Buddha and Beyond?

Carl

Hello~

This is my first post so please bare with me if I do something so lecturish lol~

Let me first off type in the original text (since I can't find any that I am familiar with)

道可道非常道。名可名非常名
無名天地之始。有名萬物之母
故常無欲以觀其妙。常有欲以觀其徼。
此兩者同 出而異名。同謂之玄 玄之又玄 衆妙之門。

To start off the text here are presented in the order that is for the text dialect specialist not of the Original 王弼's written scripture.

Traditionally and archiological findings in 1970s and 1990s we have both written in Silk and Bamboo bindings to confirm these texts actually existed and people have been adding texts for their publications over the years.

However, what we have as the Tao Te Ching is of the 王弼's advanced translation of which recorded. Most of us would be amazed to find out 王弼 translated and collected this work at the age of 16... Which makes me so ashamed that I can't even collect 4,000 English words to compose something like this even if I had super computer.

For the most part, I am going to try my best to use common English rather than some core texts since we already have enough problems with the translated images or metaphors.

Thank you

-- End Prologue --

道可道非常道。
Way (of which) can be called Way [<-this way is confucian theory of tranqul equalibrilum of humanistic orgin of nature within] cannot be considered [<-although it is mentioned many times and more to be translated true or unchangable truth, this self wording shows designation of word for an idea that creates the illusion that an object has not changed (i.e., you've left your car in the parking lot before you go to work, you return to find the car in place. You know and you are certain that this car has not moved, but you are also certain that this car has been affected by the environment of the physical nature which is not visibly seen during the time you were working.) thus illusion of the present presented to us has not been changed and at the same time it is constantly changing that we are visualizing as unchanged] Way

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I have enough notes to back up everything I post so please feel free to reply lol

I think I've put up more than what I intended and perhaps I would need actual feed back in order to continue since obviously this takes up alot of the webspace~

Kudos~

Carl

Buddha and Beyond?
No one has ever commented directly upon that essay, and I know why. Everyone who reads it agrees,... or no one reads it. Anyway, in the bathtub I got to pondering humanity’s problem (where else better?), and felt that we certainly don’t need another Sage, Christ, Buddha, Lao Tzu, etc. After all, [chref=19]exterminate the sage, discard the wise, and the people will benefit a hundredfold… [/chref] We need, as individuals, to accept who we are, rather than futilely aim for who we think we should be. Sooner or later each of us must realize this simply doesn’t work (although we usually seem to die before that happens). Without a foundation of self understand and acceptance, everything we do will have unforeseen consequences. Alas, being a social species and loving our movie stars, kings and other heroes, I guess another ‘prophet / sage’ awaits us in the wings. :roll:

Lynn Cornish

We need, as individuals, to accept who we are, rather than futilely aim for who we think we should be.

Thank you.

My little Buddhist sangha is always getting caught up in thoughts about how to be a good person and how to help other less fortunate people.

Does it make sense to teach Buddhist principles to people who are fighting to survive? Do we tell them to accept reality, to love what is?

My answer is that there will always be pain in the world, but with acceptance of what is, there need not be suffering. When we cling to our desires, we suffer. If we can let go of our desires, then we are left with pain, which is temporary like everything else and eventually will be balanced out with joy.