Just Pass This Life As Is

“Vitruvian Man, Toyed With,” original drawing by Leonardo Da Vinci | TheStoryIsTheThing.com illustration

Don’t seek fame or fortune,
Glory or prosperity.
Just pass this life as is,
According to circumstances.
When the breath is gone,
Who is in charge?
After the death of the body,
There is only an empty name.
When your clothes are worn,
Repair them over and over;
When you have no food,
Work to provide.
How long can a phantomlike Body last?
Would you increase your ignorance
For the sake of its idle concerns?

~ Tung-shan

QUOTE COURTESY: DailyZen.com

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