGETHER, COME TOGETHER, AND TOGETHER, AND A AND A GENTLE A GENTLE RAIN GENTLE RAIN FALL. RAIN FALL. MEN FALL. MEN WOULD MEN WOULD NEED WOULD NEED NO NEED NO MORE NO MORE INSTRUCTION, MORE INSTRUCTION, AND INSTRUCTION, AND ALL AND ALL THINGS ALL THINGS WOULD THINGS WOULD TAKE WOULD TAKE THEIR TAKE THEIR COURSE. THEIR COURSE. ONCE COURSE. ONCE THE ONCE THE WHOLE THE WHOLE IS WHOLE IS DIVIDED, IS DIVIDED, THE DIVIDED, THE PARTS THE PARTS NEED PARTS NEED NAMES. NEED NAMES. THERE NAMES. THERE ARE THERE ARE ALREADY ARE ALREADY ENOUGH ALREADY ENOUGH NAMES. ENOUGH NAMES. ONE NAMES. ONE MUST ONE MUST KNOW MUST KNOW WHEN KNOW WHEN TO WHEN TO STOP. TO STOP. KNOWING STOP. KNOWING WHEN KNOWING WHEN TO WHEN TO STOP TO STOP AVERTS STOP AVERTS TROUBLE. AVERTS TROUBLE. TAO TROUBLE. TAO IN TAO IN THE IN THE WORLD THE WORLD IS WORLD IS LIKE IS LIKE A LIKE A RIVER A RIVER FLOWING RIVER FLOWING HOME FLOWING HOME TO HOME TO THE TO THE SEA. THE SEA. THE SEA. THE GREAT THE GREAT TAO GREAT TAO FLOWS TAO FLOWS EVERYWHERE, FLOWS EVERYWHERE, BOTH EVERYWHERE, BOTH TO BOTH TO THE TO THE LEFT THE LEFT AND LEFT AND TO AND TO THE TO THE RIGHT. THE RIGHT. THE RIGHT. THE TEN THE TEN THOUSAND TEN THOUSAND THINGS THOUSAND THINGS DEPEND THINGS DEPEND ON DEPEND ON IT; ON IT; IT IT; IT HOLDS IT HOLDS NOTHING HOLDS NOTHING BACK. NOTHING BACK. IT BACK. IT FULFILS IT FULFILS ITS FULFILS ITS PURPOSE ITS PURPOSE SILENTLY PURPOSE SILENTLY AND SILENTLY AND MAKES AND MAKES NO MAKES NO CLAIM. NO CLAIM. IT CLAIM. IT NOURISHES IT NOURISHES THE NOURISHES THE TEN THE TEN THOUSAND TEN THOUSAND THINGS, THOUSAND THINGS, AND THINGS, AND YET AND YET IS YET IS NOT IS NOT THEIR NOT THEIR LORD. THEIR LORD. IT LORD. IT HAS IT HAS NO HAS NO AIM; NO AIM; IT AIM; IT IS IT IS VERY IS VERY SMALL. VERY SMALL. THE SMALL. THE TEN THE TEN THOUSAND TEN THOUSAND THINGS THOUSAND THINGS RETURN THINGS RETURN TO RETURN TO IT, TO IT, YET IT, YET IT YET IT IS IT IS NOT IS NOT THEIR NOT THEIR LORD. THEIR LORD. IT LORD. IT IS IT IS VERY IS VERY GREAT. VERY GREAT. IT GREAT. IT DOES IT DOES NOT DOES NOT SHOW NOT SHOW GREATNESS, SHOW GREATNESS, AND GREATNESS, AND IS AND IS THEREFORE IS THEREFORE TRULY THEREFORE TRULY GREAT. TRULY GREAT. THAT GREAT. THAT WHICH THAT WHICH SHRINKS WHICH SHRINKS MUST SHRINKS MUST FIRST MUST FIRST EXPAND. FIRST EXPAND. THAT EXPAND. THAT WHICH THAT WHICH FAILS WHICH FAILS MUST FAILS MUST FIRST MUST FIRST BE FIRST BE STRONG. BE STRONG. THAT STRONG. THAT WHICH THAT WHICH IS WHICH IS CAST IS CAST DOWN CAST DOWN MUST DOWN MUST FIRST MUST FIRST BE FIRST BE RAISED. BE RAISED. BEFORE RAISED. BEFORE RECEIVING, BEFORE RECEIVING, THERE RECEIVING, THERE MUST THERE MUST BE MUST BE GIVING. BE GIVING. THIS GIVING. THIS IS THIS IS CALLED IS CALLED PERCEPTION CALLED PERCEPTION OF PERCEPTION OF THE OF THE NATURE THE NATURE OF NATURE OF THINGS. OF THINGS. SOFT THINGS. SOFT AND SOFT AND WEAK AND WEAK OVERCOME WEAK OVERCOME HARD OVERCOME HARD AND HARD AND STRONG. AND STRONG. FISH STRONG. FISH CANNOT FISH CANNOT LEAVE CANNOT LEAVE DEEP LEAVE DEEP WATERS, DEEP WATERS, AND WATERS, AND A AND A COUNTRYS A COUNTRYS WEAPONS COUNTRYS WEAPONS SHOULD WEAPONS SHOULD NOT SHOULD NOT BE NOT BE DISPLAYED. BE DISPLAYED. THEREFORE DISPLAYED. THEREFORE WHEN THEREFORE WHEN THE WHEN THE TAO THE TAO IS TAO IS LOST, IS LOST, THERE LOST, THERE IS THERE IS GOODNESS. IS GOODNESS. WHEN GOODNESS. WHEN GOODNESS WHEN GOODNESS IS GOODNESS IS LOST, IS LOST, THERE LOST, THERE IS THERE IS KINDNESS. IS KINDNESS. WHEN KINDNESS. WHEN KINDNESS WHEN KINDNESS IS KINDNESS IS LOST, IS LOST, THERE LOST, THERE IS THERE IS JUSTICE. IS JUSTICE. WHEN JUSTICE. WHEN JUSTICE WHEN JUSTICE IS JUSTICE IS LOST, IS LOST, THERE LOST, THERE IS THERE IS RITUAL. IS RITUAL. NOW RITUAL. NOW RITUAL NOW RITUAL IS RITUAL IS THE IS THE HUSK THE HUSK OF HUSK OF FAITH OF FAITH AND FAITH AND LOYALTY, AND LOYALTY, THE LOYALTY, THE BEGINNING THE BEGINNING OF BEGINNING OF CONFUSION. OF CONFUSION. KNOWLEDGE CONFUSION. KNOWLEDGE OF KNOWLEDGE OF THE OF THE FUTURE THE FUTURE IS FUTURE IS ONLY IS ONLY A ONLY A FLOWERY A FLOWERY TRAPPING FLOWERY TRAPPING OF TRAPPING OF TAO. OF TAO. IT TAO. IT IS IT IS THE IS THE BEGINNING THE BEGINNING OF BEGINNING OF FOLLY. OF