The verse

Why drape the river with a thousand lines of thread?One honest hook outweighs a tangled bough.The fish discerns true bait from gilded show—Hold a still and earnest heart; the hour will come.

Reading

This slip teaches the angler's way: bait is prized for substance, not abundance; the rod for focus, not number. Strip the ornament, keep the sincere and plain, and wait in stillness. The hour belongs to Heaven; the tending belongs to you.

The temple keeper adds

A steady lot. Steady, in a loud age, is already rare.

[ Draw another at the temple ][ Keep a traffic omamori ]