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The Three Principle Texts of Daoism translated by ... - Bad Request

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37.Discard the stimuli <strong>of</strong> purpose. Free the mind fromdisturbances. Get rid <strong>of</strong> entanglements to virtue. Piercethe obstructions to Tao.38.A one-legged man discards ornament, his exterior notbeing open to commendation. Condemned criminals willgo up to great heights without fear, for they no longerregard life and death from their former point <strong>of</strong> view.And those who pay no attention to their moral clothingand condition become oblivious <strong>of</strong> their own personality;and <strong>by</strong> thus becoming oblivious <strong>of</strong> their personality, theyproceed to be the people <strong>of</strong> God.Wherefore, if men revere them, they rejoice not. If meninsult them, they are not angered. But only those whohave passed into the eternal harmony <strong>of</strong> God are capable<strong>of</strong> this.If your anger is external, not internal, it will be angerproceeding from not-anger. If your actions are external,not internal, they will be actions proceeding from

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