XPost: alt.buddha.short.fat.guy, alt.philosophy.taoism   
   From: invalid@invalid.invalid   
      
   {:-]))) wrote:   
      
   > niunian wrote:   
   >   
   >> I think using non-dual to describe faith is   
   >>inappropriate. There is no such thing as unity as far as faith is   
   >>concerned. The original Chinese text meant to say that faith is   
   >>undivided loyalty. There is nothing about unity or wholeness when   
   >>talking about faith.   
   >   
   > Undivided suggests, to me, undivided.   
   > Not divided. Not two. Unified.   
   >   
   > Loyalty is another layer.   
   >   
   > Not being able to read the original Chinese,   
   > and not knowing the passage in question,   
   > I have no idea what loyalty is referring to.   
   >   
   > Loyalty can suggest being loyal to an other.   
   >   
   > However, if one's faith is whole, one's eye single,   
   > and one is loyal to that faith, then perhaps it fits.   
   >   
   > Being loyal to the Uncarved Block. Tao.   
   >   
   > As was Cook Ting.   
   > Hence, his knife stayed sharp.   
      
   Undivided loyalty amounts to commitment, commitment to one's own Te   
   (virtue/integrity/wholeness) regardless of desire's temptations leads to   
   harmony with Tao.   
      
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