empty the self completely;

　　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 becomes all-cherishing;

　　being all-cherishing he becomes impartial;

　　being impartial he becomes magnanimous;

　　being magnanimous he becomes natural;

　　being natural he becomes one with the way;

　　being one with the way he becomes immortal:

　　though his body will decay, the way will not.