Don’t try
to hold onto the wave
that’s breaking against your foot.
So long as you stand in the stream,
fresh waves will always
keep breaking
against it.
merge the outside and inside into one
In the
practice of the Way,
nothing is forced. Remaining
at home in quiet concentration,
you merge the outside
and inside into
one.
At peace
with everything,
unlearned, unworried,
untouched by phenomena,
you enter into reality
as an ordinary
person.
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all forms are ephemeral and transitional
Heaven and
Earth are not sentimental;
they regard all things as dispensable.
The sage isn’t sentimental, either;
He views all forms as
ephemeral and
transitional.
Tao is
like a bellows:
empty but inexhaustible.
The more you move it the more it makes.
Too much talk about it evaporates
your understanding, though.
Simply stay at the center
of the circle.
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every thing is no thing
Whip
and tether, self
and bull, every thing
is no thing. The clear blue
sky is unmarked by a message.
Could a snowflake persist
in a flaming fire? This
is the place of
masters.
those who awaken never rest
Those who
awaken never rest in one place.
Like swans, they rise and leave the lake.
On the air they rise and fly an invisible course.
Their food is knowledge. They live on
emptiness. They have seen how
to break free. Who can
follow them?