Chapter 13

Te Korōria me te Whakahe Ka Mea i te Ohorere

宠辱若惊,贵大患若身。
何谓宠辱若惊?宠为下,得之若惊,失之若惊,是谓宠辱若惊。
何谓贵大患若身?吾所以有大患者,为吾有身,及吾无身,吾有何患?
故贵以身为天下,若可寄天下;爱以身为天下,若可托天下。
Nā te korōria me te whakahe, ka mea i a tātou kia ohorere. Ka whakanuia te mōrearea nui, me te tinana anō. Ki te kōrero ake, he aha te tikanga o te korōria me te whakahe ka mea i a tātou kia ohorere? Ina kei raro te korōria, ina riro, ka ohorere tātou; ina ngaro, ka ohorere anō tātou. Koinei te tikanga o te korōria me te whakahe ka mea i a tātou kia ohorere. Ki te kōrero ake, he aha te tikanga o te whakanui i te mōrearea nui, me te tinana anō? Nā te mea he tinana tōku, nō reira he mōrearea nui tōku. Engari mehemea kāhore ōku tinana, he aha ōku mōrearea? Nō reira, mā te whakanui i te tinana hei ao whānui, ka taea te tukuna te ao ki a ia; mā te aroha i te tinana hei ao whānui, ka taea te tuku i te ao ki a ia.

Whakaaroaro Hōhonu

He aha tēnei upoko mō?

Koinei te pouako: ina tū tātau ki ngā wāhi whakanui, ka ohorere tātau; ina hinga tātau, ka ohorere anō tātau. Ko te pūtake o ēnei ohorere katoa ko tā tātau aro nui ki te tinana, ki ōna hiahia, ki ōna mōrearea. Engatore tēnei, ko te hunga e whakanui ana i ō rātau ake tinana, ka āhua rite ki te hunga e here ana ki ngā aituā. Ka kīia ake rā, mā te ako ki te whakanui i te ao whānui me ōna tāngata, mā te whakapau i te māngai roa, ka taea te tiaki i te ao whānui.

He aha tēnei ki ahau?

I ēnei rā, ka rongo ahau i ngā piko o te ngākau ina korōria ahau, ā, ina whakahehia anō ahau. Ka mōhio ahau, kāore ōku mōrearea i takea mai i waho, engari i ōku ake here ki te whakawhirinaki ki te korōria o ēnei ao. Ko te ako nui mōku ko te āta noho, ko te mōhio ko tēnei tinana he tāonga, he waka anake, kāhore he take ki te here kaha. Mēnā ka taea e ahau te āta wānanga i tēnei, ka kaha ake ōku noho, ka iti ake ōku pāpāngi ki ngā mea ka tūpato ahau.

He aha tāku mahi āpōpō?

I tēnei rā, ka whakamātau ahau ki te noho mō ngā mea e rangona ai i a au te korōria me te whakahe. Ka āta tū ahau, ka ngana ki te āta mōhio: kāhore te ao e pērā ana i tōku whakaaro. Ka kōrero ahau ki a au anō: ko ngā mea e pā mai nei ki ahau, he tāngata, he āhua noa iho. Ka whakamātau ahau ki te tākaro kōrero māori, ki te waiata, ki te hōhonu o te manawa, kia āta noho, kia āta mōhio ko te ao, kāhore he mea ki te here.

Wāhanga Honohono

Ōku Huritao

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