I fully agree! In Metta Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 17, 2015, at 9:56 AM, Bauer Adam <adam at dharmaboutique.com> wrote: > > This is one of those moments where I say to myself: “dang, this is a pretty cool list.” > > DharmaBoutique.com > Sensual & Sacred Treasures > राम राम > >> It means many things: >> Used as a sign for praise and encouragement I'm told: >> A persons deeds and virtues are powerful enough to heal the world. >> >> Literally: thick virtues can hold the world. >> >> I hope this helps, >> Sandy >> Sri Bodhiraja Foundation >> Embilipitiya, Sri Lanka > > >>> Ah, then it probably DOES mean "great virtue shows the Way". >>> >>> (BTW, I was mistaken about my comment about simplified characters: >>> I was in the wrong Pinyin mode when typing. The stone said 載, not 载. >>> Same character, just traditional.) >>> >>> I met my Chinese/Japanese wife while living in Japan: she's now a >>> college teacher here in the States. >>> >>> -- >>> Roger Williams <roger at qux.com> >>> Chief Technical Officer, Qux Corporation >>> >>>> On 16 Mar 2015, at 20:29, keith harmon Snow <keith.harmon.snow at gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> excellent, thank you very much. It is a tablet on a mountain in Wudang Shan behind the Purple Heaven Palace at the cave shrine of a famous "bee daoist". >>>> >>>> Can I ask where your understanding of Chinese comes from? >>>> >>>> thank you again >>>> >>>> On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 8:26 PM, Roger Williams <roger at qux.com> wrote: >>>> I think it's an obscure Chengyu (four-character idiom), but it's in >>>> simplified characters, so it must be on the Mainland. >>>> >>>> 厚德载道 (hòu dé zài dào) literally means "great virtue fills the road", >>>> which I guess means something like "great virtue is highly praised". >>>> (In the right context, it might also mean that "great virtue conveys the Way".) >>>> >>>> More common similar Chengyu are 厚德载物 (great virtue can carry all >>>> the things in the world) and 厚德载福 (great virtue brings happiness). >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Roger Williams <roger at qux.com> >>>> Chief Technical Officer, Qux Corporation > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.hidden-tech.net/pipermail/hidden-discuss/attachments/20150317/09deaae1/attachment.html