Just downloaded a really shit .mobi of this, what am i in for?
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Just downloaded a really shit .mobi of this, what am i in for?
The end of suffering.
>not meditating while listening to the audiobook
Plebs. When will they learn?
>>7828192
A whole lot of shit you'll probably misunderstand. Not trying to call you a filthy pleb or something, but the Tao Te Ching is one of those works with at least as many interpretations as experts. It relies on a whole lot of specific terminology native to Chinese philosophical thought that someone who is just diving into won't even have a conception of. Its approach is also completely different from most Western texts. Try getting a version a with at least a bunch of annotations, or just read a textbook about the Tao Te Ching before going into it. That sounds like an assload of work but the Tao Te Ching, like most ancient Chinese texts, is opaque and requires a detailed study to properly appreciate.
>>7828203
I honestly wont mind it being arduous, i'm up for deep study, this wasn't something i downloaded for fun and i certainly didn't expect it to be light reading. I wanted to appreciate it and i've seen quite a bit of praise.