Become totally empty Quiet the restlessness of the mind Only then will you witness everything unfolding from emptiness See all things flourish and dance in endless variation And once again merge back into perfect emptiness— Their true repose Their true nature Emerging, flourishing, dissolving back again This is the eternal process of return
To know this process brings enlightenment To miss this process brings disaster
Be still Stillness reveals the secrets of eternity Eternity embraces the all-possible The all-possible leads to a vision of oneness A vision of oneness brings about universal love Universal love supports the great truth of Nature The great truth of Nature is Tao
Whoever knows this truth lives forever The body may perish, deeds may be forgotten But he who has Tao has all eternity