@Meaningness Nice thing abt Lao-Zhuang Daoism is it's essentially dead as a religious tradition; people get less butthurt about revisionism.
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@St_Rev I have no idea whether the “gems” are that or my misinterpreting the text saying things I believe (that few people do). Pareidolia. - 11 more replies
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@Meaningness Zhuang Zhou was such and such a person. OK. No, he's a myth. OK. No, there was actually a guy. OK.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Awbery@Meaningness The Laozi and Zhuangzi were definitely produced by communities of some sort, probably multiple communities.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Awbery@Meaningness There are hints of yogic-type practices referenced but not described; there was a cultural genocide during the Qin.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Awbery@Meaningness Centuries later more/new/different practices emerged associated with the texts, some under the 'Taoist alchemy' headingThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Awbery@Meaningness But it's like trying to reconstruct Plato from its traces in Christianity.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Awbery@Meaningness There's a contemporary text that was only discovered in the late 20c that seems to be a practice manual, but...Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Awbery@Meaningness ...I don't remember the name and certainly haven't read it.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Awbery@Meaningness Personally, anyway, my 'practice' is a thoroughly decontextualized and degenerate thing, but I'm allergic to sanghas.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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