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Posted by Lian Dao on 7/5/2009, 4:01 pm, in reply to "Re: chumbawumba"
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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.
:
: 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.
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: 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.
:
:
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: Indeed, and translations are something else
: altogether.
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: Lian Dao,
:
: Some translations are wiser than others.
:
: Some are simply different strokes for
: different folks.
:
: If my preaching the unitive oneness of
: existence gets old just think how old your
: penchant for acrid invective gets.
:
:
: It does?
:
: i mean, it does. You're right. i can't argue
: with that.
:
: Some translations aren't worth the paper
: they're written on. Infact some of the
: original texts they purport to translate,
: aren't either.
:
: That isn't my fault Butch, amigo.
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: Lian Dao,
:
: Then why do you do it?
:
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: i dunno.
:
: Maybe it's just the way i am?
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: Maybe it's what resonates with me?
:
: There are worse things to be, wouldn't you
: agree?
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:
:
: 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.
:
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: Scholars, generally, believe that
: Shakespeare didn't actually write all that
: Shakespeare stuff.
:
: Put a monkey in front of a keyboard and,
: apparently, it too would write Shakespeare.
:
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: Words have their place. The trick is not to
: have them have us.
:
: i could hardly agree more.
:
:
: The words of the Hua Hu Ching resonate with
: me.
:
: But then I never could eat just one Granny
: Goose potato chip either.
:
:
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: If only i knew what they were...........
:
: Lian Dao,
:
: Which goes to prove my point. If you don't
: know what Granny Goose potato chips are then
: you don't know anything.
:
: ... what is a chumbawumba? Is it
: complimented by a red or a white wine?
:
: I know someone from an online forum that is
: a monkey. Can't write too good but he sure
: is one heck of a shit thrower. Hillbilly
: monkey I guess.
:
Monkey see, monkey do.
You were a military man. What do you know think, via the gift of hindsight, about the armed forces jargon revolving primarily around 'shit' and 'ass'?
'Chumbawumba' is, apparently what a monkey wrote when coerced into typing on a keyboard. Nuff said.
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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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