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Posted by Wayne L on 6/23/2008, 11:34 am, in reply to "The Bible of Taoism"
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: Most Taoists recognize Lao Tzu's "Tao Te
: Ching", "The Classic on the Way
: and its Virtues", as the
: "Bible" of Taoism. But there are
: so many translations and versions sometimes
: I get confused about what the OldBoy was
: actually talking about.
175 Translations of Chapter One, Tao Te Ching.
http://www.bopsecrets.org/gateway/passages/tao-te-ching.htm
The purpose of Tao Te Ching is to teach man to be Reasonable, Sensible, Rational, companionate, is Man’s Savior, Salvation.
Man does not become Rational through Reason alone, One must also be sensible if he and she are to be Rational, Reasonable.
Reason is the Answer to Man’s Salvation while Reason alone, Rationalism, Spiritualism Monergism, is the cause of Man’s Fall.
To eat of the Fruit, the Knowledge, born of a Single, Tree, source, Knowledge born of, Reason alone, Rationalism, Spiritualism, Monergism, the Source of the Knowledge of Good and Evil will result in the Death, the Extinction of Mankind.
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"The Tao is basically utterly open. Utter openeness has no substance. It ends in endlessness, begins in beginninglessnes".
-Li Daoqun
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