The Second Book of the Tao, Stephen Mitchell
The Second Book of the Tao, Stephen Mitchell
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The Second Book of the Tao

Author: Stephen Mitchell

Narrator: Stephen Mitchell

Unabridged: 2 hr 42 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 02/19/2009


Synopsis

"A twenty-first-century form of ancient wisdom . . . Mitchell's flights, his paradoxes, his wonderful riffs are brilliant and liberating." -Pico Iyer

The most widely translated book in world literature after the Bible, Lao-tzu's Tao Te Ching, or Book of the Way, is the classic manual on the art of living. Following the phenomenal success of his own version of the Tao Te Ching, renowned scholar and translator Stephen Mitchell has composed the innovative The Second Book of the Tao. 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, relevant, and timeless.

About The Author

Stephen Mitchell was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1943, educated at Amherst, the Sorbonne, and Yale, and de-educated through intensive Zen practice. His many books include the bestselling Tao Te Ching, The Gospel According to Jesus, Bhagavad Gita, The Book of Job, Meetings with the Archangel, and Gilgamesh. Mitchell is married to Byron Katie and cowrote two of her bestselling books: Loving What Is and A Thousand Names for Joy.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Will

This book is TRULY amazing. There are so many wonderful sayings compiled into this treasure-trove by Stephen Mitchell. I am so glad that he decided to come out with The Second Book of the Tao - because it sheds some new light on the Tao te Ching-a-ling. Some profound insights that I gathered from thi......more

Goodreads review by Carolyn

Loved this small but intense book. It offered so many things to contemplate and so much to sooth a questioning heart.......more

Goodreads review by Gary

Ignore or embrace the commentary, the commented on is worth reading.......more

Goodreads review by Tom

I have read Mitchell’s translation of the Tao Te Ching many times and it is for me the clearest statement of Lao Tse’s words that I have read. His commentary on Chuang Tzu enhances these texts as well. I haven’t read many others but I enjoyed and benefited from this work. Mitchell’s narration was no......more