lipu Nasin la: kasi nanpa 16 pi lipu Nasin Pona

致虚极 o tan e weka mute. Effect vacuity to the extreme.
守静笃 o awen e lape lon. Keep stillness whole.
万物并作 ijo ale li pali wan. Myriad things act in concert.
吾以观复 mi lukin la: ona li kama sin. I therefore watch their return.
夫物芸芸各复归其根 ijo ale li mute mute. taso ona li kama sin tawa mama ona. All things flourish and each returns to its root.
归根曰静 nimi pi kama sin tawa mama li … Returning to the root is called quietude.
是谓复命 nimi pi … li kama tawa … Quietude is called returning to life.
复命曰常 nimi pi kama tawa … li lon. Return to life is called constant.
知常曰明 nimi pi sona lon li suno. Knowing this constant is called illumination.
不知常妄作凶 sona ala lon li pakala. Acting arbitrarily without knowing the constant is harmful.
知常容容乃公 sona lon li ken. ken li kulupu. Knowing the constant is receptivity, which is impartial.
公乃王 kulupu li lawa. Impartiality is kingship.
王乃天 lawa li sewi. Kingship is Heaven.
天乃道 sewi li nasin. Heaven is the Way
道乃久 sewi Nasin li tenpo ale. the Way is eternal.
没身不殆 sijelo li moli la, jan li moli ala. Though you lose the body, you do not die.

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