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This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. The classic of the way and of high virtue is the tao teh ching. It has been translated more often than any other book except the bible and more commentaries have been written on it then any other chinese classic. I knew it existed, anyway, and i knew it was a classic of eastern philosophy. The spiritual message of the book can be hard to parse. Tao te ching, the classical book of meaning and life contained only 5,000 pictograms. The tao of wu is probably one of the best books that i have found to explain the logic of the kingdom of gods and earths. Librivox recording of laotzus tao and wu wei, by lao tzu. Oct, 2009 to celebrate the publication of rzas latest book, the tao of wu, we have a special offer for fans to win signed books and a very special onceinalifetime offer for one lucky rza fan. Tao te ching chapter one tao the way that can be spoken of is not the constant tao the name that can be named is not a constant name. A unique book of wisdom and experience that reaches from the most vi. Heres a selection on taoism from watkins books shelves, suggested by mike, member of watkins staff.
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