Backward Down the Path: A New Approach to the Tao Te Ching

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Summary: Practical exercises for practicing the Way
Review: Backward Down the Path is outstanding on two levels: It offers thought-provoking suggestions for putting the Way to practice in our everyday lives and clarifies the message of the Tao te Ching in language understandable to the general Western reader. Dr. Dalton's personal experience with Taoist spirituality lends remarkable compassion to his interpretation of the text. This is an excellent book for anyone interested in exploring the Way.

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Summary: An Easy Path To Follow
Review: Jerry Dalton makes the Taoist path an easy one to follow. He opens up the 81 steps of the Tao and paraprahses them with easy to understand language. His translation is first rate.

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Summary: good translation; excellent commentaries
Review: The best part of this book is the commentary that is given for each of the 81 chapters of the tao te ching. This is a very good book for someone unfamiliar with the ttc, who would like explanations of each chapter. The applications sections are also good.