They should think their (coarse) food sweet; their (plain) clothes beautiful;
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They should think their (coarse) food sweet; their (plain) clothes
beautiful; their (poor) dwellings places of rest; and their common
(simple) ways sources of enjoyment
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Therefore the sage manages affairs without doing anything, and
conveys his
Therefore the sage manages affairs without doing anything, and conveys his instructions without the use of speech ... Therefore the sage puts his own person last, and yet
Therefore the sage puts his own person last, and yet it is found in the foremost place; he treats his person as if it were foreign to him, and yet that person is preserved Is it not because he has no personal and private ends, that therefore such ends... Therefore the sage seeks to satisfy (the craving of) the
Therefore the sage seeks to satisfy (the craving of) the belly, and not the (insatiable longing of the) eyes He puts from him the latter, and prefers to seek the former ... Therefore the sage, in the exercise of his government, empties their
Therefore the sage, in the exercise of his government, empties their minds, fills their bellies, weakens their wills, and strengthens their bones ... Therefore the sages got their knowledge without travelling; gave their (right)
Therefore the sages got their knowledge without travelling; gave their (right) names to things without seeing them; and accomplished their ends without any purpose of doing so ... Therefore the sentence-makers have thus expressed themselves:-- 'The Tao,
Therefore the sentence-makers have thus expressed themselves:-- 'The Tao, when brightest seen, seems light to lack; Who progress in it makes, seems drawing back; Its even way is like a rugged track Its highest virtue from the vale doth ri... Therefore when one is making the Tao his business, those
Therefore when one is making the Tao his business, those who are also pursuing it, agree with him in it, and those who are making the manifestation of its course their object agree with him in that; while even those who are failing in both these things... Therefore when the sovereign occupies his place as the Son
Therefore when the sovereign occupies his place as the Son of Heaven, and he has appointed his three ducal ministers, though (a prince) were to send in a round symbol-of-rank large enough to fill both the hands, and that as the precursor of the team of... Therefore, one ought to follow the wise, the intelligent, the learned,
Therefore, one ought to follow the wise, the intelligent, the learned, the much enduring, the dutiful, the elect; one ought to follow a good and wise man, as the moon follows the path of the stars Pleasure ... These wise people, meditative, steady, always possessed of strong powers, attain
These wise people, meditative, steady, always possessed of strong powers, attain to Nirvana, the highest happiness ... They depart with their thoughts well-collected, they are not happy in
They depart with their thoughts well-collected, they are not happy in their abode; like swans who have left their lake, they leave their house and home ... They lead a tamed elephant to battle, the king mounts
They lead a tamed elephant to battle, the king mounts a tamed elephant; the tamed is the best among men, he who silently endures abuse ... They should think their (coarse) food sweet; their (plain) clothes beautiful;
They should think their (coarse) food sweet; their (plain) clothes beautiful; their (poor) dwellings places of rest; and their common (simple) ways sources of enjoyment ... They who are ashamed of what they ought not to
They who are ashamed of what they ought not to be ashamed of, and are not ashamed of what they ought to be ashamed of, such men, embracing false doctrines enter the evil path ... They who fear when they ought not to fear, and
They who fear when they ought not to fear, and fear not when they ought to fear, such men, embracing false doctrines, enter the evil path ... They who forbid when there is nothing to be forbidden,
They who forbid when there is nothing to be forbidden, and forbid not when there is something to be forbidden, such men, embracing false doctrines, enter the evil path ... They who imagine truth in untruth, and see untruth in
They who imagine truth in untruth, and see untruth in truth, never arrive at truth, but follow vain desires ... They who know me are few, and I am on
They who know me are few, and I am on that account (the more) to be prized It is thus that the sage wears (a poor garb of) hair cloth, while he carries his (signet of) jade in his bosom ... They who know truth in truth, and untruth in untruth,
They who know truth in truth, and untruth in untruth, arrive at truth, and follow true desires ... They who know what is forbidden as forbidden, and what
They who know what is forbidden as forbidden, and what is not forbidden as not forbidden, such men, embracing the true doctrine, enter the good path The Elephant ... They who preserve this method of the Tao do not
They who preserve this method of the Tao do not wish to be full (of themselves) It is through their not being full of themselves that they can afford to seem worn and not appear new and complete ... Thirst
The thirst of a thoughtless man grows like a creeper; he runs from life to life, like a monkey seeking fruit in the forest. Whomsoever this fierce poisonous thirst overcomes, in this world, his sufferings increase like the abounding Birana grass... This body is wasted, full of sickness, and frail; this
This body is wasted, full of sickness, and frail; this heap of corruption breaks to pieces, life indeed ends in death ... This honouring of the Tao and exalting of its operation
This honouring of the Tao and exalting of its operation is not the result of any ordination, but always a spontaneous tribute ...