FOLLY. THEREFORE FOLLY. THEREFORE THE THEREFORE THE TRULY THE TRULY GREAT TRULY GREAT MAN GREAT MAN DWELLS MAN DWELLS ON DWELLS ON WHAT ON WHAT IS WHAT IS REAL IS REAL AND REAL AND NOT AND NOT WHAT NOT WHAT IS WHAT IS ON IS ON THE ON THE SURFACE. THE SURFACE. ON SURFACE. ON THE ON THE FRUIT THE FRUIT AND FRUIT AND NOT AND NOT THE NOT THE FLOWER. THE FLOWER. THEREFORE FLOWER. THEREFORE ACCEPT THEREFORE ACCEPT THE ACCEPT THE ONE THE ONE AND ONE AND REJECT AND REJECT THE REJECT THE OTHER. THE OTHER. THE OTHER. THE WISE THE WISE STUDENT WISE STUDENT HEARS STUDENT HEARS THE HEARS THE TAO THE TAO AND TAO AND PRACTICES AND PRACTICES IT PRACTICES IT DILIGENTLY. IT DILIGENTLY. THE DILIGENTLY. THE AVERAGE THE AVERAGE STUDENT AVERAGE STUDENT HEARS STUDENT HEARS OF HEARS OF THE OF THE TAO THE TAO AND TAO AND GIVES AND GIVES IT GIVES IT THOUGHT IT THOUGHT NOW THOUGHT NOW AND NOW AND AGAIN. AND AGAIN. THE AGAIN. THE FOOLISH THE FOOLISH STUDENT FOOLISH STUDENT HEARS STUDENT HEARS OF HEARS OF THE OF THE TAO THE TAO AND TAO AND LAUGHS AND LAUGHS ALOUD. LAUGHS ALOUD. IF ALOUD. IF THERE IF THERE WERE THERE WERE NO WERE NO LAUGHTER, NO LAUGHTER, THE LAUGHTER, THE TAO THE TAO WOULD TAO WOULD NOT WOULD NOT BE NOT BE WHAT BE WHAT IT WHAT IT IS. IT IS. HENCE IS. HENCE IT HENCE IT IS IT IS SAID: IS SAID: THE SAID: THE BRIGHT THE BRIGHT PATH BRIGHT PATH SEEMS PATH SEEMS DIM; SEEMS DIM; GOING DIM; GOING FORWARD GOING FORWARD SEEMS FORWARD SEEMS LIKE SEEMS LIKE RETREAT; LIKE RETREAT; THE RETREAT; THE EASY THE EASY WAY EASY WAY SEEMS WAY SEEMS HARD; SEEMS HARD; THE HARD; THE HIGHEST THE HIGHEST VIRTUE HIGHEST VIRTUE SEEMS VIRTUE SEEMS EMPTY; SEEMS EMPTY; GREAT EMPTY; GREAT PURITY GREAT PURITY SEEMS PURITY SEEMS SULLIED; SEEMS SULLIED; A SULLIED; A WEALTH A WEALTH OF WEALTH OF VIRTUE OF VIRTUE SEEMS VIRTUE SEEMS INADEQUATE; SEEMS INADEQUATE; THE INADEQUATE; THE STRENGTH THE STRENGTH OF STRENGTH OF VIRTUE OF VIRTUE SEEMS VIRTUE SEEMS FRAIL: SEEMS FRAIL: REAL FRAIL: REAL VIRTUE REAL VIRTUE SEEMS VIRTUE SEEMS UNREAL; SEEMS UNREAL; THE UNREAL; THE PERFECT THE PERFECT SQUARE PERFECT SQUARE HAS SQUARE HAS NO HAS NO CORNERS; NO CORNERS; GREAT CORNERS; GREAT TALENTS GREAT TALENTS RIPEN TALENTS RIPEN LATE; RIPEN LATE; THE LATE; THE HIGHEST THE HIGHEST NOTES HIGHEST NOTES ARE NOTES ARE HARD ARE HARD TO HARD TO HEAR; TO HEAR; THE HEAR; THE GREATEST THE GREATEST FORM GREATEST FORM HAS FORM HAS NO HAS NO SHAPE; NO SHAPE; THE SHAPE; THE TAO THE TAO IS TAO IS HIDDEN IS HIDDEN AND HIDDEN AND WITHOUT AND WITHOUT NAME. WITHOUT NAME. THE NAME. THE TAO THE TAO ALONE TAO ALONE NOURISHES ALONE NOURISHES AND NOURISHES AND BRINGS AND BRINGS EVERYTHING BRINGS EVERYTHING TO EVERYTHING TO FULLFILMENT. TO FULLFILMENT. THERE FULLFILMENT. THERE IS THERE IS NO IS NO GREATER NO GREATER SIN GREATER SIN THAN SIN THAN DESIRE, THAN DESIRE, NO DESIRE, NO GREATER NO GREATER CURSE GREATER CURSE THAN CURSE THAN DISCONTENT, THAN DISCONTENT, NO DISCONTENT, NO GREATER NO GREATER MISFORTUNE GREATER MISFORTUNE THAN MISFORTUNE THAN WANTING THAN WANTING SOMETHING WANTING SOMETHING FOR SOMETHING FOR ONESELF. FOR ONESELF. THEREFORE ONESELF. THEREFORE HE THEREFORE HE WHO HE WHO KNOWS WHO KNOWS THAT KNOWS THAT ENOUGH THAT ENOUGH IS ENOUGH IS ENOUGH IS ENOUGH WILL ENOUGH WILL ALWAYS WILL ALWAYS HAVE ALWAYS HAVE ENOUGH. HAVE ENOUGH. WITHOUT ENOUGH. WITHOUT GOING WITHOUT GOING OUTSIDE, GOING OUTSIDE, YOU OUTSIDE, YOU MAY YOU MAY KNOW MAY KNOW THE KNOW THE WHOLE THE WHOLE WORLD. WHOLE WORLD. WITHOUT WORLD. WITHOUT LOOKING WITHOUT LOOKING THROUGH LOOKING THROUGH THE THROUGH THE WINDOW, THE WINDOW, YOU WINDOW, YOU MAY YOU MAY SEE MAY SEE THE SEE THE WAYS THE WAYS OF WAYS OF HEAVEN. OF HEAVEN. THE HEAVEN. THE FARTHER THE FARTHER YOU FARTHER YOU GO, YOU GO, THE GO, THE LESS THE LESS YOU LESS YOU KNOW. YOU KNOW. THUS KNOW. THUS THE THUS THE SAGE THE SAGE KNOWS SAGE KNOWS WITHOUT KNOWS WITHOUT TRAVELLING; WITHOUT TRAVELLING; HE TRAVELLING; HE SEES HE SEES WITHOUT SEES WITHOUT LOOKING; WITHOUT LOOKING; HE LOOKING; HE WORKS HE WORKS WITHOUT WORKS WITHOUT DOING. WITHOUT DOING. IN DOING. IN THE IN THE PURSUIT THE PURSUIT OF PURSUIT OF LEARNING, OF LEARNING, EVERY LEARNING, EVERY DAY EVERY DAY SOMETHING