Mig

After reading several documents on Daoism, I find confusing how people use the three treasures. Reading chapter 67 from DDJ shows the 3 treasures although there is 3 treasures from other sources as jing, qi, shen and also refers to Chinese traditional medicine. Let me know how you understand and apply the three treasures. Thanks,

谢谢妳 and does that mean there are more 三寶 in Daoism? I just read 一贯道 has also 三寶. Do you need to specify when you talk about the 3 treasures according to the situation in a conversation? Thanks

Sorry, I need some clarification as I don't understand. Is universal entity the Dao? So why there are different schools of Daoism?

Could you elaborate more on that? I understand there are sects or groups and how do they claim to be Daoists?

Thank you and it is a good reading. What I wonder if there are more 3 treasures in Daoism? And why 3? Is it related to heaven, human and earth?

Hello, I was wondering what has been the most efficient way to learn the DDJ both in English and Chinese. Have someone learned by heart or only those topics or sentences that makes sense to you? What kind of materials, sites or books do you use to read each chapter? I have checked the translations in this site and it has been helpful but sometimes I have the impression that everyone makes their own interpretation and it is difficult to understand the original text in classical Chinese or written Chinese. My goal is to learn it by heart and it is until now that I am able to understand the translations, the interpretations and the way it is easy to understand not using fancy wordings or more poetic. it is my practical way that emerges to see how I can apply it in real life. Thanks. M

Why do you think is your base? Is it because the English translation sounds better to you in terms of style and word arrangement or is it because it really tells you something that is a Daoist message? What had intrigued me is the comprehension of each chapter and if this is understood as Chinese native speaker or scholars understand. How a beginner will grasp what is Daoist from the DDJ? Thanks,

can you name a first book you read that impacted you and which notes and commentaries? Did you say your own translation, is it from the original in Chinese or from both Chinese and Engllish or other language?

After learning the first chapters, I understand the original text and how it is interpreted by some many translators and practitioners. Recent translations and old translations before 1940 and 1900. Recently, I started writing them down and practice them to memorize each chapter then try to understand each sentence, the syntax and how each chapter is structured. I found faith and conviction website and has been helpful in understanding then the translations here at Dao bums have been remarkably instructive. I see that reading other texts can be useful, just it is too much and I am always very careful with translations. My interests lay on what traditional Daoist scholars and practitioners understood and put those principles in practice or even today if Daoist scholars and practitioners both from the east and west exist. Thank you very much for your kind input.

After many attempts to sign up I finally made up my mind. I studied Mandarin Chinese centuries ago and now I decided to study Daoism more in depth and start learning the DDJ so all I've found here is information I could have never gotten back in my days of school in Paris. Although the libraries were useful, what we have today is much better than in the past. Looking forward to learn more everybody and find help in having better understanding of the classics. Cheers, Mig

I find the parallel more on structure and love and usually kids and adults mix them altogether at all times

Thank you. I read the DDJ 30 years ago and didn't understand a word. Nothing really impressed me and the little I understood I was already practicing it. Some readings on Kung fu helped me to grasp some concepts or principles. At the same time, I was wondering when you read those translation were you reading commentaries for each chapter? If I read a translation and no commentaries, I can only assume or make my own interpretation which makes me think, I am not understanding the meaning of each chapter. Now, if I am interested in the original text in Chinese and its commentaries then I have a gist in both languages. Of course, I have found online several sites with translations but I am never sure if that is an accurate translation or interpretation. Still my purpose is to have practical application from each chapter. This is the reason why I am curious how everyone read and understand the DDJ and how they learned directly from both classical Chinese and written Chinese. Thanks, M

Thank you everybody. I will navigate more in depth, although there is too much out there, to learn more about the DDJ and still learning more from every knowledgeable person here. Thanks,