Thank you Peter, I am so grateful to your tenderness.. I can tell you really love your job and have such a desire to teach... I love your spirit. Thank you for work!
@PeterBolland
2 жыл бұрын
I DO love my job! You are right about that. Thank you for the kind words. 🙏🏼
@brandydinsmore8214
3 жыл бұрын
Very good advice at 11:40 in dealing with narcissistic tendencies in our lives as well.
@celsaprado4185
3 жыл бұрын
Interesting explanation on minute 11:40 through 11:44. Great wisdom. Thank you for sharing this treasure and yes, It is a book for reading before going to sleep.
@PeterBolland
3 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@Storm_.
4 ай бұрын
Hi Peter, thank you so much for these talks on the Dao De Jing. I was searching for someone to discuss the book in such a manner and I can definitely say that you have helped the words to make more sense for me in many ways. I must say though, I dont have the Stephen Mitchell translation, but I have both the Derek Lin and Brook Ziporyn translations which are also very highly regarded. Chapter 67 is quite different in Stephen Mitchells version though, so much so it raises many questions for me. In both Derek Lins and Brook Ziporyn's chapter 67 doesn't really talk about anyone speaking against the Dao, it's quite the contrast. I enjoy Stephen Mitchells 'westernisation' of many of the concepts which helps me understand, but sometimes I wonder if I'm listening to Stephen Mitchell's personal viewpoint or Lao Tzu's true words. I know you probably wouldn't have the time, but I'd be interested in you comparing various chapters from different translations. But then would that be going against the Dao? Being too mind focussed? 😊
@PeterBolland
4 ай бұрын
There is much to discuss when it comes to translations, and I'm no expert. I've read many of the English ones, and I have my favorites. But I particularly like how Mitchell gender-switches, since ancient Chinese has no gender specificity. This seems remarkable honest and true to the text. Sometimes its male pronouns, sometimes its female pronouns. Plus it's just so readable. It feels like contemporary California English, which it is. There are other translations that are more "literal," but I don't find them all that helpful.
@brandydinsmore8214
3 жыл бұрын
I heard recently that the pope has been dressing in regular priests clothing and mingling in town. I like that guy.
@williamconrad3007
2 жыл бұрын
How does the Dao De Jing compare to the I Ching? Are they similar?
@PeterBolland
2 жыл бұрын
Great question. They are not terribly similar. The I Ching is far older, dating as far back as 1000 B.C.E. Also, the I Ching is a book designed to be used for divination, that is, determining the underlying patterns beneath and within things, or more simply (and somewhat incorrectly) put, predicting the future. The Dao De Jing isn't about any of that -- it's 81 short poems of a philosophical and spiritual nature about the Dao and our relationship with it. The I Ching is supremely important and influential. Even Confucius, at the age of 60, said that if he had 60 more years, he would devote them all to studying the I Ching.
@williamconrad3007
2 жыл бұрын
@@PeterBolland Thamks very much, Peter. I so enjoy listening to and learning from you.
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