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Tao Te Ching: With Over 150 Photographs by Jane English -- Lao Tzu, Paperback
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For nearly two generations, this bestselling translation of the Tao Te Ching has been the standard for those seeking access to the wisdom of Taoist thought. Now Jane English and her long-time editor, Toinette Lippe, have refreshed and revised the translation, so that it more faithfully reflects the Classical Chinese in which it was first written, while taking into account changes in our own language and eliminating any lingering infelicities. This beautiful oversized edition features over a hundred new photographs by Jane English that help express the vast spirit of the Tao. Also included is an introduction by the well-known writer and scholar of philosophy and comparative religion, Jacob Needleman. Lao Tsu's philosophy is simple: Accept what is in front of you without wanting the situation to be other than it is. Study the natural order of things and work with it rather than against it, for to try to change what is only sets up resistance. Nature provides everything without requiring payment or thanks. It does so without discrimination. So let us present the same face to everyone and treat them all as equals, however they may behave. If we watch carefully, we will see that work proceeds more quickly and easily if we stop trying, if we stop putting in so much extra effort, if we stop looking for results. In the clarity of a still and open mind, truth will be reflected. Te--which may be translated as virtue or strength--lies always in Tao meaning the way or natural law. In other words: Simply be.
Author: Lao Tzu
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 11/01/2011
Pages: 184
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.35lbs
Size: 10.90h x 8.40w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9780307949301
Author: Lao Tzu
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 11/01/2011
Pages: 184
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.35lbs
Size: 10.90h x 8.40w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9780307949301
About the Author
GIA-FU FENG was born in 1919 in Suzhou. He grew up in Shanghai and during World War II graduated from Peking University. He came to the United States in 1947 and earned a Master's Degree at the Wharton School. Meeting Alan Watts in San Francisco and studying at the American Academy of Asian Studies, he found the path he had been seeking. He taught at Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California and founded Stillpoint Foundation, a Taoist community in Colorado where he lived until his death in 1985.
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