Having to do something to do something wouldn't be the tao/dao/道, but then again neither would doing nothing. I would not say that something is the way to the Tao. Tao isn't a goal, it literally means the way or path in Chinese. Dào is something you can walk upon whilst hoping not to be hit by a car. The Dao can be stated, but it is not the common Dao indeed.
(Dao or Tao is just a matter of transcription into the Latin alphabet, pinyin or Wade–Giles respectively, to a Chinese it would be 道, more about the character in the Wiktionary; Wade-Giles tends to trick westerners, so "dao" is more likely to be pronounced right.)
The Dao can be stated, but it is not the common Dao; [Its] name can be named, but it is not the common name. Not-having name is the beginning of the heaven and the earth; Having name is the mother of the myriad things. So, Always not-having desire, thereby can perceive its wonder; Always having desire, thereby can see its limits. These two have the same origin, but they differ in name; Both are called Mystery. One Mystery plus another Mystery, are the sources of all wonders.
This should be as good an introduction to the problem of taoism as any.
Now, this doesn't mean at all that philosophy is an esoteric closed system reserved to some select few. Everybody has intellect, so everybody can do philosophy.
I hope not. He was known for having a life of vice before entering monastery... (therefore the importance of the questions he got an answer, such has why not doing something if it gives us pleasure... )
I wonder, to what extent could people without such life experiences understand their acquired wisdom without having gone through something similar themselves?
How can an atheist speak about God? Ohh but they speak a lot...
I'm sure you knew that, but that was further clarification for Belfrager.
No clarification at all for me, Sanguinemoon. tt92 said it all.
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If I curse something or someone I consider holy or sacred, I will have blasphemed, If I curse something or someone that another person considers holy or sacred, I will have needlessly and childishly been offensive. I don't see where the concept of free speech comes into it either way.
The point with training dogs that I still don't know too well is how to train them to attack directly to the throat. I need someone's throat... maybe you want to help me train them, eh Barulheira?
In not too much time, drones will be inside you all. That's what happens when people don't react against nanotechnology. First they have drones outside them , then inside them.
Speaking with an Ukrainian yesterday she told me that things there costs the same that in the rest of Europe but the minimum salary is about eighty euros per month. No wonder people wants to join the EU.
Most of it is made for turn people into automatons.
Fascism created an extraordinary architecture (rapidly imitated by communists) that transmitted ideology and propaganda. Today's architecture delivers emptiness and mediocrity.
The only architecture I'm interested these days it's survival and sustainable architecture. Time to regress, as in a circle.
I don't understand this thread, blasphemy in Portuguese means an expression against what is sacred. Joining together blasphemy and free speech doesn't make any sense. Neither subsequent posts do.