DAY SOMETHING IS SOMETHING IS ACQUIRED. IS ACQUIRED. IN ACQUIRED. IN THE IN THE PURSUIT THE PURSUIT OF PURSUIT OF THE OF THE TAO, THE TAO, EVERY TAO, EVERY DAY EVERY DAY SOMETHING DAY SOMETHING IS SOMETHING IS DROPPED. IS DROPPED. LESS DROPPED. LESS AND LESS AND LESS AND LESS IS LESS IS DONE IS DONE UNTIL DONE UNTIL NON-ACTION UNTIL NON-ACTION IS NON-ACTION IS ACHIEVED. IS ACHIEVED. WHEN ACHIEVED. WHEN NOTHING WHEN NOTHING IS NOTHING IS DONE, IS DONE, NOTHING DONE, NOTHING IS NOTHING IS LEFT IS LEFT UNDONE. LEFT UNDONE. THE UNDONE. THE WORLD THE WORLD IS WORLD IS RULED IS RULED BY RULED BY LETTING BY LETTING THINGS LETTING THINGS TAKE THINGS TAKE THEIR TAKE THEIR COURSE. THEIR COURSE. IT COURSE. IT CANNOT IT CANNOT BE CANNOT BE RULED BE RULED BY RULED BY INTERFERING. BY INTERFERING. THE INTERFERING. THE SAGE THE SAGE HAS SAGE HAS NO HAS NO MIND NO MIND OF MIND OF HIS OF HIS OWN. HIS OWN. HE OWN. HE IS HE IS AWARE IS AWARE OF AWARE OF THE OF THE NEEDS THE NEEDS OF NEEDS OF OTHERS. OF OTHERS. I OTHERS. I AM I AM GOOD AM GOOD TO GOOD TO PEOPLE TO PEOPLE WHO PEOPLE WHO ARE WHO ARE GOOD. ARE GOOD. I GOOD. I AM I AM ALSO AM ALSO GOOD ALSO GOOD TO GOOD TO PEOPLE TO PEOPLE WHO PEOPLE WHO ARE WHO ARE NOT ARE NOT GOOD. NOT GOOD. BECAUSE GOOD. BECAUSE VIRTUE BECAUSE VIRTUE IS VIRTUE IS GOODNESS. IS GOODNESS. I GOODNESS. I HAVE I HAVE FAITH HAVE FAITH IN FAITH IN PEOPLE IN PEOPLE WHO PEOPLE WHO ARE WHO ARE FAITHFUL. ARE FAITHFUL. I FAITHFUL. I ALSO I ALSO HAVE ALSO HAVE FAITH HAVE FAITH IN FAITH IN PEOPLE IN PEOPLE WHO PEOPLE WHO ARE WHO ARE NOT ARE NOT FAITHFUL. NOT FAITHFUL. BECAUSE FAITHFUL. BECAUSE VIRTUE BECAUSE VIRTUE IS VIRTUE IS FAITHFULNESS. IS FAITHFULNESS. THE FAITHFULNESS. THE SAGE THE SAGE IS SAGE IS SHY IS SHY AND SHY AND HUMBLE AND HUMBLE - HUMBLE - TO - TO THE TO THE WORLD THE WORLD HE WORLD HE SEEMS HE SEEMS CONFUSING. SEEMS CONFUSING. MEN CONFUSING. MEN LOOK MEN LOOK TO LOOK TO HIM TO HIM AND HIM AND LISTEN. AND LISTEN. HE LISTEN. HE BEHAVES HE BEHAVES LIKE BEHAVES LIKE A LIKE A LITTLE A LITTLE CHILD. LITTLE CHILD. BETWEEN CHILD. BETWEEN BIRTH BETWEEN BIRTH AND BIRTH AND DEATH, AND DEATH, THREE DEATH, THREE IN THREE IN TEN IN TEN ARE TEN ARE FOLLOWERS ARE FOLLOWERS OF FOLLOWERS OF LIFE, OF LIFE, THREE LIFE, THREE IN THREE IN TEN IN TEN ARE TEN ARE FOLLOWERS ARE FOLLOWERS OF FOLLOWERS OF DEATH, OF DEATH, AND DEATH, AND MEN AND MEN JUST MEN JUST PASSING JUST PASSING FROM PASSING FROM BIRTH FROM BIRTH TO BIRTH TO DEATH TO DEATH ALSO DEATH ALSO NUMBER ALSO NUMBER THREE NUMBER THREE IN THREE IN TEN. IN TEN. WHY TEN. WHY IS WHY IS THIS IS THIS SO? THIS SO? BECAUSE SO? BECAUSE THEY BECAUSE THEY LIVE THEY LIVE THEIR LIVE THEIR LIVES THEIR LIVES ON LIVES ON THE ON THE GROSS THE GROSS LEVEL. GROSS LEVEL. HE LEVEL. HE WHO HE WHO KNOWS WHO KNOWS HOW KNOWS HOW TO HOW TO LIVE TO LIVE CAN LIVE CAN WALK CAN WALK ABROAD. WALK ABROAD. WITHOUT ABROAD. WITHOUT FEAR WITHOUT FEAR OF FEAR OF RHINOCEROS OF RHINOCEROS OR RHINOCEROS OR TIGER. OR TIGER. HE TIGER. HE WILL HE WILL NOT WILL NOT BE NOT BE WOUNDED BE WOUNDED IN WOUNDED IN BATTLE. IN BATTLE. FOR BATTLE. FOR IN FOR IN HIM IN HIM RHINOCEROSES HIM RHINOCEROSES CAN RHINOCEROSES CAN FIND CAN FIND NO FIND NO PLACE NO PLACE TO PLACE TO THRUST TO THRUST THEIR THRUST THEIR HORN, THEIR HORN, TIGERS HORN, TIGERS NO TIGERS NO PLACE NO PLACE TO PLACE TO USE TO USE THEIR USE THEIR CLAWS, THEIR CLAWS, AND CLAWS, AND WEAPONS AND WEAPONS NO WEAPONS NO PLACE NO PLACE TO PLACE TO PIERCE. TO PIERCE. WHY PIERCE. WHY IS WHY IS THIS IS THIS SO? THIS SO? BECAUSE SO? BECAUSE HE BECAUSE HE HAS HE HAS NO HAS NO PLACE NO PLACE FOR PLACE FOR DEATH FOR DEATH TO DEATH TO ENTER. TO ENTER. THE ENTER. THE BEGINNING THE BEGINNING OF BEGINNING OF THE OF THE UNIVERSE THE UNIVERSE IS UNIVERSE IS THE IS THE MOTHER THE MOTHER OF MOTHER OF ALL OF ALL THINGS. ALL THINGS. KNOWING THINGS. KNOWING THE KNOWING THE MOTHER, THE MOTHER, ONE MOTHER, ONE ALSO ONE ALSO KNOWS ALSO KNOWS THE KNOWS THE SONS. THE SONS. KNOWING SONS. KNOWING THE KNOWING THE SONS, THE SONS, YET SONS, YET REMAINING YET REMAINING IN REMAINING IN TOUCH IN TOUCH WITH TOUCH WITH THE WITH THE MOTHER, THE MOTHER, BRINGS MOTHER, BRINGS FREEDOM