From sv@vilain.net Tue Apr 29 04:53:04 2003 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-beginners); Tue, 29 Apr 2003 04:53:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from 203-79-64-211.adsl.paradise.net.nz ([203.79.64.211] helo=themachine.vilain.net) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.12) id 19ATfT-0002k4-00 for lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org; Tue, 29 Apr 2003 04:53:04 -0700 Received: from sv by themachine.vilain.net with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19ATP7-0000V9-00 for ; Tue, 29 Apr 2003 23:36:09 +1200 From: Sam Vilain To: lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: Spiritual texts? Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 23:36:09 +1200 User-Agent: KMail/1.5 References: <200304290351.51565.sam@vilain.net> <20030428174817.GV22216@digitalkingdom.org> In-Reply-To: <20030428174817.GV22216@digitalkingdom.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200304292336.09790.sam@vilain.net> X-archive-position: 273 X-Approved-By: sam@vilain.net X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-beginners-bounce@chain.digitalkingdom.org Errors-to: lojban-beginners-bounce@chain.digitalkingdom.org X-original-sender: sam@vilain.net Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org X-list: lojban-beginners On Tue, 29 Apr 2003 05:48, you wrote: > > A free (GPLed) English translation of the Tao Te Ching is at: > > http://www.chinapage.com/gnl.html > Double translations are *BAD*. Yes, I know that. But there are an abundance of translations available for it. Just do a net search and you'll find at least a dozen. Sure, they're mostly slanted along Western Christian lines. But hey, it's Open Source, right? Anyone can come along later and correct it :-). It's not a `holy writ', like the Bible; it's merely ancient words of wisdom. It matters not if a few connotations are lost, or more added. A show of hands from people living in predominantly Taoist (or even Buddhist) territory perhaps? -- Sam Vilain, sam@vilain.net Time is an illusion perpetrated by the manufacturers of space. GRAFFITI