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Tao Te Ching

The Essential Translation of the Ancient Chinese Book of the Tao

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Tao Te Ching

Written by: Lao Tzu, John Minford - translator, John Minford - introduction, John Minford
Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
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The original mindfulness book, in a landmark new translation by the award-winning translator of the I Ching and The Art of War
 
The most translated book in the world after the Bible, the Tao Te Ching, or “Book of the Tao,” is a guide to cultivating a life of peace, serenity, and compassion. Through aphorisms and parable, it leads readers toward the Tao, or the “Way”: harmony with the life force of the universe. Traditionally attributed to Lao-tzu, a Chinese philosopher thought to have been a contemporary of Confucius, it is the essential text of Taoism, one of the three major religions of ancient China. As one of the world’s great works of wisdom literature, it still has much to teach us today, offering a practical model based on modesty and self-restraint for living a balanced existence and for opening your mind, freeing your thoughts, and attaining greater self-awareness. With its emphasis on calm, simplicity, purity, and non-action, it provides a time-tested refuge from the busyness of modern life.
 
This new translation seeks to understand the Tao Te Ching as a guide to everyday living and encourages a slow, meditative reading experience. The Tao Te Ching’s eighty-one brief chapters are accompanied by illuminating commentary, interpretation, poems, and testimonials by the likes of Margaret Mead, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Dr. Wayne W. Dyer. Occult Other Religions, Practices & Sacred Texts Philosophy Spiritualism Taoism Eastern Philosophy
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“The power of the ­Lao-­tzu’s imagery and, ultimately, the simplicity of its message seem to be able to overcome the problems of language and of distance in time and place, so that at the end of the twentieth century, this has become one of the most influential of texts, cherished by people in all walks of life throughout the world.” –from the Introduction by Sarah Allan
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One has to reach that stage before the book picks you up (selects you). I dont know how much I was ready to read (hear) assimilate and apply this book though the journey was very illuminating. The deep philosophy and very simple yet profound explanations of Tao and Taoism (pronounced as Dao and Daoism) may not change my life but surely makes my views more deep. Very well narrated with profusely quoting Masters on each edict, I was pleasantly surprised that how much is this understanding of Taoism similar and congruent to all the main Indian philosophies. I will surely have to read it again - but when? Let the book decide!

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