BRINGS FREEDOM FROM FREEDOM FROM THE FROM THE FEAR THE FEAR OF FEAR OF DEATH. OF DEATH. KEEP DEATH. KEEP YOUR KEEP YOUR MOUTH YOUR MOUTH SHUT, MOUTH SHUT, GUARD SHUT, GUARD THE GUARD THE SENSES, THE SENSES, AND SENSES, AND LIFE AND LIFE IS LIFE IS EVER IS EVER FULL. EVER FULL. OPEN FULL. OPEN YOUR OPEN YOUR MOUTH, YOUR MOUTH, ALWAYS MOUTH, ALWAYS BE ALWAYS BE BUSY, BE BUSY, AND BUSY, AND LIFE AND LIFE IS LIFE IS BEYOND IS BEYOND HOPE. BEYOND HOPE. SEEING HOPE. SEEING THE SEEING THE SMALL THE SMALL IS SMALL IS INSIGHT; IS INSIGHT; YIELDING INSIGHT; YIELDING TO YIELDING TO FORCE TO FORCE IS FORCE IS STRENGTH. IS STRENGTH. USING STRENGTH. USING THE USING THE OUTER THE OUTER LIGHT, OUTER LIGHT, RETURN LIGHT, RETURN TO RETURN TO INSIGHT, TO INSIGHT, AND INSIGHT, AND IN AND IN THIS IN THIS WAY THIS WAY BE WAY BE SAVED BE SAVED FROM SAVED FROM HARM. FROM HARM. THIS HARM. THIS IS THIS IS LEARNING IS LEARNING CONSTANCY. LEARNING CONSTANCY. IF CONSTANCY. IF I IF I HAVE I HAVE EVEN HAVE EVEN JUST EVEN JUST A JUST A LITTLE A LITTLE SENSE, LITTLE SENSE, I SENSE, I WILL I WILL KEEP WILL KEEP ON KEEP ON THE ON THE MAIN THE MAIN ROAD MAIN ROAD AND ROAD AND MY AND MY ONLY MY ONLY FEAR ONLY FEAR WILL FEAR WILL BE WILL BE STRAYING BE STRAYING FROM STRAYING FROM IT. FROM IT. KEEPING IT. KEEPING TO KEEPING TO THE TO THE MAIN THE MAIN ROAD MAIN ROAD IS ROAD IS EASY. IS EASY. BUT EASY. BUT PEOPLE BUT PEOPLE LOVE PEOPLE LOVE TO LOVE TO BE TO BE SIDETRACKED. BE SIDETRACKED. WHAT SIDETRACKED. WHAT IS WHAT IS FIRMLY IS FIRMLY ESTABLISHED FIRMLY ESTABLISHED CANNOT ESTABLISHED CANNOT BE CANNOT BE UPROOTED. BE UPROOTED. WHAT UPROOTED. WHAT IS WHAT IS FIRMLY IS FIRMLY GRASPED FIRMLY GRASPED CANNOT GRASPED CANNOT SLIP CANNOT SLIP AWAY. SLIP AWAY. IT AWAY. IT WILL IT WILL BE WILL BE HONOURED BE HONOURED GENERATION HONOURED GENERATION TO GENERATION TO GENERATION. TO GENERATION. CULTIVATE GENERATION. CULTIVATE VIRTUE CULTIVATE VIRTUE IN VIRTUE IN YOUR IN YOUR SELF, YOUR SELF, AND SELF, AND VIRTUE AND VIRTUE WILL VIRTUE WILL BE WILL BE REAL. BE REAL. CULTIVATE REAL. CULTIVATE IT CULTIVATE IT IN IT IN THE IN THE FAMILY, THE FAMILY, AND FAMILY, AND VIRTUE AND VIRTUE WILL VIRTUE WILL ABOUND. WILL ABOUND. CULTIVATE ABOUND. CULTIVATE IT CULTIVATE IT IN IT IN THE IN THE VILLAGE, THE VILLAGE, AND VILLAGE, AND VIRTUE AND VIRTUE WILL VIRTUE WILL GROW. WILL GROW. CULTIVATE GROW. CULTIVATE IT CULTIVATE IT IN IT IN THE IN THE NATION, THE NATION, AND NATION, AND VIRTUE AND VIRTUE WILL VIRTUE WILL BE WILL BE ABUNDANT. BE ABUNDANT. CULTIVATE ABUNDANT. CULTIVATE IT CULTIVATE IT IN IT IN THE IN THE UNIVERSE, THE UNIVERSE, AND UNIVERSE, AND VIRTUE AND VIRTUE WILL VIRTUE WILL BE WILL BE EVERYWHERE. BE EVERYWHERE. THEREFORE EVERYWHERE. THEREFORE LOOK THEREFORE LOOK AT LOOK AT THE AT THE BODY THE BODY AS BODY AS BODY; AS BODY; LOOK BODY; LOOK AT LOOK AT THE AT THE FAMILY THE FAMILY AS FAMILY AS FAMILY; AS FAMILY; LOOK FAMILY; LOOK AT LOOK AT THE AT THE VILLAGE THE VILLAGE AS VILLAGE AS VILLAGE; AS VILLAGE; LOOK VILLAGE; LOOK AT LOOK AT THE AT THE NATION THE NATION AS NATION AS NATION; AS NATION; LOOK NATION; LOOK AT LOOK AT THE AT THE UNIVERSE THE UNIVERSE AS UNIVERSE AS UNIVERSE. AS UNIVERSE. HOW UNIVERSE. HOW DO HOW DO I DO I KNOW I KNOW THE KNOW THE UNIVERSE THE UNIVERSE IS UNIVERSE IS LIKE IS LIKE THIS? LIKE THIS? BY THIS? BY LOOKING! BY LOOKING! HE LOOKING! HE WHO HE WHO IS WHO IS FILLED IS FILLED WITH FILLED WITH VIRTUE WITH VIRTUE IS VIRTUE IS LIKE IS LIKE A LIKE A NEWBORN A NEWBORN CHILD. NEWBORN CHILD. WASPS CHILD. WASPS AND WASPS AND SERPENTS AND SERPENTS WILL SERPENTS WILL NOT WILL NOT STING NOT STING HIM; STING HIM; WILD HIM; WILD BEASTS WILD BEASTS WILL BEASTS WILL NOT WILL NOT POUNCE NOT POUNCE UPON POUNCE UPON HIM. UPON HIM. HE HIM. HE WILL HE WILL NOT WILL NOT BE NOT BE ATTACKED BE ATTACKED BY ATTACKED BY BIRDS BY BIRDS OF BIRDS OF PREY. OF PREY. HIS PREY. HIS BONES HIS BONES ARE BONES ARE SOFT, ARE SOFT, HIS SOFT, HIS MUSCLES HIS MUSCLES WEAK, MUSCLES WEAK, BUT WEAK, BUT HIS BUT HIS GRIP HIS GRIP IS GRIP IS FIRM. IS FIRM. HE FIRM. HE HAS HE HAS NOT HAS NOT EXPERIENCED NOT EXPERIENCED THE EXPERIENCED THE UNION THE UNION OF UNION OF MAN OF MAN AND MAN