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Posted by Steve on 2/7/2009, 10:51 am, in reply to "nothing--absolutely nothing--to do with Daoism"
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: Hi Steve,
:
: Whatever the merits or insightfulness of
: your view are, they have very little to do
: with the Daodejing or Laoism. Anyone reading
: your convictions and thinking it represents
: Laozi's view will be in for a shock when he
: or she actually reads the Daodejing.
: Non-interference comes closest to your view,
: but even that is something we are advised to
: "do."
:
:
: If I had to guess, I'd say about 75 of the
: 81 chapters talk about "something to
: do" or, more common, "not to
: do." Here's one example, chapter 19:
:
: Cut off sageliness, abandon wisdom, and the
: people will benefit one-hundred-fold.
: Cut off benevolence, abandon righteousness,
: and the people will return to being filial
: and kind.
: Cut off cleverness, abandon profit, and
: robbers and thieves will be no more.
: This might leave the people lacking in
: culture;
: So give them something with which to
: identify:
: Manifest plainness.
: Embrace simplicity.
: Do not think just of yourself.
: Make few your desires.
: -
:
:
: suum cuique
: Bao Pu
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"If I had to guess, I'd say about 75 of the 81 chapters talk about "something to do" or, more common, "not to do.""
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Perhaps we can agree on this, Bao Pu:
Those searching for instruction, for direction, will find it there.
Steve
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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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