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Po Chu I. Resignation

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"More Translations from the Chinese", by Arthur Waley, [1919],

p. 99

[62] Resignation

Keep off your thoughts from things that are past and done;

For thinking of the past wakes regret and pain.

Keep off your thoughts from thinking what will happen;

To think of the future fills one with dismay.

Better by day to sit like a sack in your chair;

Better by night to lie a stone in your bed.

When food comes, then open your mouth;

When sleep comes, then close your eyes.
veda sama veda yajur veda| veda sama veda yajur veda
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