AND WOMAN, AND WOMAN, BUT WOMAN, BUT IS BUT IS WHOLE. IS WHOLE. HIS WHOLE. HIS MANHOOD HIS MANHOOD IS MANHOOD IS STRONG. IS STRONG. HE STRONG. HE SCREAMS HE SCREAMS ALL SCREAMS ALL DAY ALL DAY WITHOUT DAY WITHOUT BECOMING WITHOUT BECOMING HOARSE. BECOMING HOARSE. THIS HOARSE. THIS PERFECT THIS PERFECT HARMONY. PERFECT HARMONY. KNOWING HARMONY. KNOWING HARMONY KNOWING HARMONY IS HARMONY IS CONSTANCY. IS CONSTANCY. KNOWING CONSTANCY. KNOWING CONSTANCY KNOWING CONSTANCY IS CONSTANCY IS ENLIGHTENMENT. IS ENLIGHTENMENT. IT ENLIGHTENMENT. IT IS IT IS NOT IS NOT WISE NOT WISE TO WISE TO RUSH TO RUSH ABOUT. RUSH ABOUT. CONTROLLING ABOUT. CONTROLLING THE CONTROLLING THE BREATH THE BREATH CAUSES BREATH CAUSES STRAIN. CAUSES STRAIN. IF STRAIN. IF TOO IF TOO MUCH TOO MUCH ENERGY MUCH ENERGY IS ENERGY IS USED, IS USED, EXHAUSTION USED, EXHAUSTION FOLLOWS. EXHAUSTION FOLLOWS. THIS FOLLOWS. THIS IS THIS IS NOT IS NOT THE NOT THE WAY THE WAY OF WAY OF TAO. OF TAO. WHATEVER TAO. WHATEVER IS WHATEVER IS CONTRARY IS CONTRARY TO CONTRARY TO TAO TO TAO WILL TAO WILL NOT WILL NOT LAST NOT LAST LONG. LAST LONG. THOSE LONG. THOSE WHO THOSE WHO KNOW WHO KNOW DO KNOW DO NOT DO NOT TALK. NOT TALK. THOSE TALK. THOSE WHO THOSE WHO TALK WHO TALK DO TALK DO NOT DO NOT KNOW. NOT KNOW. KEEP KNOW. KEEP YOUR KEEP YOUR MOUTH YOUR MOUTH CLOSED. MOUTH CLOSED. GUARD CLOSED. GUARD THE GUARD THE SENSES. THE SENSES. TEMPER SENSES. TEMPER YOUR TEMPER YOUR SHARPNESS. YOUR SHARPNESS. SIMPLIFY SHARPNESS. SIMPLIFY YOUR SIMPLIFY YOUR PROBLEMS. YOUR PROBLEMS. MASK PROBLEMS. MASK YOUR MASK YOUR BRIGHTNESS. YOUR BRIGHTNESS. BE BRIGHTNESS. BE AT BE AT ONE AT ONE WITH ONE WITH THE WITH THE DUST THE DUST OF DUST OF THE OF THE EARTH. THE EARTH. THIS EARTH. THIS IS THIS IS PRIMAL IS PRIMAL UNION. PRIMAL UNION. HE UNION. HE WHO HE WHO HAS WHO HAS ACHIEVED HAS ACHIEVED THIS ACHIEVED THIS STATE THIS STATE IS STATE IS UNCONCERNED IS UNCONCERNED WITH UNCONCERNED WITH FRIENDS WITH FRIENDS AND FRIENDS AND ENEMIES, AND ENEMIES, WITH ENEMIES, WITH GOOD WITH GOOD AND GOOD AND HARM, AND HARM, WITH HARM, WITH HONOUR WITH HONOUR AND HONOUR AND DISGRACE. AND DISGRACE. THIS DISGRACE. THIS THEREFORE THIS THEREFORE IS THEREFORE IS THE IS THE HIGHEST THE HIGHEST STATE HIGHEST STATE OF STATE OF MAN. OF MAN. THE MAN. THE SAGE THE SAGE SAYS: SAGE SAYS: I SAYS: I TAKE I TAKE NO TAKE NO ACTION NO ACTION AND ACTION AND PEOPLE AND PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE ARE REFORMED. ARE REFORMED. I REFORMED. I ENJOY I ENJOY PEACE ENJOY PEACE AND PEACE AND PEOPLE AND PEOPLE BECOME PEOPLE BECOME HONEST. BECOME HONEST. I HONEST. I DO I DO NOTHING DO NOTHING AND NOTHING AND PEOPLE AND PEOPLE BECOME PEOPLE BECOME RICH. BECOME RICH. I RICH. I HAVE I HAVE NO HAVE NO DESIRES NO DESIRES AND DESIRES AND PEOPLE AND PEOPLE RETURN PEOPLE RETURN TO RETURN TO THE TO THE GOOD THE GOOD AND GOOD AND SIMPLE AND SIMPLE LIFE. SIMPLE LIFE. WHEN LIFE. WHEN THE WHEN THE COUNTRY THE COUNTRY IS COUNTRY IS RULED IS RULED WITH RULED WITH A WITH A LIGHT A LIGHT HAND, LIGHT HAND, THE HAND, THE PEOPLE THE PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE ARE SIMPLE. ARE SIMPLE. WHEN SIMPLE. WHEN THE WHEN THE COUNTRY THE COUNTRY IS COUNTRY IS RULED IS RULED WITH RULED WITH SEVERITY, WITH SEVERITY, THE SEVERITY, THE PEOPLE THE PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE ARE CUNNING. ARE CUNNING. HAPPINESS CUNNING. HAPPINESS IS HAPPINESS IS ROOTED IS ROOTED IN ROOTED IN MISERY. IN MISERY. MISERY MISERY. MISERY LURKS MISERY LURKS BENEATH LURKS BENEATH HAPPINESS. BENEATH HAPPINESS. WHO HAPPINESS. WHO KNOWS WHO KNOWS WHAT KNOWS WHAT THE WHAT THE FUTURE THE FUTURE HOLDS? FUTURE HOLDS? THERE HOLDS? THERE IS THERE IS NO IS NO HONESTY. NO HONESTY. HONESTY HONESTY. HONESTY BECOMES HONESTY BECOMES DISHONEST. BECOMES DISHONEST. GOODNESS DISHONEST. GOODNESS BECOMES GOODNESS BECOMES WITCHCRAFT. BECOMES WITCHCRAFT. MANS WITCHCRAFT. MANS BEWITCHMENT MANS BEWITCHMENT LASTS BEWITCHMENT LASTS FOR LASTS FOR A FOR A LONG A LONG TIME. LONG TIME. THEREFORE TIME. THEREFORE THE THEREFORE THE SAGE THE SAGE IS SAGE IS SHARP IS SHARP BUT SHARP BUT NOT BUT NOT CUTTING, NOT CUTTING, POINTED CUTTING, POINTED BUT POINTED