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1] Praised or criticized, honored or ignored, a mastercraftsman takes all in stride.  

2] Knowing the great privilege of being alive, He accepts the consequences of living.  

3] With feet firmly planted, he is not raised up by honors nor cast down by indifference.  

4] Loosing himself in the nature of harmony, he has nothing that can be lost.  

5] Permeated by harmony's nature, there is nothing that can be added to him.


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