The guard asked his assistants:
- Can I find the path and own it?
“You don’t control your own body, so how can you find the way and control it?” - they answered him.
“If I don’t own my own body, then who owns it?”
- This is an accumulation of form in the universe. You do not control your life, for it is a combination of parts of heaven and earth. You do not control your qualities and life, for this is a random accumulation in the universe; You do not own your sons and grandsons, for they are an accumulation of shed skin, like a snake’s, in the universe. That's why you walk without knowing where, stand without knowing what, eat without knowing why. The strongest forces in the universe are air and heat. How can you acquire them and possess them?
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru