12. Abstaining From Desire.
12. ABSTAINING FROM DESIRE.
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1. "The five colors [combined] the human eye will blind;
The five notes [in one sound] the human ear confound;
The five tastes [when they blend] the human mouth offend."
2. "Racing and hunting will human hearts turn mad,
Treasures high-prized make human conduct bad."
3. Therefore
The holy man attends to the inner and not to the outer. He abandons the latter and chooses the former.