How important is it to read Chinese?

[Guest guest]

I'm wondering how important it is to read medical and philosophical texts in

Chinese?

 

There are so many texts. It would take several lifetimes just to read,

comprehend and integrate what is already translated.

 

I'm in the beginning of studying Chinese characters and am curious for those

who are fluent,

if reading characters will enrich the experience and context of

understanding the medicine a lot more

than reading the translations in English.

 

Is writing characters important in the cultivation of being a good

physician? how?

 

What about writing and speaking?

 

Thanks for sharing your experience.

 

K.

 

--

aka Mu bong Lim

Father of Bhakti

 

The Four Reliances:

Do not rely upon the individual, but rely upon the teaching.

As far as teachings go, do not rely upon the words alone, but rely upon the

meaning that underlies them.

Regarding the meaning, do not rely upon the provisional meaning alone, but

rely upon the definitive meaning.

And regarding the definitive meaning, do not rely upon ordinary

consciousness, but rely upon wisdom awareness.