Hmm, the Dao is silent these days <grin>. The semester and a new course to prep beckons as does increased other responsibilites in real life. Which means...
Just ran a search on CI-compassion in the Zhuangzi, and it only occurs in the context of the typically Confucian virtue of loving one's parents: chapter 31:...
The subject has been discussed by Ivanhoe in "Essays on Skepticism, Relativism and Ethics in the Zhuangzi", where he discusses David Wong's view: "Wong claims...
... SNIP ... Thomas, can you gloss the character used for "love" in this instance? Is it a case similar to the word love in English, which, for instance, in...
... The character is AI, to love, to cherish; it can be between husband and wife; it can also mean goodness; so it is very close to the meaning of the English...
Just got Livia Kohn's Daoism and Chinese Culture from Three Pines Press: http://www.threepinespress.com/daoism_and_chinese_culture.php3 In her Zhuangzi chapter...
... Press: http://www.threepinespress.com/daoism_and_chinese_culture.php3 ... SNIP Interesting. I've tended to suspect the same from reading about Confucians...
She has a chapter on Daoism in the U.S., she devotes a whole page to Mantak Chia, mentions Ni Hua-ching, Eva Wong, Qigong... she has a broad view of the Taoist...
Relativism (that a point a view, value, is relative to the one who is affirming it) is certainly central to Zhuangzi's apophatic (negating opposite views)...
Hi Thomas, <<She has a chapter on Daoism in the U.S., she devotes a whole page to Mantak Chia, mentions Ni Hua-ching, Eva Wong, Qigong... she has a broad view...
... problem. Also, could you tell me a title of the book. "Self-cultivation schools are groups that place much less emphasis on rit ual practice and do not...
Taoist Studies Institute 225 N. 70th St. Seattle, WA 98103 (206) 784-5632 http://www.wholistichealingresearch.com/Resources/Resources.htm ... From: "jonathon"...
Here's an out-of-the blue request... Could anyone advise me on finding the original Chinese character text of a poem by Sun Bu-er (12th century Daoist adept)?...
... text of a poem ... on a I am not a chinese reader, but in one case, I am hoping that the text on a Japanese page is the original Chinese not modified kanji...
Has anyone else read this? Opinions? The translation is raising my eyebrows a number of times, such as referring to the "uncarved block" as "the unhewn log"...
Hi there, Does anyone know is there something missing in "Zhuangzi", ch. 17. Namely in "The Complete Works of Chuang Tzu", translated by Burton Watson, ch. 17,...
Hi- Does anyone have any juicy links to the Chun Qiu (Ch'un Ch'iu) Spring & Autumn Annals and/or the Zhuo Zhuan (Tso Chuan) Commentaries of Zuo Either English...
... No....... but I did find a "juicy link" to a Daode Jing translation and would be very interested to know what anyone else on the list thinks: <A ...
Thanks, this is very juicy indeed: a translation of the Tao Te Ching by someone apparently schooled in the Anglo-American tradition of analytic philosophy and...
... would ... Much to my disappointment I no longer live close to a new-age bookstore. Sometimes when my crystals told me to do so I'd wander in to one and...
... Yeah, I can tell how much that breaks you up :-) ... You're much better off that way, I'm sure. Where I lived a few years ago, there was one across the...
A very good website by James Miller: A Beginner's Guide to Daoism: Link: http://www.daoiststudies.org/begin.php ... For anybody interested, we are starting a...
DDJ1: The Dao that can be told is not the constant Dao. Chapter 16 of the Dao De Jing returns to the word constant (CHANG): Returning to one's roots is known...
... SNIP I just read it. It is somewhat curious as it seems to be entirely through the filter of religious Daoism. For one thing, I take issue with the...
Ralph Sawyers translation of Wang Chen's interpretation of the Tao Te Ching as a military text back in the T'ang dynasty. "The Tao of Peace" is out of print...
