Awakening to the Tao - Softcover

Lui I-Ming

Softcover

ISBN 10: 087773447X ISBN 13: 9780877734475

Publisher: Shambhala, 1988

Synopsis

The Tao is the Way, the Way behind all ways, the principle underlying all principles, the fact underlying all facts. Taoism, in its broadest sense, is the search for truth and reality. In a narrower sense, it is the original knowledge tradition of China, yet Taoism has already in the last couple of centuries extended its influence to many different fields of endeavor in the West. In English today we have books on Taoism and investment, Taoism and health, Taoism and sex, Taoism and war, Taoism, and science, Taoism and art, Taoism and life. This book, Awakening to the Tao, is none of these but includes something of all of them, and more—over one hundred methods of attaining reality as a fully conscious human being. According to the masters of ancient times, when you awaken to that unique Way at the crossroads of all ways, you then hold the key to all ways, and can succeed in any of the ways you choose to practice.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

This collection of brief meditative essays illustrates the ancient philosophy that holds the key to success in every field of human endeavor.

About the Author:

Thomas Cleary holds a PhD in East Asian Languages and Civilizations from Harvard University and a JD from the University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law. He is the translator of over fifty volumes of Buddhist, Taoist, Confucian, and Islamic texts from Sanskrit, Chinese, Japanese, Pali, and Arabic.

About this edition

• Publisher: Shambhala
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 087773447X
• ISBN 13: 9780877734475
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 128