... Deng Ming-Dao .. About seven/eight years ago he admitted that he was not a Daoist and was just passing on some chinese wisdom. Hua-Ching Ni .. Returned to...
George Henry
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Jun 2, 2009 10:18 am
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thanks George. his information and data is now deleted from my database, except as a footnote to beware. appreciate your reply. Jess in China ...
Brooks Ziporin has come out with a new translation, mostly the inner chapters with samplings of the others The Amazon text says it includes translations of...
At my desk, I have a copy of the "Golden Rule" poster (www.pflaum.com)that lists all the different religious versions of the Golden Rule. Basically the...
... Just two quick comments - a) I wouldn't say that Daoism says there is no other, or that all is one, or anything like that. There is criticism of...
... Hi There is no one perfect or definitive translation. Always best to have a couple on hand. I've posted a pretty extensive bibliography here, with my dozen...
... If there is no definitive translation of the Tao Te Ching, why have a couple on hand? Could it be that any and all translations -- regardless of...
... So where does that attitude take you? I'd rather understand half of it than give up and stumble around lost. The Chinese words have known meanings and Han...
One has to be careful to differentiate between a translation and an interpretation of the Da De Jing. Sometimes you will find that a book contains both:...
Thanks for the recommendations and the discussion, but this is getting way off track from my original question. The first step in violence is to create an...
Daoism, from its Yangist elements, has a very clear sense of self vs other. One who would let the empire fall rather than harm a hair of his own head. The...
I wish I had never mentioned Mitchell because it has obviously detracted from the question I was trying to ask. I will try again: The Golden Rule "Do unto...
... You could also say that otherness is the first step towards respect, or understanding, or an appreciation of diversity, or authentic love. If I try to look...
I am not into serious study of Daoism but I do love to read it and marvel at its conciseness. "Other" does not equate with enemy or violence but rather it...
Tao is all embracing and permeates through everything. Hope I make sense... -Kian Tee Hi You were making sense until you said that, but not in a Daoist way. ...
The Nazis created "others" aka the Jews in their ideology. I don't understand why you used them in your reply. I pointed that out in a previous post that the...
I am agnostic and I am looking at a "The Golden Rul" poster that you can view/purchase from www.pflaum.com that lists 13 religions (Taoism included) that have...
I am agnostic and I am looking at a "The Golden Rul" poster that you can view/purchase from www.pflaum.com that lists 13 religions (Taoism included) that have...
Well, yes and no, it seems to me. Dao does embrace and permeate everything, but not in an overt,conscious way, as someone said on APT, "you're soaking in it" ...
... Hi Doug- I probably hold to a stricter definition or construction of Dao than you do. For me it's the path that reality takes (including its EM and...
This goes back to older discussions in APT and elsewhere, viz Is there anything that is not Dao? This is, of course, rife with paradoxes, (including the...
... ur approach is less "strict" <grin> ... Probably in the sense that it is in perfect accord with natural law that unsustainable behavior must eventually...
Hi JK, Â The Golden Rule "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you" obviously sets up a dualistic mindset (others and you). Â ==> yes, this shows...
I looked up the "Golden Rule Poster" on line. This is the Daoist quote used there: Regard your neighbor's gain as your own gain, your neighbor's loss as your...
... Odd, I thought the DDJ do good to others that do good to you and do good to others that do evil to you will be a closer analogy to the Golden Rule than...
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