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The superior man bends his attention to what is radical. That being
established, all practical courses naturally grow up. Filial piety
and fraternal submission, -are they not the root of all benevolent
actions? To rule a country of a thousand chariots, there must be
reverent attention to business, and sincerity; economy in
expenditure, and love for men; and the employment of the people at
the proper seasons. If a man withdraws his mind from the love of
beauty, and applies it as sincerely to the love of the virtuous;
if, in serving his parents, he can exert his utmost strength; if,
in serving his prince, he can devote his life; if, in his
intercourse with his friends, his words are sincere: -although men
say that he has not learned, I will certainly say that he has.
Without an acquaintance with the rules of Propriety, it is
impossible for the character to be established. Without knowing the
force of words, it is impossible to know men.
The Essential Analects offers a representative selection from
Edward Slingerland's acclaimed translation of the full work,
including passages covering all major themes. An appendix of
selected traditional commentaries keyed to each passage provides
access to the text and to its reception and interpretation. Also
included are a glossary of terms and short biographies of the
disciples of Confucius and the traditional commentators cited.
The Tao Te Ching is one of China's ancient books of wisdom. This
translation accurately reflects the original Chinese, so readers
can learn what the Tao Te Ching really says. Beautiful black and
white photographs of nature illustrate this book throughout.
Lao Tzu, who lived in China approximately 2600 years ago, tells us
to seek that natural nameless state where there is peace and
harmony. This book explores the way of Lao Tzu: the destination
that Lao Tzu tells us to seek; the directions that Lao Tzu offers
to help us to reach the destination; the problems that Lao Tzu
tells us we will encounter trying to reach the destination; and
finally the strategies that Lao Tzu offers to help us to overcome
these problems and to successfully follow his directions. This book
is part of the series 'Ways of the World' in which the ways of the
founders of various religions and philosophies are explored. Each
book follows the same format, exploring: the destination that we
are told to seek; the directions offered to help us to reach that
destination; problems that we are told will hinder us on our way;
and finally strategies that are offered to help us to overcome
these problems and to successfully follow the directions. This
format not only helps to better understand the way, but also makes
it easier to compare the various ways.
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Tao Te Ching
(Paperback)
John Braun, Julian von Bargen, David Warkentin
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R223
Discovery Miles 2 230
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Tao Te Ching: The Ageless Book of Wisdom for Readers of All Ages
brings the teachings of the legendary Taoist master, Lao-Tzu, to a
wider, if not necessarily younger audience. In a departure from
most other attempts, the book employs prose, rather than the poetic
verse of the original manuscript. With brevity and clarity Villano
captures Lao-Tzu's principal lessons: clues for welcoming the Tao
into our lives, and for constructing a world of societal balance
and harmony. Villano's prose is simple and breezy - a less-is-more
literary style that appeals to younger readers and yet somehow
seems enduringly consistent with Taoist philosophy.
Every journey is an adventure, but when a major earthquake strikes
Japan, triggering cataclysmic events, the author's travels are cut
short. What starts out as a quest to discover the sacred meanings
of the native Shinto religion, becomes something much more
profound. When all of the fail-safe mechanisms at Fukushima Daiichi
are overrun, and thirty million lives in the greater Tokyo region
are in peril, everyone is forced to confront the reality that
nuclear energy is not the "clean alternative" they were led to
believe. Japan is the only country to have suffered the horror of
atomic bombs, and the Japanese commitment to global nuclear
disarmament is well known. But somehow, the resolve to see the
dismantling of the world's nuclear arsenals didn't extend to the
nuclear power industry. In the frightful days immediately after
March 11th, 2011, the world awoke to the realization that nuclear
power stations might be even more deadly than atomic bombs. The
author chronicles the events as they occur, and reveals the
uniquely Japanese way of remaining optimistic in the face of
multiple catastrophes.
Analects of Confucius, is the collection of sayings and ideas
attributed to the Chinese philosopher Confucius and his
contemporaries. Confucius believed that the welfare of a country
depended on the moral cultivation of its people, beginning from the
nation's leadership. He believed that individuals could begin to
cultivate an all-encompassing sense of virtue through ren, and that
the most basic step to cultivating ren was devotion to one's
parents and older siblings. He taught that one's individual desires
do not need to be suppressed, but that people should be educated to
reconcile their desires via rituals and forms of propriety, through
which people could demonstrate their respect for others and their
responsible roles in society.
This innovative work on Chinese concepts of the afterlife is the
result of Stephen Bokenkamp's groundbreaking study of Chinese
scripture and the incorporation of Indic concepts into the Chinese
worldview. Here, he explores how Chinese authors, including Daoists
and non-Buddhists, received and deployed ideas about rebirth from
the third to the sixth centuries C.E. In tracing the antecedents of
these scriptures, Bokenkamp uncovers a stunning array of
non-Buddhist accounts that provide detail on the realms of the
dead, their denizens, and human interactions with them. Bokenkamp
demonstrates that the motive for the Daoist acceptance of Buddhist
notions of rebirth lay not so much in the power of these ideas as
in the work they could be made to do.
2012 Reprint of 1956 Edition. Exact facsimile of the original
edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. The
"Book of Tea" by Okakura Kakuz is a long essay linking the role of
tea (Teaism) to the aesthetic and cultural aspects of Japanese
life. Addressed to a western audience, it was originally written in
English and is one of the great English Tea classics. Okakura had
been taught at a young age to speak English and was proficient at
communicating his thoughts to the Western mind. In his book, he
discusses such topics as Zen and Taoism, but also the secular
aspects of tea and Japanese life. The book emphasizes how Teaism
taught the Japanese many things; most importantly, simplicity.
Kakuz argues that this tea-induced simplicity affected art and
architecture, and he was a long-time student of the visual arts. He
ends the book with a chapter on Tea Masters. This edition contains
a new forward and a biographical sketch augmenting the original
1906 edition.
This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the
classic, timeless works that have stood the test of time and offer
them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so
that everyone can enjoy them.
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