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Posted by Butcho
on 6/21/2009, 9:17 pm, in reply to "Re: question to Butch"
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: "Every human being's essential nature
: is perfect and faultless, but after years of
: immersion in the world we easily forget our
: roots and take on a counterfeit
: nature." Lao Tzu.
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: Excuse me for butting in, but can you tell
: me where Laozi says that, Butch?
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: Thanks.
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: Nina,
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: I never mind you butting in.
:
: Ok. You got me. I do not know which
: translator of Lao Tzu put some of his words
: in exactly this way. But I have come across
: these words numerous times. I did not just
: pull them out of my butt. What made me think
: of them is I just started reading Wayne
: Dyer's new book "Excuses Begone!"
: and he uses this supposed statement of Lao
: Tzu to open his book. I do not know from
: which of the many different translations of
: Lao Tzu that Dyer drew from in his research
: of the Tao a couple of years ago that he
: found this wording.
:
: And I know that ren ying is a stickler for a
: literal translation so I have left myself
: open for questions, knowingly. But the fact
: is, in my opinion, the quote I have used
: here is consistent with my understanding of
: the spirit of the Tao Te Ching. It is an
: argument for cultivation. Nothing less.
:
: Perhaps someone else knows from where Wayne
: Dyer and others have gotten this quote you
: have questioned.
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: Thanks, Butch.
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: I don't think that quote came from a
: "translator." Maybe from someone
: who put their own spin on Laozi's words. I
: did an internet search for it and the only
: places I found it was on a few people's
: blogs and as a quote from Dyer's book. I
: never did think Dyer had any inkling about
: Dao. "Excuses Begone"? LOL
:
: Here are a few other quotes I found
: attributed to Laozi on a blog, and none of
: them list a source:
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: "Being deeply loved by someone gives
: you strength, while loving someone deeply
: gives you courage." Lao Tzu
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: "Great Teachers can lead you to the
: doors of understanding, butit is up to you
: to enter." --Lao-Tzu
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: "If you look to others for fulfillment,
: you will never be truly fulfilled." Lao
: Tzu
:
: "Be content with what you have; rejoice
: in the way things are. When you realize
: nothing's lacking, the whole world belongs
: to you" ~ Lao Tzu
:
: "A good travelerhas no fixed plans,and
: is not intent on arriving."{Lao Tzu}
:
: "What the caterpillar calls the end,
: the rest of the world calls a
: butterfly." ~Lao Tzu.
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: Funny stuff! :-)
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Nina,
On the one hand your point is taken. But on the other hand the quote being discussed does sound to me like something Lao Tzu might have said. Whether he did or not is another matter. I will try to be more careful in the future.
I have sent Mr. Dyer an email at healyourlife.com asking him to let me know where he found the quote. If he answers me I will let you know what he has to say.
Don't be to hard on him. He holds the Tao Te Ching in the highest regard. He considers Lao Tzu one of the great spiritual masters of all time. And his new book, "Excuses Begone!" I am finding most helpful. It really is amazing how many different excuses we, I, make for my ways of thinking, let alone for my actions. And the more aware of them I become the less of a hold I am finding they have on me. Excuses Begone!
If there is a Devil, maybe it is simply our excuses. The Devil made me do it. Get thee behind me Satan.
Butcho
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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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