Singapore time 8.38 am 8th July 2008Do inaction (meditation), working without work, smell non-smell. Big or small, plenty or less, requite anger with virtue. Take tough jobs in hand while they are easy; handle great affairs while they are small. The world's troubles must be handled when they are still easy. The world's great affairs must be handled while they are still small.
That is why, the Sage does not declare himself great, so he can be the greatest. Oh, a promise lightly proclaimed, inspires little confidence; plenty easiness must have plenty troubles. Therefore the Sage likes the hardship, so always has no hardship.
This is a message for the Sage King. Again here it stresses on inaction 'wu wei'. This is mainly meditation. The Sage undergoes hardship in self cultivation. So he cannot be rich with luxury. Requite anger with virtue is the hardest to do. When your wife objects you doing meditation and eating vegetarian food, what can you do ? This is the hardest part of self cultivation when family members object. So tolerance and perseverance have to be employed. They are to act this manner to test the Sage's endurance.
The flowering of the Sage will change the world. A man can just do that. It is no use trying all philosophy and teaching on politics to make peace on earth. Or else Maitreya Buddha will not come down. Elijah will not come down. Son of Perdition will not appear. Son of Man will not preach like Noah in Luke chapter 17, etc.
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