Sacred Vessel
Translation by Tree Buffalo
It takes desire to conquer the world and turn it into something.
I believe those who try will not succeed in the end.
The world is a sacred vessel that cannot be controlled!
Controlling it ruins it.
Grasping for it loses it.
It works like this:
things sometimes lead and other times follow;
sometimes breathe out and other times breathe in;
sometimes get stronger and other times get weaker;
sometimes overcome and other times give in.
This is why the wise person abandons extremes, abandons extravagance, and abandons excess.
Read some of the first English translations of Chapter 29 here.