BUT NOT BUT NOT PIERCING. NOT PIERCING. PRACTICE PIERCING. PRACTICE NON-ACTION. PRACTICE NON-ACTION. WORK NON-ACTION. WORK WITHOUT WORK WITHOUT DOING. WITHOUT DOING. TASTE DOING. TASTE THE TASTE THE TASTELESS. THE TASTELESS. MAGNIFY TASTELESS. MAGNIFY THE MAGNIFY THE SMALL, THE SMALL, INCREASE SMALL, INCREASE THE INCREASE THE FEW. THE FEW. REWARD FEW. REWARD BITTERNESS REWARD BITTERNESS WITH BITTERNESS WITH CARE. WITH CARE. SEE CARE. SEE SIMPLICITY SEE SIMPLICITY IN SIMPLICITY IN THE IN THE COMPLICATED. THE COMPLICATED. ACHIEVE COMPLICATED. ACHIEVE GREATNESS ACHIEVE GREATNESS IN GREATNESS IN LITTLE IN LITTLE THINGS. LITTLE THINGS. IN THINGS. IN THE IN THE UNIVERSE THE UNIVERSE THE UNIVERSE THE DIFFICULT THE DIFFICULT THINGS DIFFICULT THINGS ARE THINGS ARE DONE ARE DONE AS DONE AS IF AS IF THEY IF THEY WERE THEY WERE EASY. WERE EASY. IN EASY. IN THE IN THE UNIVERSE THE UNIVERSE GREAT UNIVERSE GREAT ACTS GREAT ACTS ARE ACTS ARE MADE ARE MADE UP MADE UP OF UP OF SMALL OF SMALL DEEDS. SMALL DEEDS. THE DEEDS. THE SAGE THE SAGE DOES SAGE DOES NOT DOES NOT ATTEMPT NOT ATTEMPT ANYTHING ATTEMPT ANYTHING BIG, ANYTHING BIG, AND BIG, AND THUS AND THUS HE THUS HE ACHIEVES HE ACHIEVES GREATNESS. ACHIEVES GREATNESS. EASY GREATNESS. EASY PROMISES EASY PROMISES MAKE PROMISES MAKE FOR MAKE FOR LITTLE FOR LITTLE TRUST. LITTLE TRUST. TAKING TRUST. TAKING THINGS TAKING THINGS LIGHTLY THINGS LIGHTLY RESULTS LIGHTLY RESULTS IN RESULTS IN GREAT IN GREAT DIFFICULTY. GREAT DIFFICULTY. BECAUSE DIFFICULTY. BECAUSE THE BECAUSE THE SAGE THE SAGE ALWAYS SAGE ALWAYS CONFRONTS ALWAYS CONFRONTS DIFFICULTIES, CONFRONTS DIFFICULTIES, HE DIFFICULTIES, HE NEVER HE NEVER EXPERIENCES NEVER EXPERIENCES THEM. EXPERIENCES THEM. PEACE THEM. PEACE IS PEACE IS EASILY IS EASILY MAINTAINED; EASILY MAINTAINED; TROUBLE MAINTAINED; TROUBLE IS TROUBLE IS EASILY IS EASILY OVERCOME EASILY OVERCOME BEFORE OVERCOME BEFORE IT BEFORE IT STARTS. IT STARTS. THE STARTS. THE BRITTLE THE BRITTLE IS BRITTLE IS EASILY IS EASILY SHATTERED; EASILY SHATTERED; THE SHATTERED; THE SMALL THE SMALL IS SMALL IS EASILY IS EASILY SCATTERED. EASILY SCATTERED. DEAL SCATTERED. DEAL WITH DEAL WITH IT WITH IT BEFORE IT BEFORE IT BEFORE IT HAPPENS. IT HAPPENS. SET HAPPENS. SET THINGS SET THINGS IN THINGS IN ORDER IN ORDER BEFORE ORDER BEFORE THERE BEFORE THERE IS THERE IS CONFUSION. IS CONFUSION. A CONFUSION. A TREE A TREE AS TREE AS GREAT AS GREAT AS GREAT AS A AS A MANS A MANS EMBRACE MANS EMBRACE SPRINGS EMBRACE SPRINGS FROM SPRINGS FROM A FROM A SMALL A SMALL SHOOT; SMALL SHOOT; A SHOOT; A TERRACE A TERRACE NINE TERRACE NINE STORIES NINE STORIES HIGH STORIES HIGH BEGINS HIGH BEGINS WITH BEGINS WITH A WITH A PILE A PILE OF PILE OF EARTH; OF EARTH; A EARTH; A JOURNEY A JOURNEY OF JOURNEY OF A OF A THOUSAND A THOUSAND MILES THOUSAND MILES STARTS MILES STARTS UNDER STARTS UNDER ONES UNDER ONES FEET. ONES FEET. HE FEET. HE WHO HE WHO ACTS WHO ACTS DEFEATS ACTS DEFEATS HIS DEFEATS HIS OWN HIS OWN PURPOSE; OWN PURPOSE; HE PURPOSE; HE WHO HE WHO GRASPS WHO GRASPS LOSES. GRASPS LOSES. THE LOSES. THE SAGE THE SAGE DOES SAGE DOES NOT DOES NOT ACT, NOT ACT, AND ACT, AND SO AND SO IS SO IS NOT IS NOT DEFEATED. NOT DEFEATED. HE DEFEATED. HE DOES HE DOES NOT DOES NOT GRASP NOT GRASP AND GRASP AND THEREFORE AND THEREFORE DOES THEREFORE DOES NOT DOES NOT LOSE. NOT LOSE. PEOPLE LOSE. PEOPLE USUALLY PEOPLE USUALLY FAIL USUALLY FAIL WHEN FAIL WHEN THEY WHEN THEY ARE THEY ARE ON ARE ON THE ON THE VERGE THE VERGE OF VERGE OF SUCCESS. OF SUCCESS. SO SUCCESS. SO GIVE SO GIVE AS GIVE AS MUCH AS MUCH CARE MUCH CARE TO CARE TO THE TO THE END THE END AS END AS TO AS TO THE TO THE BEGINNING; THE BEGINNING; THEN BEGINNING; THEN THERE THEN THERE WILL THERE WILL BE WILL BE NO BE NO FAILURE. NO FAILURE. THEREFORE FAILURE. THEREFORE THE THEREFORE THE SAGE THE SAGE SEEKS SAGE SEEKS FREEDOM SEEKS FREEDOM FROM FREEDOM FROM DESIRE. FROM DESIRE. HE DESIRE. HE DOES HE DOES NOT DOES NOT COLLECT NOT COLLECT PRECIOUS COLLECT PRECIOUS THINGS. PRECIOUS THINGS. HE THINGS. HE LEARNS HE LEARNS NOT LEARNS NOT TO NOT TO HOLD TO HOLD ON HOLD ON TO ON TO IDEAS. TO IDEAS. HE IDEAS. HE BRINGS HE BRINGS MEN BRINGS MEN BACK MEN BACK TO