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zhengdao-ge/verse12

We know that Shakya's sons and daughters
Are poor in body, but not in the Tao.
In their poverty, they always wear ragged clothing,
But they have the jewel of no price treasured within.

If I could pay the tax-man in Tao,
I'd be set for this life.
Instead I sport fashion from Goodwill
and laugh at every new bill.