1. Jadelike purity has left a secret of freedom
In the lower world:
Congeal the spirit in the lair of energy,
And you'll suddenly see
White snow flying in midsummer,
The sun blazing in the water at midnight.
Going along harmoniously,
You roam in the heavens
Then return to absorb
The virtues of the receptive
2. There is another line, a mystery within a mystery: "The homeland of
nothing whatsoever is the true abode” The depths of the mystery are all
contained in a single measured verse.
3. The essence of the great Way is to act purposefully without striving.
Because of nonstriving, one does not cling to local conventions, forms, or
images; but because of not striving yet acting purposefully, one does not fall
into indifferent emptiness, dead voidness.
