Cobie

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  1. translating

    I agree. Which bit of the DDJ would illustrate best this revising of the text?
  2. Hello

    Very wuwei 無為 that. Welcome to the forum.
  3. translating

    That’s what I think too. : )
  4. translating

    That’s all the OP says.
  5. Everyone post some favorite quotes!

    What gets us into trouble is not what we don't know. It's what we know for sure that just ain't so. (Mark Twain)
  6. Everyone post some favorite quotes!

    Love said you already have your own wings I will not give you more feathers (Rumi)
  7. Original Dao Bums

    I have no intention to post anything that goes against the Sean post. I only want to post my DDJ translations. That’s what I mostly did on OD too.
  8. Original Dao Bums

    I too will definitely stay out of “Current Events”.
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    Love your profile picture. Reminds me of the symbol for Buddhism.

     
    A similar symbol was used for Christianity in the early days. They superimposed the three first letters of the Greek words for God, Christus and Jesus i.e Θ, Χ and Ι.

     

  10. Original Dao Bums

    I came from OD too. Thanks again for giving me a PPD here. I look forward to enjoying the DB.
  11. Yippee. Thank you very much!
  12. translating

    嚴復 Yán Fù’s three facets of translation: 信 xìn - true to the meaning 達 dá - easy to understand 雅 yǎ - preserves the style of the original ~~~ Re 雅 also see https://www.thedaobums.com/topic/53632-ch-3-a-totalitarian-dark-place/?do=findComment&comment=983161
  13. please ignore

    Catchy title! I just had to look.
  14. translating

    @silent thunder I don’t see the connection?
  15. Dao De Jing Chapter 11 fresh translation

    Welcome to the forum. I am going to post my own translations as soon as I get the PPD I requested. : )
  16. I would like one too please, a PPD.
  17. I am New here

    Hi Mango
  18. Suicide?

    When younger, I decided to sit still till enlightenment. Result, my toe turned black due to a blood clot. Fortunately I then stopped, went to the GP and lived to tell the tale, lol.
  19. Just joined and want to say, hello.....

    @Cleansox ???
  20. Checking In

    @HouseontheBorderland Sounds great. Enjoy
  21. Pronunciation Classical Chinese?

    @ilumairen Thank you very much for the information, much appreciated. I have now registered with the Original Dao.
  22. Pronunciation Classical Chinese?

    Thanks for the answer. Please ignore the pm, I got ninjad.
  23. Pronunciation Classical Chinese?

    @wandelaar I just joined and am looking for such a thread as well. I wonder did you find one? If so I would like to hear about it.
  24. Checking In

    Lol, that’s exactly what happened to me too.