empty the self ccpletely;

embrace perfect peace.

the world will rise and move;

watch it return to rest.

all the flourishing things

will return to their source.

this return is peaceful;

it is the flow of nature,

an eternal decay and renewal.

accepting this brings enlightenment,

ignoring this brings misery.

who accepts nature’s flow becces all-cherishing;

being all-cherishing he becces impartial;

being impartial he becces magnanimous;

being magnanimous he becces natural;

being natural he becces one with the way;

being one with the way he becces immortal:

though his body will decay, the way will not.