Chapter 48

Te Ao Mō Ngāi ako me te Tāone

为学日益,为道日损。损之又损,以至于无为。无为而无不为。
取天下常以无事,及其有事,不足以取天下。
He mea whakapiki ake i te mō te ako, he mea whakaiti ake i te mō te Tāone. Ka whakaiti tonu, ka whakaiti, kia tae ki te kore mahi. Nā te kore mahi, kāhore he mea kore e oti. Ki te hiakai koe ki te ao, me noho kore āwangawanga. Nā, i te nui o te mahi, kāhore e taea te ao.

Whakaaroaro Hōhonu

He aha tēnei upoko mō?

Kua whakaaturia e tēnei upoko te rerekētanga nui i waenganui i te rapu mātauranga me te rapu i te Tāone. Ahakoa te ako ka tāpiri, ka tāpiri; engari mā te Tāone ka tangohia, ka tangohia ngā mea katoa. Ko te mutunga iho, ko te non-action te hua nunui rawa.

He aha tēnei ki ahau?

Kei te mōhio ahau kia pēhea te kaha o te mātauranga ki te whakapoke i ōku whakaaro. Ahakoa he pai te mōhio, kei te noho ēnei mōhiotanga hei taupuga i aku hononga ki te Tāone. Me āta whakareri kia ngāwari ai ōku ngākau kia whakarērerea ngā mea katoa e pehi ana i a au.

He aha tāku mahi āpōpō?

I tēnei rā, me whakamātau kia iti iho ōku mahi. Ahakoa he mea pai te mahi, me mōhio kāhore he take kia nui rawa. Me hikoi, me noho, me tāruarua ngā whakaaro mō te take ka pēhea ai tērā mahi. Kia kore ai te mahi kia whai take ai.

Wāhanga Honohono

Ōku Huritao

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

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