The Tao Te Ching is my favorite peice of spiritual literature. Full of depth and meaning.

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Product Description

Available for the first time in a handy, easy-to-use size, here is the most accessible and authoritative modern English translation of the ancient Chinese classic. This new Vintage edition includes an introduction and notes by the well-known writer and scholar of philosophy and comparative religion, Jacob Needleman.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4558 in Books
• Published on: 1997-03-04
• Released on: 1997-03-04
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 176 pages

Amazon.com
Scholars say that the original Tao Te Ching is a poem. Like a poem, this version of the Tao Te Ching is not meant to be read in one breath from front to back, but is to be at intervals internalized and contemplated. Jane English's haunting black-and-white photos that undulate in and out on every page act as glycerin elixirs, helping the words slide into our souls for patient digestion. The photographs--of a glistening spider web, cloud-enveloped mountain tops, reflections on water, leaves in the sunlight--are as serenely lyrical as the ancient text, itself.

Alan Watts
"No one has done better in conveying Lao Tsu's simple and laconic style of writing, so as to produce an English version almost as suggestive of the many meanings intended."

Language Notes
Text: English, Chinese (translation)

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Customer Reviews

Great edition
I love this edition. Good size, clear print, well laid out, and very good translations. The black & white photography also adds great depth to the book.

Highly recommended.

Tao
This book is centuries old and the third most published publication.
It is a wonderful, spiritual guide for life to be read slowly and the meaning of each section contemplated teaching one how to write their own book of life.

beautiful book
good book to have around to read a quick passage for a meditative pick me up.