[MD] The Beginning of it All

[Dwaipayan Lahiri]

On Mar 9, 2008, at 2:09 PM, Krimel wrote:

> My comments were directed at your statement:
>
> "Indeed, what the Taoist believes is that whatever
> is, is the Tao, so it cannot possibly be undesirable.
> Even the most seemingly ghastly thing is that way.
> Good and Bad are simply values we assign to things..."
>
> I took to double negative to mean that the Tao IS desirable. In  
> Buddhism
> desire is to be avoided as it is root of suffering.

I missed this. Taoism is not Buddhism -- why do you think they are  
similar?
And why do you think Buddhism says that desire is to be avoided?
The Middle-path of Gautama the Buddha was created to find a middle  
ground between extreme Renunciation (no desire) and extreme  
debauchery (only desire).
Which Buddhism are you referring to?