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Mao te ching11/25/2023 ![]() ![]() “It’s clear from his teachings that he deeply cared about society, if society means the welfare of one’s fellow human beings.”.“ Tao Te Ching…can be translated as The Book of the Immanence of the Way or The Book of the Way and of How It Manifests Itself in the World or, simply, The Book of the Way.”.“He may have been an older contemporary of Confucius (551-479 B.C.E.) and may have held the position of archive-keeper in one of the petty kingdoms of the time.”.“All he left us is his book: the classic manual on the art of living, written in style of gemlike lucidity, radiant with humor and grace and largeheartednens and deep wisdom: one of the wonders of the world.” - Stephen Mitchell Mitchell believes he was simply writing a book that he always wanted to read: “The feeling was one of deep connectedness, of knowing exactly what to do, beyond any conscious intention.”Ībout Lao-tzu (also spelled Lao Tzu and Laozi):.He discovered the Tao Te Ching shortly before he began Zen training in 1973 (30 years old). His old Zen master taught him about Don’t-know mind: “the empty, luminous, infinitely open mind of realization.”.Stephen Mitchell was born in 1943, educated at Amherst, the Sorbonne, and Yale, and “de-educated through intensive Zen practice.”.A true philanthropist, like a good parent, brings people to the point where they can help themselves.” - Stephen Mitchell “The greatest help is wholeheartedly trusting people to resolve their own problems. NON-RESISTANCE, NON-JUDGMENT, & NON-ATTACHMENTĪ Quick Intro to the Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu.Quick Intro to the Tao Te Ching (about the author, about Lao Tzu)Ģ5 Favorite Tao Te Ching Quotes & Passagesġ0 Life-Transforming Themes (with supporting passages): Post Contents: Click a link here to jump to a section below When you see gray italics, these are notes from the author, Stephen Mitchell, that he included at the end of the book to help with understanding. For each passage, normal text is directly from the book the chapter is marked by a number at the end in parentheses (X). ![]() This helps me group them by theme and helps shorten the length of this page.
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