farmers
Plain country folk with rounded bodies,
Skin turning to bronze in the valley heat.
why talk to the about Tao?
The eat when they are hungry,
They sleep when they are sleepy.
Even a sage with infinite permutations
could not match their simplicity.
Do you want to know
about simplicity? Go live with farmers. Their daily activities are
coordinated with the seasons, they are close to the earth, and they do
not spend their time figuring out how to attain status. They are honest
and plain. They make no distinction between who they are as individuals
and who they are as farmers.
Those of us who live in cities would be hard pressed to equal the
farmer in simplicity. Simplicity, after all, is what Tao most
celebrates. Who needs to know all the digits of pi? Who needs to
engineer a new monetary policy? Who needs to strive for political
office? None of these things is necessary to be a human being.
Give up unnecessary things.
farmers
365 Tao
daily meditations
Deng Ming-Dao (author)
ISBN 0-06-250223-9
Peach
blossom on the mountain.
Xu Jian Ming
http://www.chinafinearts.com/jian.htm
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