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This document can be acquired from a sub-directory coombspapers via anonymous
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FTP and COOMBSQUEST gopher on the node COOMBS.ANU.EDU.AU The document's
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ftp filename and the full directory path are given in the coombspapers top
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level INDEX file.
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date of the document's last update/modification {TIME \@ "dd/MM/yy"|03/09/93}
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This file is the work of Stan Rosenthal. It has been placed here, with his
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kind permission, by Bill Fear. The author has asked that no hard copies,
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ie. paper copies, are made.
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Stan Rosenthal may be contacted at 44 High street, St. Davids, Pembrokeshire,
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Dyfed, Wales, UK.
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Bill Fear may be contacted at 29 Blackweir Terrace, Cathays, Cardiff, South
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Glamorgan, Wales, UK. email fear@thor.cf.ac.uk.
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Please use email as first method of contact, if possible. Messages can be
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sent to Stan Rosenthal via the above email address - they will be forwarded
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on in person by myself.
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................................Beginning of file............................
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THE SONG OF CH'AN TAO CHIA
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(THE PRECEPTS OF ZEN TAOISM)
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Have compassion for all sentient beings,
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causing them no unnecessary hurt, nor needless harm.
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Refrain from needless competitiveness,
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from contriving for self-advantage,
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and from subjugating others.
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When accepting authority over others,
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know also that you accept responsibility for their wellbeing.
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Value true friendship, and fulfill your obligations,
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rather than striving with egotistical motive.
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Seek liberation from the negative passions
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of hatred, envy, greed and rage,
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and especially from delusion,
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deceit and sensory desire.
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Learn to let go of that which cannot be owned,
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or which is destroyed by grasping.
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Seek the courage to be;
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defend yourself, and your convictions.
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Accept transience, the inevitable and the irrevocable.
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Know that change exists in everything.
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Negate the barriers to your awakening;
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discover the positive in the negative,
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and seek a meaningful purpose in what you do.
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Be just and honourable;
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take pride in what you do,
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rather than being proud of what you have accomplished.
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Having humility and respect,
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give thanks to those from whom you learn,
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or who have otherwise helped you.
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Act in harmony with your fellow beings,
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with nature, and with inanimate objects.
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Know that a thing or an action
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which may seem of little value to oneself,
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may be a priceless treasure to another.
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Help those who are suffering or disadvantaged,
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and as you yourself become awakened,
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help those who seek to make real their own potential.
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Know that there is no shame in questioning.
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Be diligent in your practice,
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and on hearing the music of the absolute,
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do not be so foolish as to try to sing its song.
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Remember to renew the source,
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in order to retain good health.
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Seek neither brilliance nor the void;
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just think deeply, and work hard.
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When still, be as the mountain;
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when in movement be as the dragon riding the wind.
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Be aware at all times,
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like the tiger which only seems to sleep,
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and at all times let the mind be like running water.
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When you are required to act,
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remember that right motive
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is essential to right action,
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just as right thought is essential to right words.
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Beware of creating burdens
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for yourself or others to carry.
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Act with necessary distinction,
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being both creative and receptive,
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and transcending subject/object dichotomy.
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Know that you are not the centre of the universe,
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but learn to put the universe at your centre
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by accepting the instant of your being.
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Seek security within yourself,
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rather than in others.
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Know that even great worldly wealth,
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and the accumulation of material things
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are of little worth,
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compared with the priceless treasures;
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love, peace and the freedom to grow.
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Allow yourself to be,
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so that your life may become a time of blossoming.
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