Chapter 44

Te Ingoa me te Tinana, tēhea te Mea e Aroha nuitia ana

名与身孰亲?身与货孰多?得与亡孰病?
是故甚爱必大费,多藏必厚亡。
知足不辱,知止不殆,可以长久。
Nō reira, ko te tino aroha ki te korōria ka nui rawa te pūtea ka pau; ko te tino kohikohi taonga ka nui rawa te ngaronga.

He mōhio ki te noho pūmanawa, kāore e whakama; he mōhio ki te tū aunoa, kāore e mauiui; ka taea te noho roa.

Whakaaroaro Hōhonu

He aha tēnei upoko mō?

Kei te tohu tēnei upi i te uara o te tinana me te wairua, arā, kia kaua e nui rawa te hiakai ki te korōria, ki te taonga rānei. He mea nui ake te oranga tinana me te oranga wairua i te ingoa me ngā taonga o te ao nei. Ko te tikanga, me noho pūmanawa, me mōhio ki te wā e tika ai kia mutu.

He aha tēnei ki ahau?

Ka noho whakaaro ahau ki ngā mea e whai nei ahau i tēnei ao - te ingoa papai, ngā taonga, te whakaputanga. Engari, kei te mōhio ahau, kāore he pūtaketanga o aua mea. Ko tāku e hiahia nei, kia noho pūmau ahau ki tāku anō, kia kaua e raru i ngā mea ka ngaro.

He aha tāku mahi āpōpō?

I tēnei rā, ka mau ahau ki te noho whakaaroaro mō ōku hiahia. Ka āta titiro ahau ki ngā mea e tino hiahiatia nei e au, ka tīpoka rānei i aua hiahia kāore e hira. Ka whakanuia ōku ngākau ki ngā mea mōku tonu.

Wāhanga Honohono

Ōku Huritao

He aha tēnei wāhanga e whakaoho i a koe? Ka pēhea koe e whakamahi ai?

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