Violent Rains
Translation by Tree Buffalo
Few words are natural.
Just like violent winds won’t outlast the morning and violent rains won’t outlast the day.
Nature causes these things.
And if Nature can’t make this stuff last long, how much less can humans?!
So, follow Nature’s way in your daily activities.
Nature’s way is to become one with Nature.
Like gain becomes one with gain, and loss becomes one with loss.
Thus, those who identify with Nature are happily accepted by Nature.
Those who identify with virtue are happily accepted by virtue.
And those who identify with loss are happily accepted by loss.
Read some of the first English translations of Chapter 23 here.
