XPost: alt.philosophy.taoism, alt.buddha.short.fat.guy, alt.philosophy.zen   
   From: wudao@wuji.net   
      
   Tang wrote:   
   > {:-]))) wrote:   
   >> noname noted:   
   >   
   >>> The uncarving thing is marvelous until you take it too far.   
   >   
   >> Hence the phrase: dao ke dao fei chang dao.   
   >>   
   >> The DDJ can be viewed as it begins with a caveat.   
   >>   
   >> - poetic licenses vary   
   >   
   >Daoism and Buddhism are packed choke-full with   
   >caveats, in contradistinction to the realist and   
   >literalist words (carved on stoned tablets) valid at   
   >face value of Jewish mythology. The Raft, the   
   >Fishnets, etc. (though Jewish mythology has a   
   >great equivalent: "vanity of vanities", which the   
   >followers of Jewish mythology often relegate to   
   >disuse and fail to apply back to Jewish mythology).   
   >   
   >Destroying the ground on which they stand is a   
   >constant business of Daoists and Buddhists,   
   >otherwise they would not be Daoists and Buddhists.   
      
   Not being well-versed in Buddhist lore, it's possible I did   
   not get the memo that the Fourth Noble Truth was discarded.   
      
   Note to self, forget about crazy-eight-folded path.   
      
   - daoist, out to lunch   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)