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Re: Daily translation 9/28/2000 - catching up

From:Padraic Brown <pbrown@...>
Date:Saturday, September 30, 2000, 22:33
On Sat, 30 Sep 2000, Nik Taylor wrote:

>The Gray Wizard wrote: >> >> English: In quarreling about the shadow we often lose the substance > >What exactly does this mean?
I think it means something like: When we waste time arguing over small inconsequential things, we tend to lose sight of the important things. Or: When we argue over irrelevancies, we tend to lose sight of the main point. This is a real good saying, and conculturally speaking, will have to be appropriated by the "Book of the Teacher", which is full of such sayings and attached parables. Padraic.
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