Ebook {Epub PDF} The Second Book of the Tao by Stephen Mitchell

 · The Second Book of the Tao is a gift to contemporary readers, granting us access to our own fundamental wisdom. Mitchell’s meditations and risky reimagining of /5(4). Drawn from the work of Lao-tzu's disciple Chuang-tzu and Confucius's grandson Tzussu, The Second Book of the Tao offers Western readers a path into reality that has nothing to do with Taoism or Buddhism or old or new alone, but everything to do with truth. Mitchell has selected the freshest, clearest teachings from these two great students of the Tao and adapted them into versions that reveal the . 7 rows ·  · The most widely translated book in world literature after the Bible, Lao-tzu's Tao Te Ching, or ISBN

The most widely translated book in world literature after the Bible, Lao-tzu's Tao Te Ching (Book of the Way) is the classic manual on the art of living. Following the success of his translation and commentary on that original text, renowned scholar Stephen Mitchell presents a new composition adapted from the work of Lao-tzu's disciple Chuang-tzu and Confucius's grandson Tzu-ssu. His many books include The Gospel According to Jesus, The Second Book of the Tao, two books of fiction, and a book of poetry. Mitchell's Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke has been called "the most beautiful group of poetic translations [the twentieth] century has produced." William Arrowsmith said that his Sonnets to Orpheus. The Second Book of the Tao ~ Verse 6 'this and that' by Stephen Mitchell. Adapted from the Chuang-tzu and the Chung Yung. Poem narration read by Ambrosia.

Stephen Mitchell's many books include the bestselling Tao Te Ching, Gilgamesh, and The Second Book of the Tao, as well as The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke, The Gospel According to Jesus, Bhagavad Gita, The Book of Job, and Meetings with the Archangel. The most widely translated book in world literature after the Bible, Lao-tzu's Tao Te Ching, or. Drawn from the work of Lao-tzu's disciple Chuang- tzu and Confucius's grandson Tzu-ssu, The Second Book of the Tao collects the freshest, most profound teachings from these two great students of the Tao to offer Western readers a path into reality that has nothing to do with east or west, but everything to do with truth. With his own illuminating commentary alongside each adapta­tion, at once explicating and complementing the text, Mitchell makes the ancient teachings at once modern.