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Old 09-09-2016, 12:10 AM
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Simplicity

"Plain country folk with rounded bodies,
Skin turning to bronze in the valley heat.
Why talk to them about Tao?
They eat when they are hungry,
They sleep when they are sleepy.
Even a sage with infinite permutations
Could not match their simplicity."

-- Deng Ming Dao, "Farmers"
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