04-30-2021, 12:11 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-03-2021, 04:48 AM by Johannesbrst.)
I've stumbled upon Taoism and specifically the book that holds the foundation which Taoism is build upon - Tao Te Ching.
I'm really enjoying the words in each short chapter (its 81 of them) and found a great translation to english which feels like it does a good job at holding the original meaning of the words. It's more poetry than plain descriptive text, but I think that poetry is the greatest vessel we have to explain the nature of things. With poetry you understand the nature of something not by someone telling you what something _is_ but what something is _like_ or _is not_ and you fill out the gaps yourself, providing a fuller understanding of what is trying to be communicated.
EDIT: I've removed the link but the translation and explanations are provided by Stefan Stenudd, so you can google it.
I'm really enjoying the words in each short chapter (its 81 of them) and found a great translation to english which feels like it does a good job at holding the original meaning of the words. It's more poetry than plain descriptive text, but I think that poetry is the greatest vessel we have to explain the nature of things. With poetry you understand the nature of something not by someone telling you what something _is_ but what something is _like_ or _is not_ and you fill out the gaps yourself, providing a fuller understanding of what is trying to be communicated.
EDIT: I've removed the link but the translation and explanations are provided by Stefan Stenudd, so you can google it.
