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Po Chu I. Resignation
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
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veda sama veda yajur veda
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