Read more the basic principle of the universe. In 81 short, poetic chapters, the book looks at the basic predicament of being alive and teaches how to work for the good with the effortless skill that comes from being in accord with the Tao, or. ‘ What is rooted is easy to nourish What is recent is easy to correct’ Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching (The Book of the Way) is the classic manual on the art of living. Num Pages: 96 pages, 45 archive illustrations.
In 81 short, poetic chapters, the book looks at the basic predicament of being alive and teaches how to work for the good with the effortless skill that comes from being in accord with the Tao, or the basic principle of the universe. Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching (The Book of the Way) is the classic manual on the art of living. Stephen Mitchell lives in Berkeley, California.Description for Tao Te Ching Paperback. He has also edited anthologies such as The Essence of Wisdom: Words from the Masters to Illuminate the Spiritual Path (Broadway Books, 1998), Into the Garden: A Wedding Anthology(1993), and The Enlightened Heart: An Anthology of Sacred Poetry (1989) and has published a book of original poetry, Parables and Portraits (1990). He is also the translator of Bhagavad Gita (Broadway Books, 2000). He has translated numerous books from Chinese, German, and Hebrew, including The Frog Prince (Harmony, 1999), The Selected Poetry of Yehuda Amichai with Chana Bloch (1996), The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke (1995), A Book of Psalms: Selected & Adapted from the Hebrew (1994), The Gospel According to Jesus: A New Translation and Guide to His Essential Teachings for Believers and Unbelievers (1993), Tao Te Ching (1992) and The Book of Job (1992). In 1973 he began studying Zen practice with Zen Master Seung Sahn.
Stephen Mitchell was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1943, and he attended Amherst, the Sorbonne, and Yale.
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