BACK TO WHAT TO WHAT THEY WHAT THEY HAVE THEY HAVE LOST. HAVE LOST. HE LOST. HE HELPS HE HELPS THE HELPS THE TEN THE TEN THOUSAND TEN THOUSAND THINGS THOUSAND THINGS FIND THINGS FIND THEIR FIND THEIR OWN THEIR OWN NATURE, OWN NATURE, BUT NATURE, BUT REFRAINS BUT REFRAINS FROM REFRAINS FROM ACTION. FROM ACTION. EVERYONE ACTION. EVERYONE UNDER EVERYONE UNDER HEAVEN UNDER HEAVEN SAYS HEAVEN SAYS THAT SAYS THAT MY THAT MY TAO MY TAO IS TAO IS GREAT IS GREAT AND GREAT AND BEYOND AND BEYOND COMPARE. BEYOND COMPARE. BECAUSE COMPARE. BECAUSE IT BECAUSE IT IS IT IS GREAT, IS GREAT, IT GREAT, IT SEEMS IT SEEMS DIFFERENT. SEEMS DIFFERENT. IF DIFFERENT. IF IT IF IT WERE IT WERE NOT WERE NOT DIFFERENT, NOT DIFFERENT, IT DIFFERENT, IT WOULD IT WOULD HAVE WOULD HAVE VANISHED HAVE VANISHED LONG VANISHED LONG AGO. LONG AGO. I AGO. I HAVE I HAVE THREE HAVE THREE TREASURES THREE TREASURES WHICH TREASURES WHICH I WHICH I HOLD I HOLD AND HOLD AND KEEP. AND KEEP. THE KEEP. THE FIRST THE FIRST IS FIRST IS MERCY; IS MERCY; THE MERCY; THE SECOND THE SECOND IS SECOND IS ECONOMY; IS ECONOMY; THE ECONOMY; THE THIRD THE THIRD IS THIRD IS DARING IS DARING NOT DARING NOT TO NOT TO BE TO BE AHEAD BE AHEAD OF AHEAD OF OTHERS. OF OTHERS. FROM OTHERS. FROM MERCY FROM MERCY COMES MERCY COMES COURAGE; COMES COURAGE; FROM COURAGE; FROM ECONOMY FROM ECONOMY COMES ECONOMY COMES GENEROSITY; COMES GENEROSITY; FROM GENEROSITY; FROM HUMILITY FROM HUMILITY COMES HUMILITY COMES LEADERSHIP. COMES LEADERSHIP. NOWADAYS LEADERSHIP. NOWADAYS MEN NOWADAYS MEN SHUN MEN SHUN MERCY, SHUN MERCY, BUT MERCY, BUT TRY BUT TRY TO TRY TO BE TO BE BRAVE; BE BRAVE; THEY BRAVE; THEY ABANDON THEY ABANDON ECONOMY, ABANDON ECONOMY, BUT ECONOMY, BUT TRY BUT TRY TO TRY TO BE TO BE GENEROUS; BE GENEROUS; THEY GENEROUS; THEY DO THEY DO NOT DO NOT BELIEVE NOT BELIEVE IN BELIEVE IN HUMILITY, IN HUMILITY, BUT HUMILITY, BUT ALWAYS BUT ALWAYS TRY ALWAYS TRY TO TRY TO BE TO BE FIRST. BE FIRST. THIS FIRST. THIS IS THIS IS CERTAIN IS CERTAIN DEATH. CERTAIN DEATH. MERCY DEATH. MERCY BRINGS MERCY BRINGS VICTORY BRINGS VICTORY IN VICTORY IN BATTLE IN BATTLE AND BATTLE AND STRENGTH AND STRENGTH IN STRENGTH IN DEFENSE. IN DEFENSE. IT DEFENSE. IT IS IT IS THE IS THE MEANS THE MEANS BY MEANS BY WHICH BY WHICH HEAVEN WHICH HEAVEN SAVES HEAVEN SAVES AND SAVES AND GUARDS. AND GUARDS. MY GUARDS. MY WORDS MY WORDS ARE WORDS ARE EASY ARE EASY TO EASY TO UNDERSTAND, TO UNDERSTAND, AND UNDERSTAND, AND EASY AND EASY TO EASY TO PERFORM, TO PERFORM, YET PERFORM, YET NO YET NO MAN NO MAN UNDER MAN UNDER HEAVEN UNDER HEAVEN KNOWS HEAVEN KNOWS THEM KNOWS THEM OR THEM OR PRACTICES OR PRACTICES THEM. PRACTICES THEM. MY THEM. MY WORDS MY WORDS HAVE WORDS HAVE ANCIENT HAVE ANCIENT BEGINNINGS. ANCIENT BEGINNINGS. MY BEGINNINGS. MY ACTIONS MY ACTIONS ARE ACTIONS ARE DISCIPLINED. ARE DISCIPLINED. BECAUSE DISCIPLINED. BECAUSE MEN BECAUSE MEN DO MEN DO NOT DO NOT UNDERSTAND, NOT UNDERSTAND, THEY UNDERSTAND, THEY HAVE THEY HAVE NO HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE NO KNOWLEDGE OF KNOWLEDGE OF ME. OF ME. THOSE ME. THOSE THAT THOSE THAT KNOW THAT KNOW ME KNOW ME ARE ME ARE FEW; ARE FEW; THOSE FEW; THOSE THAT THOSE THAT ABUSE THAT ABUSE ME ABUSE ME ARE ME ARE HONOURED. ARE HONOURED. THEREFORE HONOURED. THEREFORE THE THEREFORE THE SAGE THE SAGE WEARS SAGE WEARS ROUGH WEARS ROUGH CLOTHING ROUGH CLOTHING AND CLOTHING AND HOLDS AND HOLDS THE HOLDS THE JEWEL THE JEWEL IN JEWEL IN HIS IN HIS HEART. HIS HEART. KNOWING HEART. KNOWING IGNORANCE KNOWING IGNORANCE IS IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH. IS STRENGTH. IGNORING STRENGTH. IGNORING KNOWLEDGE IGNORING KNOWLEDGE IS KNOWLEDGE IS SICKNESS. IS SICKNESS. IF SICKNESS. IF ONE IF ONE IS ONE IS SICK IS SICK OF SICK OF SICKNESS, OF SICKNESS, THEN SICKNESS, THEN ONE THEN ONE IS ONE IS NOT IS NOT SICK. NOT SICK. THE SICK. THE SAGE THE SAGE IS SAGE IS NOT IS NOT SICK, NOT SICK, BECAUSE SICK, BECAUSE HE BECAUSE HE IS HE IS SICK IS SICK OF SICK OF SICKNESS. OF SICKNESS. THE SICKNESS. THE TAO THE TAO OF TAO OF HEAVEN OF HEAVEN DOES HEAVEN DOES NOT DOES NOT STRIVE, NOT STRIVE, AND STRIVE, AND YET AND YET IT YET IT OVERCOMES. IT OVERCOMES. IT