The Sage: He Only Is The Sage
"As I sit quietly, doing nothing, Spring comes, and grass grows of itself."
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The Sage: But when you know
"But when you know What is eternally so
You have Stature
And Stature means Righteousness
And Righteousness is Kingly
And Kingliness Divine
And Divinity is the Way
Which is Final."
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TAO Top 10: Two
"Therefore the sage goes about doing nothing, teaching no-talking."
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TAO Top 10: Three
"If nothing is done, then all will be well."
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Quotations: The Tahitian brotherhood of ORO
"God Appears and God is light
To those poor Souls who dwell in Night,
But does a Human Form Display
To those who Dwell in Realms of Day."
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Quotations: The Mahanta and King David
"So you see the world of Karma [is] a big prison with many rooms and cells. The warden is Brahm and man is the prisoner. His true home is in the nameless region above, but Brahm does not desire that, although he wishes perpetual reform going on constantly within his prison. "
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Chinese Notebooks: Thought
"Society Was To Be Set Right By Calling Everything By Its Right Name."
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Chinese Notebooks: Action
I Take No Action And The People Are Reformed. I Enjoy Peace And People Become Honest. I Use No Force And People Become Rich. I Have No Ambitions And People Return To The Good + Simple Life."
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China: Jade Flower Palace
"Sorrow comes and sits on the spreading grass.
All the while singing, I am overwhelmed with lamentation.
Among these lanes of life disappearing in the distance,
Who can make himself eternal?"