We live happily indeed, not hating those who hate us! Among people who hate us we dwell free from hatred! We live happily indeed, free from ailments among the indisposed! Among men who are unwell we dwell free from ailments! We live happily indeed, free from greed among the greedy! Among people who are greedy, let us dwell free from greed! We live happily indeed, though we call nothing our own! We shall be like the bright gods, feeding on happiness! Victory breeds hatred, for the conquered is unhappy. People, who have given up both victory and defeat, are contented and happy. There is no fire like passion; there is no immoral like hatred; there is no pain like this bodily existence; there is no happiness higher than peace. Hunger is the worst of diseases, bodily demands the greatest foul; if one knows this truly, that is Nirvana (not the band, but a state of happiness and peace) the highest happiness. Health is the greatest of gifts, contentedness the best riches; trust is the best of relationships, Nirvana the highest happiness.

 People who have tasted the sweetness of solitude and tranquility becomes free from fear and sin, while one tastes the sweetness of drinking in the law. The sight of the elect is good, to live with them is always happiness; if people do not see fools, one will be truly happy. One who walks in the company of fools suffers a long way; company with fools, as with an enemy, is always painful; company with the wise is happiness, like meeting with kinsfolk (family). Therefore, one ought to follow the wise, the intelligent, the learned, the much-enduring, the dutiful, the elect; one ought to follow such a good and wise man, as the moon follows the path of the stars. Under Heaven, all can see beauty, as gorgeousness only because there is cruelty. All can know good as good only because there is maliciousness. Therefore, having and not having arisen together. Difficult and tranquility complement each other. Long and short contrast each other; high and low rest upon each other; voice and sound harmonize each other; front and back follow one another. Therefore, the sage (spiritual leader) goes about doing nothing, teaching no-talking.

 Then ten thousand things rise and fall without cease, creating, yet not possessing, working, yet not taking credit. Work is done, then forgotten. Therefore, it lasts forever. Your life may have a limit, but knowledge has none. *If you use what is limited to pursue what has no limit, you will be in danger. If you understand this and still strive for knowledge, you will be in danger for certain! If you do good, stay away from fame. If you do malevolent things, stay away from punishments. Follow the middle; goo by what is constant, and you can stay in once peace, keep yourself alive, look after your parent, and live out your years. How do I know that the dead do not wonder why they ever longed for life? People who dream of drinking wine may weep when the morning comes; people who dreams of weeping may in the morning go off to hunt. While one is dreaming, this person does not know it is a dream, and in this dream an individual may even try to interpret a dream. Only after one wakes does the person awakens does this individual know it was a dream. And someday there will be a great awakening when we know that this is all a great dream. However, the ill-advised believe they are awake, busily and brightly assuming they understand things, calling this person a ruler, that one a leader—how unwise! Confucius and you are both dreaming! And when I say you are dreaming, I am dreaming too. Words like these will be labeled the Supreme Swindle.