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man presents the opposite of those states. The superior man exhibits them, because he is the superior man, and maintains himself in them; the small man presents the opposite of them, because he is the small man, and exercises no apprehensive caution.'
8. The Master said, 'Perfect is the state of equilibrium and harmony! Rare have they long been among the people who could attain to it!'
9. The Master said, I know how it is that the Path is not walked in. The knowing go beyond it, and the stupid do not come up to it. The worthy go beyond it, and the unworthy do not come up to it. There is nobody but eats and drinks; but they are few who can distinguish the flavours (of what they eat and drink)?'
10. The Master said, 'Ah! how is the path untrodden!'
11. The Master said, “Was not Shun grandly wise ? Shun loved to question others, and to study their words though they might be shallow. He concealed what was bad in them), and displayed what was good. He laid hold of their two extremes, determined the mean? between them, and used it in (his government of) the people. It was this that made him Shun!'
12. The Master said, “Men all say, "We are wise;" but being driven forward and taken in a net, a trap, or a pitfall, not one of them knows how to escape. Men all say, "We are wise;" but when they have chosen the state of equilibrium and harmony, they are not able to keep in it for a round month.'
1 Men eat and drink without knowing why or what.
* Here Kung has the signification of the mean,' the just medium between two extremes.
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| SR No. | 007678 |
| Book Title | Satapatha Bramhana Part 02 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Julius Eggeling |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1885 |
| Total Pages | 2521 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 44 MB |