Tao Teh Ching

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Summary: 5 Stars!
Review: It's one of those books you have to read slowly, and take in the words, and let them marinate! Allow the words to transform into feeling by applying them to your own life.

Rating:
Summary: One of the Best
Review: The Tao Teh Ching is one of the best books ever written. It can be spiritual, or it can be secular. It can be philisophical, or it can be practical and earthy. As a Taoist, I can tell you that this is one of the best translations available.

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Summary: A SURPRISINGLY GOOD BUT ESOTERIC READ
Review: THIS BOOK FULFILLED MY EXPECTATIONS OF IT. I WAS SURPRISED TO NOTE THE SIMILARITIES BETWEEN OUR OCCIDENTAL CONCEPT OF GOD AND THE CHINESE CONCEPT. SOMEHOW, GOD COMES ACROSS AS MORE THAN A BLOB IN THIS BOOK. ASIAN RELIGION USUALLY PORTRAYS GOD IN EXTREMELY IMPERSONAL TERMS AND YET FOR SOME REASON I WAS PLEASANTLY REASSURED BY THIS BOOK'S PORTRAYAL OF GOD. PERHAPS THE CHINESE JUST HAVE A WAY OF MAKING THE CONCEPT MORE PALATABLE TO THE WESTERN MIND.

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Summary: A continuing Inspiration
Review: When reading "Tao Teh Ching" I personally find a new message evry time. The most important lessons I got from the readings is learning when to be firm and when to yield and how to interpret Universal energies to direct my life. This book definately is must read for any person that has ever felt like the perverbial Salmon and not known why or how to get out of it. I recommend it to anyone that is in search of inner direction.

Rating:
Summary: 5 Stars!
Review: When reading "Tao Teh Ching" I personally find a new message evry time. The most important lessons I got from the readings is learning when to be firm and when to yield and how to interpret Universal energies to direct my life. This book definately is must read for any person that has ever felt like the perverbial Salmon and not known why or how to get out of it. I recommend it to anyone that is in search of inner direction.

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Summary: comparison of [translations]
Review: [John C.H. Wu] is best, along with [Stephen Addiss and Stanley Lombardo] for a more concise, zen inflected lao. [Michael LaFargue] is interesting, has some context and commentary. [Stephen Mitchell] is rock bottom least favorite. He makes lao into a watery self help book. Older translations are fun for comparison, as are christian translations. [Ursula K LeGuin]'s and [Witter Bynner]'s are interesting chiefly for their authors, though the looseness of their translations along with their intended audience makes for a good study. I may be wrong but I think [Arthur Waley] is still the standard academic text. [Lin Yutang] is a little overrated. I haven't given [Bill Porter (Red Pine)] the lookthrough he seemed to deserve yet, probably because I don't like his pen name. [Feng (?) and English] is to me bland, as are most of the other unrefered to and easily available texts.

I can't read chinese, by the way.