Alongside each adaptation, Mitchell includes his own brilliant commentary, at once illuminating and complementing the text. Mitchell has selected the freshest, clearest teachings from these two great students of the Tao and adapted them into versions that reveal the poetry, depth, and humor of the ancient texts with a thrilling new power, and makes them at once modern, relevant, and timeless. Following the phenomenal success of his own version of the Tao Te Ching, renowned scholar and translator Stephen Mitchell has composed the innovative The Second Book of the Tao, which draws from the work of Lao-tzu’s disciple Chuang-tzu and Confucius’s grandson Tzu-ssu. The most widely translated book in world literature after the Bible, Lao-tzu’s Tao Te Ching, or Book of the Way, is the classic manual on the art of living. Why did the ancient Masters esteem the Tao?Īnd when you make a mistake, you are forgiven.Compiled and adapted from the Chuang-tzu and the Chung Yung, with commentaries The Penguin Press 2009 He considers those who point out his fault
No greater misfortune than having an enemy. No greater wrong than preparing to defend yourself, When you realize there is nothing lacking, If you don’t understand this, you will get lost, What is a good man but a bad man’s teacher? When the clouds pass, the sun shines through.Ī good scientist has freed himself of concepts She is present, and can welcome all things. Till your mud settles and the water is clear? When you are content to be simply yourself, The author was most definitely an enlightened individual who had tapped into the deeper workings of our world. It’s one of those books that you love, not because it teaches you anything new, but because it articulates that which you know to be true from experience, as all good books do. I’ve heard people say that the book is very much like a Rorschach test, in the sense that it reflects the reader, and his or her own state of mind, more than anything else. It’s a short volume, but dense with wisdom and universal truths. I read the book during a time in my life when the content resonated very deeply with me. In fact, he gave me a copy of it as a gift (the Stephen Mitchell translation, to be exact). I first learned of the Tao Te Ching in 2010 after a strong recommendation from long-time friend.
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