ChiDragon
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Qigong exercise or massage for feet?
ChiDragon replied to JustARandomPanda's topic in Daoist Discussion
What part in the sole of your feet that gives you pain....??? -
FYI There are lots of Chinese off the streets of Beijing don't even know that the TTC ever existed. Hmmmm,....How can a discussion be initiated, without any knowledge of, to begin with....???
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I believe that Phi92 had said: "but I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do, that's why I ask for help " PS..... If something that we don't know, then it will be don't know forever...??? Don't we have a chance to find out...???
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Yes, it does. One need to read ancient chinese in order to understand TTC. "t's my understanding that modern chinese find ancient chinese difficult to read and understand." You've just answered your own question....
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Please do not remove takaaki from the forum. We need to hear some negative comments to balance out the objective point of view. Personally, I do not wish just to hear everybody agrees with everything that everybody says. Any contradictory statement was considered to be disrespectful is not the way to go in a Taoist forum. IMMHO The words used here as long as they are not too disparaging should be tolerated to some extent.
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You do not have to worship any Taoist deity to be a Taoist. You only need to understand and follow the principles in the TTC as a guideline. You must have a full understanding for the concept of Wu Wei. For me, I considered myself as a Semi-Taoist because I only follow the principles of the TTC and practice Tai Ji and Chi Kung for longevity. BTW These two arts are considered to be internal martial arts. Neidan is another term for Chi Kung. The Chinese Taoist called Chi Kung as Neidan. FYI I must specify that my inputs are straightly from a Chinese point of view. You should be aware there are contradictions with the western view. It is your choice of which way you want to go.
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Online training for traditional Chinese medicine
ChiDragon replied to phore's topic in Daoist Discussion
google: "tcm online training program" -
Scholastic Study of the Received Version of the Tao Te Ching.
ChiDragon replied to ChiDragon's topic in 道家学说
Normally, we have the traditional dishes like Chicken, roast pork, fish(carp), dry oysters, and lettuce(used to wrap food in at the end of the meal). The chicken and roast pork are must and all the other dishes have the synonyms of the auspicious terms. Nowadays, we go to a restaurant to have all these wonderful dishes for the new years. -
There are Taoists in the modern time too. Why not allow them to have a mobile phone....???
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There are some people who already knew what Taoism is all about. Thus the questions in your post wouldn't be needed to be asked. The problem I see it, here, that people argue because they do not have the desirable knowledge.
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Metaphorically, you are saying: Hey! Now, the TTC had been translated into English. That is the way it should be and non-culture-specific description of Tao. The English translations(not versions) are correct because "there have been truly wise English teachers who understand the text and have disseminated the teachings in an accurate fashion." The "non-culture-specific description of Tao" was already infused with western influence. Therefore, the English translation has to be the "non-culture-specific description of Tao". To make such metaphor, I must assume that the person already knew what the original text was all about. Unless otherwise, it was only a wise educational guess........
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Scholastic Study of the Received Version of the Tao Te Ching.
ChiDragon replied to ChiDragon's topic in 道家学说
takaaki..... I wish you to have a happy new year too; and thank you for your deepest respect. There are twelve calendar signs in the Chinese zodiac dedicated to twelve animals. The order goes like this: rat, ox, tiger, hare, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, cock, dog, and boar. The cycle repeats itself every twelve year. This coming new year is the year of the water snake. The reason it was called the 'water' snake has something to do with the five elements such as metal, wood, water, fire, and earth(soil). I need to find out how the water was related for the year of the snake(2013). In regarding to how to greet each other appropriately for the New Year, In the north part of China, people speaks mandarin, they will say: 过年好(have a good year throughout). The Cantonese in the South will say: 恭喜發財(Kung Hay Fat Choy) hope you'll get rich 新年快樂(happy new year) They are the same as the appropriate greeting to all. @dawei... "she does a good job of making sure I am not a Taoist." Why was that...??? -
I have the book of Gu Zhengkun (辜正坤). His is a professor in the English department at the University of Beijing. His explanation about the philosophy of LaoTze in Chinese was perfect. Somehow, his translation of the Tao Te Ching into English was not quite satisfactory. He was using Chinese-English other than English-English.
