Taoist Texts

there is one in Rome. Long flowing robes, a good selection of hats. A feminist too!

no, not flying since it is water it will start flowing The Jing Must Flow!

ohrely? whats stopping you? there are lots of formal instructors in neidan. you just have to formally fork over the money its better than to end all over

i am loving it. so far so good by what?

yes, lets spoil it hard and good. come on, quote the guy. i dare you!

what does Bertschinger have to say? lets discuss

poor bastard. well at least he is not fat

yes

not that it matters terribly, but this stanza belongs to Liu yi-ming, not Chang. But hey, whats 700 years between immortal buddies.

relax, those who hoard do not know; those who know do not hoard

the authors are immortals by now. probably

It is. Life is based on dualism which is always paradoxical anyway.

I donno. I love Legge dearly but to me his prose is bland and tedious, i only slog my way through it because his translations are precise and voluminous. His best works are early texts, not this late Buddhist copy-catting. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qingjing_Jing Also he makes the classic mistake should be "he obtained being-nonbeing 實無所得。"

The answer is no to all. That said he is much better than an average "Taoism" teacher. Also, his blog is quite amusing https://daoistgate.com/1question/

Reputable for what?

How can suffering be around if all beings are free of it? You people speak in contradictions Nor good nor bad will make no difference, relax)

yes. meaning it was a faulty framework to begin with

This idea that different methods correspond to different levels of achievement has a long history and is very boringly summed up here. This idea of different methods is a wrong one. There is only one true method leading to all achievements from the lowest to the highest. The rest are wrong methods. Ma-dan on the true method:

Yes there is a lot to say about that The major figure associated with the Zhongzong ~* (Centrallineage) is Li Daochun *i!*,~ (ft. 1288-1290). Li Daochun and several important Daoists active in the Jiangsu and Jiangxi regions between the end of the 13th century and the early 14th century promoted the harmonization of the Northern, Southern and Buddhist schools of thought. During the 18th century, Daoist ritualists of the Wu-Liu ffi~tl school returned to Li's teachings, giving it this retrospective appellation.

may be they should not be like that

Daoism? what is that again?

yes. fasting

It is the same. I used nothingness to keep with the current terminology of the current academia. The alternative term is 'the void' this modern scholarly nonsense made me laugh https://www.iep.utm.edu/zeno-par/#SSH3biv the author, some nobody prof of philosophy used the word 'mistake' 22 and 'absurd' 10 times in regard to the great Zeno. Here is what a real philosopher thinks of Zeno