Donna Quesada. Taoism/Daoism. (Tao Te Ching. Yin Yang. Relativity) 2/9

Donna Quesada from Santa Monica College - Lecture on the Chinese philosophy of Taoism. Feb. 5, 2009. Part 2-of-9.--Donna Quesada's book now on sale! Link to buy: http://www.amazon.com/Buddha-Classroom-Wisdom-Inspire-Teachers/dp/1616083158/...

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[profquesada]

Your welcome comment gives me the energy to keep doing it:)

[oc00011]

@profquesada hi! i was wondering, have you ever attempted applying Wittgensteinian principles to Taoist literature? i'm sure it would be a hell of a difficult task, but i was just curious if its been done..?

also, i've been curious for a while now about why Buddhism has these elaborate, dogmatic ideas about "afterlife". when Buddha's own followers asked him about "afterlife", deities and such, he replied with "i do not know" - he was an agnostic. so why is there such beliefs attributed to him?

[profquesada]

@oc00011

For Wittgenstein, think contextual game rules, which may be related to Taoist relativity.

For the "afterlife," not all Buddhists have elaborate viewpoints. Here is my own article on reincarnation: spiritvoyage (dot) com/blog/index.php/the-philoso­phy-of-reincarnation-and-the-n­ow-moment/

[profquesada]

Hi Hoteisbelly, It makes me happy to know you found here! DQ

[profquesada]

Thank you for your sweet comment, and for watching, SpiralTrance.

[bayreuth79]

What about true and false? Just in order to articulate Taoism you have to articulate what you assume to be true; and by doing so are you not trying to overcome ignorance? Truth and falseness are polar opposites.

[oc00011]

@Kostly the aspiration & even the achievement of "lack of culture" is a partially cultural characteristic itself. u cannot escape culture. i disagree with the quotation u wrote of McKenna, he seems to come to the conclusion that its a wholly negative attribute to be "culturally active". he misleads the reader (maybe unintentionally) in the way that culture does also have positive aspects, positive for the individual & for other people.

"free" is also a problematic word, as i'm sure u know.

[aperezNWO]

Thank you

[angellicvoices]

I love this lecture, sooo facinating!!!

[takezo1977]

thank you for your great simplification of daoist/zen concepts, ive read mutch of your said in a mutch more difficult language...i thank you so mutch and the most funny thing of all i discovered allan watts teachings only a few months ago

great work - thank you

[MichaelmyersTX]

Wu Wei, acting by no acting.

[gowiemeister]

i love your enthusiasm! haha.

[Kostly]

"Culture is not your friend...It's only convenient for other people." - Terence McKenna

When you let go of "culture" is when you start to become free. True freedom can never be attained, after all, you are here and now. Don't let that discourage you.