Leaves

He asked, "In the mausoleum there is a poem that goes:

If in one's heart
He follows the path of sincerity,
though he does not pray,
Will not the Gods protect him?

What then is the path of sincerity?

A man answered saying, "You seem to like poetry.
I will answer you with a poem.

As everything in the world is but a sham,
Death is the only sincerity.

It is said that becoming as a dead man in one's daily living is the following of the path of sincerity"