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A little bit better, but I still also sometimes get the ‘timeout’.

If you don’t understand, you will invent theories.

Oh that’s what I always say.

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Welcome to the forum :-)

Welcome to the forum.

There’s a thread on it.

Yes. God

I have not seen any paradoxes in the DDJ as yet. I have seen a lot of bad translations, and even more ignorant and pompous exegesists.

Hi Smudge, welcome to the forum.

Hi aintmt. Welcome to the forum. @wandelaar yeah, a philosophical Taoist, I think.

DDJ Ch 41 上 士 闻 道 堇（勤）能 行 於 其 中 The ablest students, when they hear of the Way, with effort can get started on it; 中 士 闻 道 若 闻 若 亡 Mediocre students, when they hear of the Way, it is as if they are lost and confused; 下 士 闻 道 大 笑 之 With the dullest of students, when they hear of the way, they laugh aloud at it. 弗 大 笑 不 足 以 为 道 矣 But if they did not laugh aloud at it, it could not be considered the Way. (Guodian, Henricks)

There’s nothing kept secret, no need to, the truth is so simple that unenlightened people don’t recognise it. 下 士 闻 道 大 笑 之 With the dullest of students, when they hear of the Way, they laugh aloud at it. (DDJ Ch 41)

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