Tao Te Ching - by Lao Tzu (Paperback)

This beautiful oversized edition of the Tao Te Ching features over a hundred new photographs by Jane English that help express the vast spirit of the Tao.

The translation has been refreshed and revised to more faithfully reflect the Classical Chinese in which it was first written, while taking into account changes in our own language and eliminating any lingering infelicities.

With an introduction by the well-known writer and scholar of philosophy and comparative religion, Jacob Needleman, this book offers the essence of each word and makes Lao Tsu's teaching immediate and alive.

The philosophy of Lao Tsu is simple: Accept what is in front of you without wanting the situation to be other than it is.

Study the natural order of things and work with it rather than against it, for to try to change what is only sets up resistance.

Nature provides everything without requiring payment or thanks, and also provides for all without discrimination - therefore let us present the same face to everyone and treat all men as equals, however they may behave.

If we watch carefully, we will see that work proceeds more quickly and easily if we stop "trying", if we stop putting in so much extra effort, if we stop looking for results.

In the clarity of a still and open mind, truth will be reflected.

Te - which may be translated as "virtue" or "strength" - lies always in Tao, or "natural law".

Simply be.