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Everyone possesses the elixir of immortality, yet foolishly squanders it. (Zhang Boduan, Song Dynasty). But he wrote in Classical, so each will read in it what they expect to find.

Totally right. I posted about it too, a while ago now and can’t find it back. Was sth like forgiveness is only applicable after the perpetrator: 1) understands it was wrong 2) is sorry 3) has now acquired the skills not do it again 4) has now the mindset to never want to do it again 5) apologises sincerely 6) humbly and sincerely begs for my forgiveness All else is aiding and abetting

24 pages more on neidan https://www.thedaobums.com/topic/53700-what-exactly-is-neidaninternal-alchemy/?do=findComment&comment=983714

I have edited my post.

edit: Indeed, and that's your problem.

玄學 is deception, insignificant obscurities. (end DDJ ch. 1 https://www.thedaobums.com/topic/57074-myddj-ch1/?do=findComment&comment=1059176 )

Hi. Welcome to the forum.

AI-generated.

This video might be a fake but the sentiment expressed is entirely real, and I love Johnny Cash.

and apparently killed lots of monks for real by telling them to keep in mind how ugly they are.

Laughing in a good way.

For Roman Catholics, the moral law (what is good or evil) has been set by God. This story is about obedience to God. the DDJ sees imperfection, e.g. start ch. 5: 天 地 不 仁 之 以 (tian1 di4 bu4 ren2 zhi1 yi3 ) Nature is inhumane, it uses 萬 物 為 芻 狗 也 (wan4 wu4 wei2 chu2 gou3 ye3 ) all living creatures as disposables.

This paper basically states that Daoism and Yijing comes from Indo--Europeans. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/350522856_Indo-Europeans_in_the_Ancient_Yellow_River_Valley?_sg[1]=

Thanks for spotting that, I have edited it.

edited Christians, were called "of the Way” (Acts 9:2) [τῆς Ὁδοῦ https://biblehub.com/text/acts/9-2.htm]

Welcome to the forum. I thought you were a (“klein” is Dutch for ‘small’) small beer; but then I googled your username, turns out you are in another world!

The Chinese call Japan 日本 (ri4 sun ben3 origin) where the sun rises.

(have not read the thread) I like the Standing Wuji practice (I dislike the ‘tree hugging’ zhan zhuang).

Some think Lao Tzu was essentially summarising the collected wisdom of the previous few thousand years. Then the DDJ was edited by various sages. Chapters 70–81 of the DDJ were not yet composed at the time the Guodian slips were copied. The DDJ was finally declared 'finished' and definitive with the Wang Bi of about 1800 years ago (the received text).

China's book burning (213 BC), later a lot of the lost texts were rewritten from memory/imagination.

Who knows. Most of the I Ching is from the Warring States period. It’s origins are mythical (taken as fact by traditional texts). Modern scholarship dates the oldest bits to late 9th century BC (using bronze inscriptions). Rome's origins trace to around the 9th or 10th century BC as small settlements.

you have dyslexia?

For what doth it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his own soul? (Matthew 16:2)

Hi, welcome, what does your username mean?

你好 , welcome to the forum.