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Posted by Butcho
on 7/4/2009, 5:11 pm, in reply to "an ever shifting singular point of reference"
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: 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.
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: 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.
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: i'm just saying, that's all.
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: Lian Dao,
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: Yeah, the Communist Party ran the teachers
: of the Hua Hu Ching out of China.
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: "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
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: Wisdom is wisdom.
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: Indeed, and translations are something else
: altogether.
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: Lian Dao,
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: Some translations are wiser than others.
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: Some are simply different strokes for
: different folks.
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: If my preaching the unitive oneness of
: existence gets old just think how old your
: penchant for acrid invective gets.
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: It does?
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: i mean, it does. You're right. i can't argue
: with that.
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: Some translations aren't worth the paper
: they're written on. Infact some of the
: original texts they purport to translate,
: aren't either.
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: That isn't my fault Butch, amigo.
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Lian Dao,
Then why do you do it?
The only thing Jesus is reported to have written was in dirt and then wiped away as soon as it was read by those present.
The Buddha is reported to not actually have written anything.
Lao Tzu wrote very little.
But then Shakespeare wrote quite a lot.
Words have their place. The trick is not to have them have us.
The words of the Hua Hu Ching resonate with me.
But then I never could eat just one Granny Goose potato chip either.
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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