No pretendo entrar en el debate, añado solo algunas notas técnicas:
Tao significa camino también coloquialmente, es aceptable usarlo hasta para camino físico, senda, carretera y hasta método o verdad:
road; path; principle; truth; morality; reason; skill; method; Dao (of Daoism); to say; to speak; to talk; measure word for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; (old) circuit (administrative division)
Todo eso significa.
En el Ch'an se ha usado Tao (o Dao o DO en japonés) ampliamente, pero no necesariamente con el significado taoista, aunque a veces quizá sí. El significado habitual es el de Senda o incluso método (como puede verse está entre sus acepciones).
Por ejemplo:
至道無難
Zhì dào wù nán
唯嫌揀擇
Wéi xián jiän zé.
La Vía Suprema no es difícil.
Tan sólo evita la atracción y el rechazo.
Aquí Tao viene a significar método, el concepto Daoista no tiene sentido asociado con "Supremo" pues es redundante ni tampoco es nada a alcanzar pues es siempre existente. Adjetivizar "Vía" se hace porque se refiere al método Zen (que es evitar la atracción y el rechazo) y se considera "supremo".
POr otro lado el concepto de camino sí es habitual en el budismo indio anterior. Típicamente se ha usado la palabra MARGA:
https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/marga
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
[«previous (M) next»] — Marga in Mahayana glossary
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra
Mārga (मार्ग, “path”) according to the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter VII).—“there are two types of path (mārga): that of the Śrāvakas (lesser vehicle) and that of the Bodhisattvas (greater vehicle). The four assemblies, bhikṣu, bhikṣuṇī, upāsaka, upāsīkā, form the path of the Śrāvakas; the bodhisattva-mahāsattvas form the path of the Bodhisattvas”.
Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā
Mārga (मार्ग) (Cf. Bodhipatha) refers to the “way (of awakening)”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly: “[...] Then, son of good family, the Tathāgata Vimalaprabhānantaraśmirāja, having known the king Puṇyālaṃkāra’ thought, said this to Siṃhavikrāntagāmin: ‘By teaching the power of insight, supernatural knowledges , merits, and knowledges, son of good family, make all the assembly happy, make all abodes of Māra darken, illuminate the way of awakening (bodhi-mārga), satisfy all living beings, defeat all opponents, light the lamp of the dharma, purify all vices, and demonstrate the miraculous play of the Bodhisattva’”.
Buddhist philosophy
[«previous (M) next»] — Marga in Buddhist philosophy glossary
Source: Wisdom Experience: Mind (An excerpt from Science and Philosophy)
Mārga (मार्ग) refers to the “path (of knowledge)”.—By interpreting suffering as a problem of ignorance, Siddhārtha had embarked on a spiritual path that, in common with some other Indian traditions, came to be known as a “path of knowledge” (jñāna-mārga). For any path to knowledge, including all Indian Buddhist traditions, the fundamental goal of philosophy and contemplative practice is to uproot the confusion that underlies all suffering. Buddhist accounts often focus on exactly what constitutes ignorance—the foundational cognitive distortion that lies at the root of suffering—since identifying ignorance properly enables one to cultivate its antidote.
, lo cual es una sorpresa mayúscula. Porque, para ser budista, hay que dar el paso de tomar refugio y recibir un nombre, cosa que estoy viendo solo sucede en el caso de quien esto escribe. Un foro budista, lleno de budistas que no son budistas. ¿Cómo se come esto?
Debe ser una sensación muy guay.
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