Drunken Taoist!

A drunken man who falls out of a cart, though he may suffer, does not die. His bones are the same as other people's; but he meets his accident in a different way. His spirit is in a condition of security. He is not conscious of riding in the cart; neither is he conscious of falling out of it. Ideas of life, death, fear, etc., cannot penetrate his breast; and so he does not suffer from contact with objective existences. And if such security is to be got from wine, how much more is it to be got from God? It is in God that the Sage seeks his refuge, and so he is free from harm.


Musings of a Chinese Mystic, by Lionel Giles
(From Chinese original)

1 comments:

megha October 22, 2008 at 5:22 AM  

I agree with you. A drunken man's soul curse him a lot.


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