Chapter 47

Te Ao Katoa i te Kāinga

不出户,知天下;不窥牖,见天道。其出弥远,其知弥少。
是以圣人不行而知,不见而名,不为而成。
Kāhore e puta ake i te kuha o te whare, ka mōhio ki te ao katoa; kāhore e āta titiro i te matapihi, ka kite i te ara o te rangi. Nā te mea nui ake te haere ki waho, nā reira ka tāhea tōna mōhiotanga. Nā reira, ko te tangata mōhiratanga, kāhore ia e haere, engari ka mōhio; kāhore e kite, engari ka whakaingoatia; kāhore e mahi, engari ka tutuki.

Whakaaroaro Hōhonu

He aha tēnei upoko mō?

Nā Tāwhairoa i ako mai ia mātou, arā, mā te noho matahorahr haere, ka taea te mōhio ki ngā mea katoa. Kāhore e tika kia haere tāwāhi kia mōhio ai mātou i ngā mea nui o te ao. Ko te mōhio nui, kei roto i a tātou, kāhore i waho. Ā, nā te mea ka nui te haere me te kererū, ka tāhea tōna mōhiotanga, kāhore e ora ake. Nā reira, ko te tangata māia, ka mōhio ia mā te noho, ka whakaingoatia mā te titiro mai i roto, ka tutuki mā te noho mārire.

He aha tēnei ki ahau?

Kei te noho ahau i tēnei ao pūmatua, i tēnei ao kōrero, i tēnei ao neke haere tonu, ā, kei te tāea ahau e te nui o ngā kōrero, e te nui o ngā mea hei titiro. Engari, ko tēnei upane kaupapa, kei te aroha mai ahau, arā, kia mutu te haere nui, kia tīmata ahau ki te titiro a roto, ki te mōhio a roto. Me ako ahau ki te noho mārire, kia mōhio ai ahau i tōku ake ao.

Wāhanga Honohono

Ōku Huritao

He aha tēnei wāhanga e whakaoho i a koe? Ka pēhea koe e whakamahi ai?

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