The Tao of the West
The Tao of the West

Author: J.J. Clarke

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2002-01-04

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 1134625278

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In this book, J.J. Clarke shows us how Taoist texts, ideas, and practices have been assimilated within a whole range of Western ideas and agendas. We see how Chinese thinkers such as Lao-tzu and Chuang tzu, along with practices such as Feng Shui and Tai Chi, have been used as a key Western inspiration in religion, philosophy, ethics, politics, ecology and health. The Tao of the West not only provides a fascinating introduction to Taoism, it also offers a timely insight into the history of the West's encounter with this ancient tradition, and into the issues arising from inter-cultural dialogue. Anyone interested in understanding the key influence Taoism has had on the West will welcome and embrace this book.

The Tao Encounters the West
The Tao Encounters the West

Author: Chenyang Li

Publisher: SUNY Press

Published: 1999-01-01

Total Pages: 254

ISBN-13: 9780791441350

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Examines liberal democracy and Confucianism as two value systems and argues for a future where both coexist as independent value systems in China.

The Tao of the West
The Tao of the West

Author: J.J. Clarke

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2002-01-04

Total Pages: 283

ISBN-13: 1134625286

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In this book, J.J. Clarke shows us how Taoist texts, ideas, and practices have been assimilated within a whole range of Western ideas and agendas. We see how Chinese thinkers such as Lao-tzu and Chuang tzu, along with practices such as Feng Shui and Tai Chi, have been used as a key Western inspiration in religion, philosophy, ethics, politics, ecology and health. The Tao of the West not only provides a fascinating introduction to Taoism, it also offers a timely insight into the history of the West's encounter with this ancient tradition, and into the issues arising from inter-cultural dialogue. Anyone interested in understanding the key influence Taoism has had on the West will welcome and embrace this book.

The Tao and the Logos
The Tao and the Logos

Author: Longxi Zhang

Publisher: Duke University Press

Published: 1992-04-17

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 0822312182

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The author investigates the metaphorical nature of poetic language, highlighting the central figures of reality and meaning in both Eastern and Western thought: the Tao and the Logos.

Tao of Chaos
Tao of Chaos

Author: Katya Walter

Publisher: Element Books, Limited

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9781852308063

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This exciting study explores similarities between China's I Ching and the genetic code and concludes that the same structure found in DNA also exists in this ancient book of wisdom, as well as in spiders webs, sunflowers, and antique Indian rugs. This, Walter maintains, is evidence that a Master Plan exists in which the Divine is the all-encompassing pattern present in all life. Illustrations. Charts.

The Tao of Socrates
The Tao of Socrates

Author: Stefan D. Schindler

Publisher:

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 197

ISBN-13: 9781934849514

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"This book argues that Socrates, Athenian citizen in Classical Greece, was a Taoist sage and Zen master. His life was a work of art, rooted in the art of detached engagement: Taoist Wu-wei and Buddhist Madhyamaka. Socrates was the offspring of a philosophic tradition stretching back a century and a half, spread across the eastern Mediterranean. Schindler introduces these Presocratic thinkers, examines the life and teachings of Socrates, and explores Plato as a mythologizing philosopher. Taoism, Buddhism and Zen are introduced throughout the discourse, showing how Eastern Wisdom is reflected in The Birth of Western Philosophy. The adventure concludes with an exploration of the Greco-Buddhist insight that to be is to inter-be. The recovery of this idea overlaps with the quantum paradigm shift in contemporary physics, ecology and spirituality."--P. [4] of cover.

Lao-tzu and the Tao-te-ching
Lao-tzu and the Tao-te-ching

Author: Livia Kohn

Publisher: SUNY Press

Published: 1998-03-19

Total Pages: 348

ISBN-13: 9780791436004

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Examines the traditional and modern Western interpretations of the Tao-te-ching, and its author, Lao-tzu.

Living in the Tao
Living in the Tao

Author: Mantak Chia

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2009-10-13

Total Pages: 417

ISBN-13: 1594778523

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Taoist techniques that can quiet your mind so you can discover your true self in the wisdom of the heart • Teaches that the Tao is the flow of nature, the effortless middle path of self-discovery • Shows how to quiet the monkey mind (the ego) and listen within for your inner voice • Fosters a connection to the Tao through diet, exercise, livelihood, and sexuality Taoists say that we must learn to observe with the mind and think with the heart. In the West we get caught up in the “monkey mind” of our ego. We think we can control our individual destinies by swimming upstream against the current, but we are mistaken. When we learn to quiet the monkey mind with meditation practices, we are able to go beyond the linear thinking of the upper brain and connect to the multidimensional thinking of supreme consciousness in the heart center. In Living in the Tao, Master Mantak Chia and William Wei present techniques to help us learn to move beyond the limits of time and space to connect with the universal truth within--without striving. Living in the Tao is effortless. Just as a small seed grows into a mighty tree with a little water and a little sunshine every day, a few minutes of Taoist practice each day can transform your life into one of peace and joy.

The Second Book of the Tao
The Second Book of the Tao

Author: Stephen Mitchell

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 9781594202032

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Following the phenomenal success of his own version of the Tao Te Ching, a renowned scholar and translator delivers a 21st-century form of ancient wisdom into the modern world.