Cobie

Exactly. It can only be found inside oneself.

Exactly. Those Westerners who regurgitate what the Buddha said, just swapped one belief system for another. That will not get you anywhere.

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strong silent type

Hi. Welcome to the forum.

Yay, we agree! That’s exactly it!

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Same here, and that’s ‘enlightenment’ imo.

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@Maddie I draw the line here. You are on my ignore list. I will never respond to any of your posts again.

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No, he is ok, he is open to conversation.

@Nungali sorry if my post above was confusing. I thought the OP would benefit more from interaction with you (rather than helpfuldemon).

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I still think (hope) this is not actually a Buddhist thing, but a thing some people do in any philosophy/religion. It’s called ‘deflection’ (in psychology). Methods intended for introspection, being abused to discredit others.

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The DDJ is rooted in the yinyang concept, so dual. It prioritises yin, not yang (Ch 28: know the male, stick to the female).

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@Taoist Texts aren’t they?

I find it hard to see a connection between these quotes, and the later Confucianism that imposes all kinds of restrictions. Just like there’s Laozi-ism vs later Taoism, would you say there’s also Confucianism vs later Confused-ianism?

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Wuwei in the DDJ https://ctext.org/dao-de-jing/ens?searchu=无为

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