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Posted by Nina
on 6/23/2009, 8:27 pm, in reply to "Re: question to Butch"
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: Liberation!?
:
: I think that the true man or woman of the
: Tao has quit making excuses. At least in the
: purist or idealistic sense. I don't know
: that one ever completely quits making
: excuses. But neither do I think that the
: lack of perfection in understanding is a
: legitimate excuse for not becoming more
: aware of the excuse making process in one's
: thought life.
:
: Dualistic thinking is a backseat driver.
:
: I have pulled my copy of Brian Walker's
: translation of Lao Tzu's "Hua Hu
: Ching" off my shelf thinking I might
: find the quote you have questioned in it.
: I'll let you know if I find it.
:
: Butcho
:
Brian Walker didn't translate the Hua Hu Ching. He used Master Ni's English translation to come up with his own interpretation of it. As far as I've been able to find out....... Master Ni is the only one who claims the text of the Hua Hu Ching was written by Laozi. We don't even know if there was a Hua Hu Ching written when Laozi was alive, or if it's a figment of Ni's creativity. It is a good book though..... whoever wrote it.
Here's a question for ya.....
What prompts you (Butcho) to make excuses for anything you do or don't do?
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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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