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It really works both ways. On one hand, it's important to be accessible. There's nothing necessarily essential or magic about the original language this stuff comes from. At the same time, the more you translate the more subtle (and not so subtle) differences you make. That's just the nature of language, there are differences even in words that seem to literally translate because they developed in different places. Some of those differences can really screw someone up. I'm learning an Asian language at the moment. You know what words don't really literally translate over? "friend" "no" Let alone something like "suffering." We can all go in with the agreement that, when we say a word like suffering we really mean something different but, if English is your native language theres a lot of subtle stuff attached to that word that we're still going to associate with it even if we're not all that aware of it.
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Oh there are words for no. I just meant that the closest equivalents aren't exactly the same. There's a word that means "I do not agree/that isn't true" and another for "I don't have/it doesn't exist" that, for the most part are "no." It's just not entirely interchangeable.
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May 12, 2013 16:21
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If anyones interested, it's Buddha's birthday this Friday here in Korea (and probably other countries, too.) So, make of it what you will, and happy Buddha's Birthday everyone! Edit: and it was a good one  Hope it was nice for everyone else. Can anyone comment on the purpose and significance of bowing and prostrating to statues? BrainDance fucked around with this message at 19:28 on May 17, 2013 |
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May 15, 2013 15:04
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What does Korean Buddhism fall under? My first time in a Korean Buddhist temple a lay practitioner described the prostrating to me as something to bring good favor. Her English was limited though, so I couldn't get more than a basic answer. I took part in it last weekend but feel a little like maybe I shouldn't have, without understanding it more.
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May 23, 2013 06:18
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Seeing Eye Duck posted:and practicing Tai Chi (Yes I know) What's that supposed to mean? 
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