OVERCOMES. IT DOES IT DOES NOT DOES NOT SPEAK, NOT SPEAK, AND SPEAK, AND YET AND YET IS YET IS ANSWERED. IS ANSWERED. IT ANSWERED. IT DOES IT DOES NOT DOES NOT ASK, NOT ASK, YET ASK, YET IS YET IS SUPPLIED IS SUPPLIED WITH SUPPLIED WITH ALL WITH ALL IT ALL IT NEEDS. IT NEEDS. IT NEEDS. IT SEEMS IT SEEMS AT SEEMS AT EASE, AT EASE, AND EASE, AND YET AND YET IT YET IT FOLLOWS IT FOLLOWS A FOLLOWS A PLAN. A PLAN. HEAVENS PLAN. HEAVENS NET HEAVENS NET CASTS NET CASTS WIDE. CASTS WIDE. THOUGH WIDE. THOUGH ITS THOUGH ITS MESHES ITS MESHES ARE MESHES ARE COARSE, ARE COARSE, NOTHING COARSE, NOTHING SLIPS NOTHING SLIPS THROUGH. SLIPS THROUGH. THE THROUGH. THE TAO THE TAO OF TAO OF HEAVEN OF HEAVEN IS HEAVEN IS TO IS TO TAKE TO TAKE FROM TAKE FROM THOSE FROM THOSE WHO THOSE WHO HAVE WHO HAVE TOO HAVE TOO MUCH TOO MUCH AND MUCH AND GIVE AND GIVE TO GIVE TO THOSE TO THOSE WHO THOSE WHO DO WHO DO NOT DO NOT HAVE NOT HAVE ENOUGH. HAVE ENOUGH. MANS ENOUGH. MANS WAY MANS WAY IS WAY IS DIFFERENT. IS DIFFERENT. HE DIFFERENT. HE TAKES HE TAKES FROM TAKES FROM THOSE FROM THOSE WHO THOSE WHO DO WHO DO NOT DO NOT HAVE NOT HAVE ENOUGH HAVE ENOUGH TO ENOUGH TO GIVE TO GIVE TO GIVE TO THOSE TO THOSE WHO THOSE WHO ALREADY WHO ALREADY HAVE ALREADY HAVE TOO HAVE TOO MUCH. TOO MUCH. WHAT MUCH. WHAT MAN WHAT MAN HAS MAN HAS MORE HAS MORE THAN MORE THAN ENOUGH THAN ENOUGH AND ENOUGH AND GIVES AND GIVES IT GIVES IT TO IT TO THE TO THE WORLD? THE WORLD? ONLY WORLD? ONLY THE ONLY THE SAGE. THE SAGE. THEREFORE SAGE. THEREFORE THE THEREFORE THE SAGE THE SAGE WORKS SAGE WORKS WITHOUT WORKS WITHOUT RECOGNITION. WITHOUT RECOGNITION. HE RECOGNITION. HE ACHIEVES HE ACHIEVES WHAT ACHIEVES WHAT HAS WHAT HAS TO HAS TO BE TO BE DONE BE DONE WITHOUT DONE WITHOUT DWELLING WITHOUT DWELLING ON DWELLING ON IT. ON IT. HE IT. HE DOES HE DOES NOT DOES NOT TRY NOT TRY TO TRY TO SHOW TO SHOW HIS SHOW HIS KNOWLEDGE. HIS KNOWLEDGE. AFTER KNOWLEDGE. AFTER A AFTER A BITTER A BITTER QUARREL, BITTER QUARREL, SOME QUARREL, SOME RESENTMENT SOME RESENTMENT MUST RESENTMENT MUST REMAIN. MUST REMAIN. WHAT REMAIN. WHAT CAN WHAT CAN BE CAN BE DONE BE DONE ABOUT DONE ABOUT IT? ABOUT IT? THEREFORE IT? THEREFORE THE THEREFORE THE SAGE THE SAGE KEEPS SAGE KEEPS HIS KEEPS HIS HALF HIS HALF OF HALF OF THE OF THE BARGAIN, THE BARGAIN, BUT BARGAIN, BUT DOES BUT DOES NOT DOES NOT EXACT NOT EXACT HIS EXACT HIS DUE. HIS DUE. A DUE. A MAN A MAN OF MAN OF VIRTUE OF VIRTUE PERFORMS VIRTUE PERFORMS HIS PERFORMS HIS PART, HIS PART, BUT PART, BUT A BUT A MAN A MAN WITHOUT MAN WITHOUT VIRTUE WITHOUT VIRTUE REQUIRES VIRTUE REQUIRES OTHERS REQUIRES OTHERS TO OTHERS TO FULFIL TO FULFIL THEIR FULFIL THEIR OBLIGATIONS. THEIR OBLIGATIONS. THE OBLIGATIONS. THE TAO THE TAO OF TAO OF HEAVEN OF HEAVEN IS HEAVEN IS IMPARTIAL. IS IMPARTIAL. IT IMPARTIAL. IT STAYS IT STAYS WITH STAYS WITH GOOD WITH GOOD MEN GOOD MEN ALL MEN ALL THE ALL THE TIME. THE TIME. TRUTHFUL TIME. TRUTHFUL WORDS TRUTHFUL WORDS ARE WORDS ARE NOT ARE NOT BEAUTIFUL. NOT BEAUTIFUL. BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFUL. BEAUTIFUL WORDS BEAUTIFUL WORDS ARE WORDS ARE NOT ARE NOT TRUTHFUL. NOT TRUTHFUL. GOOD TRUTHFUL. GOOD MEN GOOD MEN DO MEN DO NOT DO NOT ARGUE. NOT ARGUE. THOSE ARGUE. THOSE WHO THOSE WHO DO WHO DO ARGUE DO ARGUE ARE ARGUE ARE NOT ARE NOT GOOD. NOT GOOD. THOSE GOOD. THOSE WHO THOSE WHO KNOW WHO KNOW ARE KNOW ARE NOT ARE NOT LEARNED. NOT LEARNED. THE LEARNED. THE LEARNED THE LEARNED DO LEARNED DO NOT DO NOT KNOW. NOT KNOW. THE KNOW. THE SAGE THE SAGE NEVER SAGE NEVER TRIES NEVER TRIES TO TRIES TO STORE TO STORE THINGS STORE THINGS UP. THINGS UP. THE UP. THE MORE THE MORE HE MORE HE DOES HE DOES FOR DOES FOR OTHERS, FOR OTHERS, THE OTHERS, THE MORE THE MORE HE MORE HE HAS. HE HAS. THE HAS. THE MORE THE MORE HE MORE HE GIVES HE GIVES TO GIVES TO OTHERS, TO OTHERS, THE OTHERS, THE GREATER THE GREATER HIS GREATER HIS ABUNDANCE. HIS ABUNDANCE. THE ABUNDANCE. THE TAO THE TAO OF TAO OF HEAVEN OF HEAVEN IS HEAVEN IS POINTED IS POINTED BUT POINTED BUT DOES BUT DOES NOT DOES NOT HARM. NOT HARM. THE HARM. THE TAO THE TAO OF TAO OF THE OF THE SAGE THE SAGE IS SAGE IS WORK IS WORK WITHOUT WORK WITHOUT EFFORT. WITHOUT EFFORT.