Verse 48
To become learned, gain daily
To obtain Tao, reduce daily
Reduce and reduce again
until all action is reduced to non-action
Then no one is left
Nothing is done
yet nothing is left undone
One who gives freely and without attachment
gets a full life in return
One who gives with the secret hope of getting
is merely engaged in business
Truly, they neither give nor receive
any of the treasure from this world below Heaven
To obtain Tao, reduce daily
Reduce and reduce again
until all action is reduced to non-action
Then no one is left
Nothing is done
yet nothing is left undone
One who gives freely and without attachment
gets a full life in return
One who gives with the secret hope of getting
is merely engaged in business
Truly, they neither give nor receive
any of the treasure from this world below Heaven
