守平三

守平三

老子曰:尊勢厚利,人之所貪,比之身則賤,故聖人食足以充虚接氣,衣足以蓋形禦寒,適情辭餘,不貪得,不多積清目不視,靜耳不聽,閉口不言,委心不慮,棄聰明,反太素,休精神,去知故,無好無憎,是謂大通。除穢去累,莫若未始出其宗,何爲而不成。知養生之和者,即不可縣以利,通内外之符者,不可誘以勢。外之外至大,無内之内至貴,能知大貴,何往不遂。

道貴乎守,有守則成;心貴乎平,平則不傾。世之尊勢厚利,人所共貪。貪則不平之心生,非可守之道也。故聖人食取充腹,衣適被體,無厚積之貪。是以心平氣定,神不外馳,合乎大常之道,是謂守平。

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