I recently noticed a number of volumes at Amazon.com on Ancient China & Ancient Greece: Here's a few of them... Anaximander, Heraclitus, Parmenides, Plotinus,...
I am thinking of creating a new usenet group in the alt hierarchy with the name of alt.fan.taoism-daoism with the purpose of "for all discussion of all aspects...
Hi Douglas, **I am thinking of creating a new usenet group in the alt hierarchy with the name of alt.fan.taoism-daoism with the purpose of "for all discussion...
Hello everyone, i have a question about the first chapter of the Daodejing. It says: "ci liang zhe, tong chu er yi ming..." I don't understand what "ci liang...
... Not an answer to your question, but simply a reminder that one does not have to be a scholar here, just be interested in the texts. I describe myself as...
Hi Florian Ci Liang - therse two are... without desire for the sake of mystery with desire for the sake of form referring to the four previous lines You can...
Hallo Bradford, ... thank you for answer. So you dont think "these two" might refer to "Nothing" or "Nameless" and "Being" or "Named"? Arthur Waley: "These two...
Hi again- those are connected too Nothing as the origin of heaven and earth suggests dispassion and mystery Being as the mother of the myriad beings suggests...
Hallo Bradford, ... I have another question about the "metaphysical dao", that creates the one (dao sheng yi,...) and "Nothing" (wu). Are they the same or are...
... Hi Florian- I don't see the Dao as a creator or a metaphysical entity. I suspect this of being something of an artifact of missionary translators who...
Just one more thought. I've also heard the Dao referred to as "the field of pure possibility." I cosider it instead to be the path(s) actually travelled in...
Hi All, Let me just throw out the idea that much of the Tao Te Ching alludes to meditative practice or experience, and that the gate of all thing or mysterious...
... alludes to ... or ... where the ... or "enlightenment" ... reading of ... esoteric ... creates ... There is a tradtion in this, particularly in the...
What are the exceptions to the thought of one just observing and not interering? __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard - Read...
Those who know do not talk. Those who talk do not know. Keep your mouth closed. Guard your senses. Temper your sharpness. Simplify your problems. Mask your...
I have almost finished Slingerlands book "Effortless Action" which explores the concept of Wu Wei in different philosophical schools, not just the Daoist ones....
On Tue, 16 Mar 2004, Douglas Henderson wrote: <snip> ... Both texts are designed to transmit knowledge to the initiate as the practitioner doesn't need them....
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... De : "Douglas Henderson" ... I think this is the major strength of his book. There is something transcultural in metaphores, in that they relate to...
... concept of ... use to ... the body, ... something Jung ... Ching: "favorable ... a risky ... There are some metaphors that are transcultural, but are all ...
Hi Douglas I think U are correct 2 question the universality of all metaphors. Harold Oshima, for example, mentions that when the mirror is used as a metaphor...
... Why mistakenly? Analects 15:5: The Master said, "May not Shun be instanced as having governed efficiently without exertion (wu-wei)? What did he do? He did...
... Graham also cites the same passage.. "One who put in order by doing nothin.." Hansen.. "Confucians use the term to describe in which the ministers carry...
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... Actually they were different schools untill the end of the axial period. Laoism became Taoism and Taoism absorbed Chuangism. --g...
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Hi Thomas I say mistakenly because I don not believe analects 15:5 precedes the laozi or Zhuangzi in date. I think that it is "Daoist wisdom" that has been...
... bamboo ... Le, ... I just started reading this book and came across this intriguing refernce as well. the rest of your quote is "that is, the last two of...
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