Wherever and whenever
the mind is found attached to anything,
make haste to detach yourself from it. When you
tarry for any length of time it will turn
again into your old
home town.
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how long can a phantom-like body last?
Don’t
seek fame or
Just pass this life as is, according to
circumstances. When the breath is gone, who is in
charge? After the death of the body, there is only an empty
name. When your clothes are worn, repair them over and
over; when you have no food, work to provide. How
long can a phantom-like body last? Would you
increase your ignorance for the sake
of its idle concerns?
men raise children on trivialities
It certainly wasn’t
fish who discovered water or
birds the air. Men built houses in part
out of embarrassment by the stars and raised
their children on trivialities because they had butchered
the god within themselves. The politician standing on
the church steps thrives within the grandeur
of this stupidity, a burnt out lamp
who never imagined
the sun.
the way is without words
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In its essence,
the Way is without words.
All this talking and pointing
and carrying on, only signposts.
Gather too many of them
and they’ll weigh you
down. Just be
silent.
Stop searching for
phrases and chasing after words.
Take the backward step and turn the light inward.
Your body-mind of itself will drop off and your
original face will appear. If you want
to attain just this, immediately
practice just this.
tao is like streams flowing to the sea
The primal eternal Tao
is an unnameable simplicity.
Though small, there is nothing
under all of heaven that
can subjugate it.
If a leader abides by it,
all beings are naturally
drawn to him.
Heaven and
earth come together
in harmony and sweet rain falls
everywhere. People cooperate
voluntarily, without any
instruction.
Tao in the world
is like streams flowing
into the sea.
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