The Tao Te Ching

I'm an unbeliever and have been since the first time I played hooky from Sunday services and the Eye in the Sky didn’t say boo. So it may seem strange that I’m reviewing the Tao Te Ching, the widely known and influential Taoist text, written by Lao-Tzu and poetically translated in this edition by St......more

This is, by far, my favorite translation of the Tao Te Ching. I own a few others and they're all well and good, but this one is the one I continually read from and refer to when people ask me about the Tao. The translation is well done, it captures the nature of the text well, and it flows fairly eve......more

- قرأت الكثير عن المعتقدات الصينية خلال حياتي، لكني بكل تأكيد ما كنت اعتقده فهماً تاماً لتلك المعتقدات هو فهم مقصور وخاطئ. هذه النتيجة اتضحت جلية خلال وبعد انتهائي من هذا البحث. - التاو-تي شينغ، جذر المعتقدات الصينية، كتبه لاو – تسو ما بين اواسط القرن السادس والخامس قبل الميلاد بلغّة مكثّفة ومختصرة،......more

"If you realize that all things change, there's nothing you will try to hold on to." Things arise and she lets them come; things disappear and she lets them go. She has but doesn't possess acts but doesn't expect. The Tao Te Ching clarifies the concepts of Taoism, an ancient school of philosophy that......more

This was immensely interesting to read, though I found myself somewhat aggravated by the passivism that ran through the writing. It's almost like a poetical treatise on humility, but what of ambition and a drive to make the world a better place? Should we all accept our station in life and never aim......more