You continue to talk about enlightenment but are you yourself actually enlightened Taoist11?If so how do you know you are enlightened and who told you what enlightenment is like? finally how do you know it's actual enlightenment becuase it could be something different.
For example you tell someone what an orange looks and tasts like. that person then comes across a mandirin and eats it. That person could reasonably assume that the mandarin is a orange becuase it looks and tasts like it. But someone who has eaten an orange will no it's not an orange mearly a mandarin.
Also could you please tell me who in taoism defines what a sin is?
You continue to talk about enlightenment but are you yourself actually enlightened Taoist11?If so how do you know you are enlightened and who told you what enlightenment is like? finally how do you know it's actual enlightenment becuase it could be something different.
For example you tell someone what an orange looks and tasts like. that person then comes across a mandirin and eats it. That person could reasonably assume that the mandarin is a orange becuase it looks and tasts like it. But someone who has eaten an orange will no it's not an orange mearly a mandarin.
Also could you please tell me who in taoism defines what a sin is?
Before enlightenment, I had been seduced by charming women easily, i.e, when in street, I had often looked at pretty women. But after enlightenment, I bet all my friends that if I am with gorgeous hookers with porn video, in a close room, I stare at the porn, but I am still calm, not get hot, & not have sex with those women. To have sex with them is ok, and not have sex with them, still ok, although my libido is about average, that means, I'm strong on bed.I have a daughter; I'm not disable. This is because I see in my mind & things that being (attractive hookers, the porn video) are non-being (not only a fixed way that is seducing, but they are multi-dimentional, or in Buddhism, they are impermanent).
Second point: Su Dongpo was an avid student of Buddhist teachings. He was quick-witted and humorous; as a Zen Buddhism follower he was very serious and self-disciplined. He often discussed buddhism with his good friend, Zen Master Foyin. The two lived across the river from one another.
Following is an interesting and famous story about him and Zen Master Foyin.
One day, Su Dongpo felt inspired and wrote the following poem:
I bow my head to the heaven within heaven,
Hairline rays illuminating the universe,
The eight winds cannot move me,
Sitting still upon the purple golden lotus.
The “eight winds (八风)” in the poem referred to praise (称), ridicule (讥), honor (誉), disgrace (毁), gain (得), loss (失), pleasure (乐) and misery (苦) – interpersonal forces of the material world that drive and influence the hearts of men. Su Dongpo was saying that he has attained a higher level of spirituality, where these forces no longer affect him.
Impressed by himself, Su Dongpo sent a servant to hand-carry this poem to Fo Yin. He was sure that his friend would be equally impressed. When Fo Yin read the poem, he immediately saw that it was both a tribute to the Buddha and a declaration of spiritual refinement. Smiling, the Zen Master wrote “fart” on the manuscript and had it returned to Su Dongpo.
Su Dongpo was expecting compliments and a seal of approval. When he saw “fart” written on the manuscript, he was shocked . He burst into anger: “How dare he insult me like this? Why that lousy old monk! He’s got a lot of explaining to do!”
Full of indignation, he rushed out of his house and ordered a boat to ferry him to the other shore as quickly as possible. He wanted to find Fo Yin and demand an apology. However, Fo Yin’s door closed. On the door was a piece of paper, for Su Dongpo. The paper had following two lines:
The eight winds cannot move me,
One fart blows me across the river.
This stopped Su Dongpo cold. Fo Yin had anticipated this hot-headed visit. Su Dongpo’s anger suddenly drained away as he understood his friend’s meaning. If he really was a man of spiritual refinement,
completely unaffected by the eight winds, then how could he be so easily provoked?
With a few strokes of the pen and minimal effort, Fo Yin showed that Su Dongpo was in fact not as spiritually advanced as he claimed to be. Ashamed but wiser, Su Dongpo departed quietly.
This event proved to be a turning point in Su Dongpo’s spiritual development. From that point on, he became a man of humility, and not merely someone who boasted of possessing the virtue.
Third: Before enlightenment, I respected my master Do (we live in Vietnam). But after that, because I perceive everybody, everything are non-being, I don't respect him any more, & not to Lao Tzu, Chuang Tzu, Buddha, too. We see all farts are non-being, as a result, we don't feel angry when being teased, so, we talk as if we were enemies!! Others (my master's children) saw that, thought I was brash to Do, they wanted to teach me a lesson. I had to explain that Do was a kind of Buddha, everyone insulting him, he did not get mad. My neighbour, once threatened to hit me, I invited him a drink, his hatred disappeared.
Fourth: I teach Taoism easily, because I am like a men who drank beer, then talk about beer. You may test me by posting the most difficult questions in Taoism, I'll answer you well. Not only teach about the theory, but also I give examples of me & other masters for practice.
Fifth: Exchanging billions of $, great villas, deluxe private planes, fine wines, Misses the World to have a "yes" of me, one will surely failed if they want me to say:"Taoist11 is not non-being"!
... and many more. I can tell you much about how an enlightened in Taoism like.
About "sin", I don't have & don't need definitions. "sin" is the opposite of merit, credit. I'm practical. In real life, I call "sin" is what is bad, and they see it obviously. Check the word "sin" in dict is easy, I don't need to do because I start from reality.