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Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio), subsp. poliocephalus, Bueng Boraphet, Nakhon Sawan, Thailand: photo by J.J.Harrison, 4 February 2011
If you can empty your own boat crossing the river of the world,
no one will oppose you, no one will seek to harm you....
Who can free himself from achievement, and from fame, descend and be lost amid the masses of men?
He will flow like Tao, unseen, he will go about like Life itself with no name and no home.
Simple is he, without distinction. To all appearances he is a fool.
His steps leave no trace. He has no power. He achieves nothing, has no reputation.
Since he judges no one, no one judges him.
Such is the perfect man:
His boat is empty.
Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio), Singallanur Tank, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India:: photo by K. Mohan Raj, 2009
Purple Swamphens (Porphyrio porphyrio), near Hodal, Faridabad, Haryana, India: photo by J.M. Garg, 2009
Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio), near Hyderabad, India: photo by J.M. Garg, 2009
Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio), near Hodal, Faridabad, Haryana, India: photo by J.M. Garg, 2009
Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio), near Hodal, Faridabad, Haryana, India: photo by J.M. Garg, 2009
Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio), Mallorca: photo by J.Dietrich, 2009
Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio), Thol Sanctuary, Gujarat: photo by Ravi Vaidyanathan, 2007J
Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio), National Aviary, Pittsburgh: photo by Derek Ramsey, 2007
Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio), in flight: photo by Dhuvaraj S, 2009