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APT FAQ Draft

To: alt.magick.tyagi,alt.philosophy.taoism
From: nagasiva@luckymojo.com 
Subject: Re: APT FAQ Draft
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 17:26:37 GMT

50000929 Vom

NOW we're getting somewhere. composing a list of questions is the first
step in the construction of any reference document, whether they are
asked frequently (as for a FAQ) or not (as for a REF). 

from there we can taxonomize the questions into categories. I've re-
arranged the questions presented by friend Lupe, tossed out the
statement(s), corrected some misspellings, expanded some abbrevs.,
and provided some more questions for consideration by anyone who
wishes to study the subject in any depth.

tomlupe@aol.com (Mr Lupe) contributed to the following list:

0.0     TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR FUTURE REFERENCE DOCUMENT(S)

	1.0     INTRODUCTION TO THE REFERENCE DOCUMENT
		1.1  Why it was made, who made it, how, etc.
		1.2  What the reader will find here in terms
		     of limitations in subject, knowledge, etc.

	2.0	BASIC TERMINOLOGY
		2.1  What is Tao?
		2.2  What are Yin and Yang?


	3.0	BASIC SOURCES 
		3.1  What are the "Tao Te Ching" ("Tao and Te Classic; TTC), 
		     "Chuang Tzu" (CT), "I Ching" (Changes Classic; IC)? 
		 	3.1.2  Are they Taoist texts?
		3.2  What is "The Taoist Canon"?
		3.3  Who was Lao Tzu, Chuang Tzu, Chang Tao-Ling, Ko Hung, 
		     Lieh Tzu, Huang Po, etc.?
			3.3.2 Were they Taoists?

	4.0	SUBJECT DEPTH
		4.1  What is Taoism?
			3.1.2  Is there a goal to achieve in Taoism?
			3.1.3  Are there different aspects of Taoism? 
			3.1.4  Are there martial arts associated with Taoism?

	5.0	EAST/WEST STUDIES
		5.1  Is there such a thing as Western Taoism?
		5.2  Do gods exist in Taoism? 
			5.2.2  What about the Eight Immortals? 

	6.0	NEWSGROUP (esp. for a newsgroup FAQ, could be 1.0)
		6.1  Why was alt.philosophy.taoism created?
			6.1.2  Is this newsgroup just for philosophy?
			
	7.0	CREDITS/COPYRIGHTS

add questions! restructure! cascade credit!!
mu
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