A Practice You Can See

Reflection

The verse begins, “Whatever place a faithful, virtuous, celebrated, and wealthy man chooses, there he is respected.” In its chapter, this image points toward finding the teaching in mixed, everyday circumstances. Read goodness here as a trainable direction—choices that reduce harm and leave less residue of regret. Because this is a historic English translation, test the teaching in experience rather than treating its wording as a demand for belief.