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... if we considerer Heaven to be the main practices and Earth the auxiliary practices, then the six lines of Earth represent the six ways of transcendence.
Giving is like treading on ice;
Discipline is like being "upright, straight, great". ... living according to orderly and harmonious patterns of conduct. ... embodying good ways... concern for all beings.
Patience is ... the greatest of strength.
Energy is... so that no truth shall escape one.
Meditation concentration is like wearing a "yellow lower garment", because the subtle concentration of central balance pervades the realm of realities.
Wisdom is like a dragon at war, because it destroys predatory passions.
Pure flexibility in correct balance is the epitome of harmonious adaptability.
Accurate attention to reality as it is is upright - this is the body of concentration. Goodness without lack is straight - this is the manifestation of concentration. Far-reaching virtue is great - this is the function of concentration.
If you grasp realization, you will fall into the states of those who opt for individual liberation; though they cannot be blamed for samsara, still they cannot be praised for helping others. If we can be mindful of the vow to help all beings, and not grasp as smallscale realization, then individual liberation will not harm the process of universal liberation.
Yellow is the color associated with the center, the qualitiy of the leader; ... since yellow is a symbol of the center.
Beautification with concentration and wisdom is called "culture". The totality of culture is in nature, so "the culture is in the center".
When good is consummate, then cutting off evil must come to an end; when evil is consummate, then cutting off good must come to an end.
Ascetics practicing step-by-step meditation who fall into uninterrupted hell all use concentration exclusively, not knowing how to balance it with wisdom; therefore they reach an impasse like this.
... it is beneficial to always be correct.
The written statement says: Earth is utterly soft, yet its movement is also firm; it is utterly quiet, yet its quality is straight. By following, it gains direction and has constancy. it embraces myriad beings and enlightens. The path of Earth is obedience, being receptive to the communications of Heaven and acting on them according to the time.
Without knowledge and wisdom, one cannot truly meditate,...
In Buddhist terms, good actions are good, bad actions are not good; noncontamination is good, contamination is not good; helping others is good, just helping oneself is not good; central balance is good, extremism is not good; complete balance is good, mere relative balance is not good. ... if the good controls what is not good, then what is not good is made good.
The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, and it is necessary to make an early clarification of how to take that single step correctly.
Leaders make themselves upright within by sincerity, make themselves outwardly straight by justice.
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