Auf Lager:
2
Buch (Softcover): Sachbuch
Tao Te Ching
Produkt bewerten
Verlag:
Penguin Random House Unsere-Artikel-Nr.: NVVQKDP
EAN: 9780143133803
Auf Lager:
2
Zustellung: Mo, 31.08.2026
Versand: Kostenlos
CHF 31.50
Beschreibung
The original mindfulness book, in a landmark new translation by the award-winning translator of the I Ching. and The Art of War. A Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, with flaps and deckle-edged paper. The most translated book in the world after the Bible, the Tao Te Ching. , or “Book of the Tao,” is a guide to cultivating a life of peace, serenity, and compassion. Through aphorisms and parable, it leads readers toward the Tao, or the “Way”: harmony with the life force of the universe. Traditionally attributed to Lao-tzu, a Chinese philosopher thought to have been a contemporary of Confucius, it is the essential text of Taoism, one of the three great religions of ancient China. As one of the world's great works of wisdom literature, it still has much to teach us today, offering a practical model based on modesty and self-restraint for living a balanced existence and for opening your mind, freeing your thoughts, and attaining enlightenment and self-awareness. With its emphasis on calm, simplicity, purity, and non-action, it provides a time-tested refuge from the busyness of modern life. This new translation seeks to understand the Tao Te Ching. as a guide to everyday living and encourages a slow, meditative reading experience. The Tao Te Ching. 's eighty-one brief chapters are accompanied by illuminating commentary, interpretation, poems, and testimonials by the likes of Margaret Mead, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Dr. Wayne W. Dyer. Specially commissioned calligraphy for more than two hundred Chinese characters illustrates the book's essential themes.
Spezifikationen
Sprache
- Englisch
Autor
- Lao Tzu
- John Minford
Erscheinungsjahr
- 2021
Format
- Buch (Softcover)
Anzahl Seiten
- 368