Tao Te Ching - Stephen Mitchell & Lao Tzu

Tao Te Ching

ByStephen Mitchell & Lao Tzu

  • Release Date: 2009-10-13
  • Genre: Religion & Spirituality
Score: 4.5
4.5
From 237 Ratings

Description

The bestselling, widely acclaimed translation from Stephen Mitchell

"Mitchell’s rendition of the Tao Te Ching comes as close to being definitive for our time as any I can imagine. It embodies the virtues its translator credits to the Chinese original: a gemlike lucidity that is radiant with humor, grace, largeheartedness, and deep wisdom." — Huston Smith, author of The Religions of Man

In eighty-one brief chapters, this classic of ancient Chinese wisdom, Lao-tzu’s Tao Te Ching, or Book of the Way, provides advice that imparts balance and perspective, a serene and generous spirit, and teaches us how to work for the good with the effortless skill that comes from being in accord with the Tao—the basic principle of the universe.

This spiritual classic offers a profound guide to the art of living:
Ancient Wisdom: Discover teachings that have offered clarity and peace for centuries, presented in eighty-one brief, poetic chapters.The Art of Non-Action: Learn the principle of wei wu wei, or "doing not-doing," to achieve more with effortless skill and grace.Finding Balance: Explore profound advice on achieving a serene and generous spirit by living in harmony with the Tao.Spiritual Serenity: A path to emptying the mind of distractions and filling your core with a sense of your original, peaceful identity.

Reviews

  • Wonderful

    5
    By JJ bbghtf
    A very thoughtful translation and a very engaging book. I highly recommend it.

  • Memorized it

    5
    By TMFRW
    Incredible book. Best translation of the Tao.

  • A fortune cookie that overstays it’s welcome.

    2
    By filmguyryan
    The translation was fine. The parables were fine. The message and lessons work. I suppose I was hoping for more than a series of statements that you’d find embroidered on a pillow. Not to denigrate the Taoist belief, which I whole-heartedly embrace, but I was hoping for a bit more in the way of some practical application of the text.

  • Mitchell’s Qualifications

    5
    By FloydianEngineer
    I have read no other translation but Mitchell’s and I believe this one to be divinely inspired. Like all spiritual texts, it must be treated as a living document - entrusted with all the wisdom of the sages previous and future, for it is also timeless, and only a teacher who has devoted years to a contemplative way of living will have the intelligence and heart necessary to broaden its appeal and clarify it’s call for individuals to honor that “indivisibility” and look inside themselves to “change the[ir] world”.

  • lots of unneded blank pages

    2
    By AriGoBoom
    I have the physical version of this book; I bought the e-copy as well. I was dissaporinted because it is a very literal transfer of the book -- there is at least one, and often two unnneded blank pages between every verse. That becomes tedious on a small screen very fast...

  • Life altering

    5
    By Charms434
    This very short, very old book, has changed many lives. All those 'self help' books in one way or another borrow from the Tao. Read the source.

  • The best interpretation of the Tao Te Ching

    5
    By JW LeGrand
    Stephen Mitchell has, in my opinion, the most eloquent, reliable, and consistent interpretation of the Tao Te Ching! I've been reading and studying this great text since 1996, and have read over 30 interpretations. I continue to return to the Mitchell translation. However, reading any translation of this great body of work will improve your life substantially. Therefore, this is the best translation of one of the best books ever written.

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