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You'll see the nuance, only if you understand definition of Taoist in the mind between an American and a Chinese thinking. It is very clear to me that the definition of Taoism, in the west, are very inclusive; while the Chinese definition is very exclusive.
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The nature of things do not constitute an action. However, any action interfered with the natural flow of things like 1. The course of water in a river was disrupted by building a dam on it. 2. The bird in the air was shot down by a gun. 3. If a third party came into the scene between you and your love one. All these three conditions were interfered by some kind of abusive action which considered to be violated the concept of Wu Wei.
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Nature of things: 1. The natural flow of water in a river. 2. The birds flying in the air. 3. The harmony between you and your love one.
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Careful planning is okay for Wu Wei as long it does not harm to the nature of things. Again, the emphasis is on "non interference".
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Yes, you are only the right track. You have the right concept about Wu Wei but there is only one notion that need to be considered based on the philosophy of LaoTze. Wu Wei is to take no abusive action to interfere with the course of Nature. In the point of view of the Tao Te Ching. It doesn't matter how good are the deeds that one was doing; if there was any abusive action interfered with the flow of things was considered not being Wu Wei. The emphasis is based on the word "abusive" where the abusive action may be in any magnitude.
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Do you all see the nuance in the two statements....???
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Scholastic Study of the Received Version of the Tao Te Ching.
ChiDragon replied to ChiDragon's topic in 道家学说
This is a good place to clear the air about the Chinese characters, thoughts and concepts. In Chapter One, it has three main characters, 道, 無, and 有. Let's just look at the characters first. 1. 道: Tao, it was not defined in Chapter One but only have a description of it. 2. 無: none, doesn't have it, 3. 有: have (implying something that exists) Thoughts: 3. 無，名天地之始。 4. 有，名萬物之母。 3. Invisible, it was named as the origin of heaven and earth. 4. Visible, it was named as the mother of all things. Lines 3 and 4 are using the characters 無, and 有 as an introductory descriptive for the manifestation of Tao. Tao is a potentiality(無) but formless before the creation of Heaven and Earth. Tao become an actuality(有) when all things were created. In Chapter 40 substantiate the usage of 無, and 有 as a concept. 3. 天下萬物生於有， 4. 有生於無。 3. All things of the world came from Visible(有). 4. Visible came from Invisible(無). The characters 無 and 有, in Chapter 40, are identical to the 無 and 有 in Chapter One. If we link the thoughts together we have the following interpretative concept. Line 3, in Chapter 40, says: 3. 天下萬物生於有， All things in the world came from the actuality of Tao(有), Line 4, in Chapter 40, says: 4. 有生於無。 The actuality of Tao(有) came from the potentiality of Tao(無). -
Scholastic Study of the Received Version of the Tao Te Ching.
ChiDragon replied to ChiDragon's topic in 道家学说
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Scholastic Study of the Received Version of the Tao Te Ching.
ChiDragon replied to ChiDragon's topic in 道家学说
So far there is no one has the wisdom and philosophy which is comparable to Lao Tze. -
Scholastic Study of the Received Version of the Tao Te Ching.
ChiDragon replied to ChiDragon's topic in 道家学说
Lots of people including the Chinese cannot keep in mind that the Tao Te Ching is a piece of stand alone document. The most common mistake they had made was interpreting it in their flavor with what they had leaned in the past. They tend to interpret the Tao Te Ching with a mixture of philosophies such as Confucian, Buddhism, and western influence. -
An American who studies Taoism may be called as a Taoist. Thus an American Taoist may not be practicing the religion of Taoism. A Chinese who practice the religion of Taoism is called a Taoist. Those Chinese who only study Taoism may not be called as a Taoist.
