04道德经英译本85种-第94章
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The seer's vast immensity
Is truly less than minuscule
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All is born of emptiness
Manifests and has its day
Then yields and surrenders
Returns and dies away
Commentary
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When seers see their nothingness
They never let it out of sight
But others see it now and then
And miss out on its true delight
Still others only laugh it off
And look at it with ridicule
It wouldn't be the real truth
If it weren't laughed at by the fool
The brightest way seems darkness
Just going on seems like retreat
The simple way seems difficult
Capacity seems like defeat
Clarity can seem obscure
And love seem not to care
Totality seems not enough
And truth can seem to err
Awareness doesn't have a name
To all appearances is null
Yet it produces everything
And so this empty place is full
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Awareness comes from nothingness
So all can see it's plainly one
Contains all opposition
Ten thousand things are now begun
All these things embrace the void
And face the manifest
Achieving thus true harmony
They find existence truly blessed
No one wants to be considered
Empty and alone
Yet that's exactly what the seers
Say they have been shown
And violence is not the way
I give you this instruction
Those who live by violence
Will bring about their own destruction
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Overcome by yielding
The weak can overcome the strong
For only absence can provide
The place where everything belongs
And thus it is that I can see
The worthiness of not contending
Yet few will ever comprehend
The potency of bending
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Which of these means more to you
Integrity or reputation?
Are gain and loss not equally
Responsible for limitation?
Everything that you possess
Is surely transitory
Just be pleased with emptiness
And witness inner bliss and glory
You know that your are always safe
If only you can be contented
With awareness as capacity
And with all that is presented
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Wholeness seems like imperfection
Yet its usefulness is sure
Fullness seems quite empty
But it is certain to endure
True straightness can seem twisted
True wisdom does not seem to know
Great eloquence seems halting
Great darkness seems to be aglow
Can you see that emptiness
Contains all oppositions?
Like hot and cold and fast and slow?
All differences and all conditions?
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When the absolute is cherished
Horses graze on the open green
When the absolute is lost
Only steeds of war are seen
No calamity exceeds desire
And always wanting more
Can you not see you have enough
And live in plenitude galore?
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No need to go outside a door
To see totality
Or look out of a window
For seeing what will always be
Going out you go astray
At home and center all is one
The seer doesn't have to do
To see that everything is done
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In going after learning
Something's added every day
For resting in the ultimate
Everything must drop away
Day by day do less and less
Until nothingness is seen
All occurs quite on its own
A doer need not intervene
Allow all things to run their course
If you want to be proficient
Make a fuss and bother
And existence will be insufficient
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The seer doesn't own a thought
For thoughts do not reside within
Thoughts concern ten thousand things
And that's the way it's always been
The seer doesn't rush to judge
And treats all people well
Considers no one bad or good
Attracts but never does repel
The seer trusts things as they are
And takes all people at their word
Giving trust to everyone
Knows faithfulness will be returned
The seer turns your view around
So you can never be beguiled
And gives you back all that you lost
The vision of a little child
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Between the time when they are born
And the time that they will die
Three in ten will follow life
Three others only will deny
Three others are so casual
They live as though they're passing through
But one remains who clearly sees
There's not a single thing to do
Can you be like the one who sees
The world emerging on its own?
What's needed for each moment
Arises from the great unknown
This one doesn't have a fear
Of weaponry or wild beast
These enemies can't harm the one
Whose separate self is long deceased
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Everything arises
From this total emptiness
Is nourished and completed
And finds creation blessed
All things arise from nothingness
Are cared for by existence
Which freely gives what is required
For bountiful subsistence
Existence does not make a claim
On what it has created
It nourishes and serves and leads
Is honored and appreciated
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All things emerge from nullity
The only derivation
Of everything that manifests
The source of all creation
Stay in touch with origin
There's nothing that you need deny
Seeing your totality
You will not fear to die
Do not be in haste to speak
And always guard the senses
You will find your heart at peace
And in the place where all commences
See the subtle and the clear
It is the empty source of light
There is no danger in this place
That is forever in plain sight
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This way is wide and easy
Yet people love to stray
They love to take the sidetracks
And wander from the way
When the few are rich and wealthy
Living way above their needs
The granaries are empty
And the fields are full of weeds
When rulers spend on weapons
And implements of war
It's a never ending circle
Of ever wanting more
When the rich have all abundance
What remains must surely dwindle
Having more than you can use
Is thievery and fraud and swindle
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Hold fast to this awareness
Seeing that it is your root
It will not ever slip away
This ever present absolute
It cannot be uprooted
It's always held in veneration
Discovered very close at hand
In every generation
Allow its presence in your life
Awareness real and profound
Allow it in the family
Its blessings will abound
And if you care to share it
With neighbor and with friend
Its potency will multiply
With benefits that never end
You ask me how I know it's true
It isn't something I mistook
Well nothing is more obvious
The only thing I do is look
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One who sees full emptiness
Is like a child just born
With muscles weak and bones so soft
Yet with a grip that's strong
The newborn hasn't been fulfilled
Its nature is pure vacancy
Nullity and nothingness
And potent spontaneity
It can scream and cry all day
And yet it never does get hoarse
It only does what naturally
Emerges from the inner source
To see this inner nature
Is seeing in a way that's bold
Into the only place there is
That cannot possibly grow old
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Those who know don't like to say
Those who say don't know
Close the mouth and guard the senses
You'll see more than what's on show
Untie tangles; dim the glare
Dull the sharp and join the dust
Abide in primal unity
And then do what you must
You cannot hold it or let go
It can't be blamed or praised
In all…embracing oneness
Be astonished and amazed
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To truly lead with fairness
You must put aside control
Abandon imposition
Make spontaneity your goal
The more you try to run their lives
With rules and prohibition
The poorer people's lives become
The