Taoist Texts

Sure " For instance, there is no social commentary, no political or military advice," This combo minqi is a specific technical term meaning 'the energy of the nation', it is something that should be gauged, controlled and used for politics=governing the nation. The translators did not recognized it as a political lingo and confused it with some kind of personal qi. But the latter is only means to an end of controlling the former. https://ctext.org/pre-qin-and-han/ens?searchu=民氣 &page=2 "nor any explanation of how the universe was created or how it works" Umm, the very first verse explains what are stars made of and what makes all things tick.

it looks as if they could not figure it out and dropped it altogether. people? what people? hehe

almost all this is patently false, particularly bolded

that would have been swell except no one is quite sure what are those foundational notions are exactly

what happened to this line in other transls?

can't be a sage without having jing first. so jing stores itself on its own volition

quite good. The passage itself is also very straightforward. One trifle of a note be: this jing does not act on the things listed, rather they are the embodiment of it.

I am sure someone can, if you tell that someone what it is.

If would have been quoted more often, if so. At any event, the main idea of it is simple: 'if you clean it - they will come'.

Not of the top of my head. But interestingly, they say the jing does it on its own, apparently it is its job to create marrow and to stay stored there as marrow Jing (Essence) - Vital Substances in Chinese Medicine - Sacred Lotus Stored in the Kidneys but has fluid nature and circulates all over the body, ... Marrow produces bone marrow The Five Yin organs(zang organs) - Shen Nong Stored in the kidneys, Jing is the substance responsible for producing bone marrow, which in turn, creates and supports bone growth. ... The kidneys play a role in transforming stored Jing into blood. If Jing and blood are abundant, the hair will appear bright, shiny and healthy. Jing (Chinese medicine) - Wikipedia Jīng is the Chinese word for "essence", specifically kidney essence. Along with qì and shén, it is ... According to tradition, Jīng is stored in the kidneys and is the most dense physical matter within ... is inaccurate; the jīng circulates through the eight extraordinary vessels and creates marrow

it is wrong reading 骨勁=bone strength "bone strength accumulates inside" No, it is yuan qi. Different from jing.

how then is suffering?

oh, you said i was hoping to hear the concrete definition of it; not how it affects two other undefined things. So, is there a clear definition of enlightenment in the classical texts?

what is it?

Yes its a big deal in priesthood

well if you dont count Huangdi Neijing

oh-oh...all you need to know...

not striving towards the end of the path means getting stuck on the path

why not?

well i gave it a thought but ...nah https://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/news/video-1409999/Woman-publicly-beaten-stick-Aceh-Indonesia.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caning_in_Singapore https://news.mb.com.ph/2019/02/28/duterte-corporal-punishment-produces-law-abiding-citizens/ good guess, good guess

are those happening to be the countries where the everyday reality is getting beaten with bamboo sticks for questioning the government policy? No, its called 'thinking for themselves without getting beaten by the bamboo sticks.....yet'. But probably quite soon.

its a propaganda movie about global warming. hilariously there was a propaganda movie about global ice age before that all in the name of enslaving the west and extorting the carbon credits as a would-be greatest robbery in history

this one is actually a good question. The increase in population was driven by the increase in consumption by the western white nations (who were ironically declining in number simultaneously)

LA smog which is non-existent now has nothing to do with climate change which was deceptively renamed from "global warming". A false causal connection between the non-existent pollution and the non-existent climate change does not exist hence it is a totalitarian deception. Cogent enough for you?)