
Posted by Lian Dao on 6/27/2009, 9:04 am, in reply to "Re: I don't have to show you no stinkin' a' badges!"
86.152.209.X
--Previous Message--
:
:
:
:
: Butch, my dear friend, please stop taking
: everything personally. The Hua Hu Ching has
: inspired acts of sectarian extremism,
: whether or not it would inspire your good
: self to commit such acts is a questionable
: matter, but historically it has.
:
: That 'mainstream' ( is that a better word?)
: Taoist groups avoid it really should be an
: indication of sorts as to the ambiguity of
: the text.
:
: i'm just saying, that's all.
:
:
: Lian Dao,
:
: Yeah, the Communist Party ran the teachers
: of the Hua Hu Ching out of China.
:
: "I confess that there is nothing to
: teach: no religion, no science, no body of
: information which will lead your mind back
: to the Tao. Today I speak in this fashion,
: tomorrow in another, but always the Integral
: Way is beyond words and beyond mind. Simply
: be aware of the oneness of things." Hua
: Hu Ching
:
: Wisdom is wisdom.
:
Indeed, and translations are something else altogether.
160
"The Tao is basically utterly open. Utter openeness has no substance. It ends in endlessness, begins in beginninglessnes".
-Li Daoqun
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Webmaster: zentao00@yahoo.com Donations help to support, upgrade and expand the Tao Speaks! community..