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Taoism - Misfortune comes from having a body.

Jainarayan

ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय
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Premium Member
Nah, she and the kid went in a different direction. I don't think she'd want to take on two gay men in full-on humor. Not like the poor blonde waitress who waited on four of us one night. At the time I was a big beef eater, and always ordered steaks out (mostly because I couldn't cook one for ****). She asked how I wanted it cooked. I said "just wrestle it to the ground and I'll do the rest". She looked at me like :shrug: then said "ohhhh, you want it rare hee hee hee". :facepalm: Do you know what that can do to four gay men at a table? :D

OK, so this thread has been hijacked from Rome to Tokyo via Cuba. :run:
 

SageTree

Spiritual Friend
Premium Member
OK...
So let's get back on track.

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Ben Dhyan

Veteran Member
What is your philosophical understanding of the bold line below? Why does a body result in misfortune from a Taoist perspective?

Source: Tao Te Ching, English by Gia-fu Feng and Jane English, Terebess Asia Online (TAO)
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Perhaps a comparison with a well known translation to see if the term 'body' is used in Verse 13 is reasonable.

Fwiw, here is one by Sanderson Beck...
DAO DE JING
by Lao-zi English interpolation by Sanderson Beck, 1996


Good fortune and misfortune cause apprehension.
Regard great trouble as you regard your self.

What is meant by
"Good fortune and misfortune cause apprehension?"
Those with good fortune are apprehensive of their gain.
Those with misfortune are apprehensive of their loss.

What is meant by
"Regard great trouble as you regard your self?"
Great trouble comes from being selfish.
Being selfless, what trouble is there?

Therefore those who value the world as themselves
may be entrusted to govern the world.
Those who love the world as themselves
may be entrusted to care for the world.
 
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