The Tao of Pooh

Name: The Tao of Pooh
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.5 (20 reviews)
Author: Benjamin Hoff
ISBN: 9781452676173

Author: Benjamin Hoff

Narrator: Simon Vance

Unabridged: 2 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 01/23/2012

Categories: Nonfiction, Philosophy, Taoist

Synopsis

Winnie-the-Pooh has a certain Way about him, a way of doing things that has made him the world's most beloved bear. In The Tao of Pooh, Benjamin Hoff shows that Pooh's Way is amazingly consistent with the principles of living envisioned by the Chinese founders of Taoism. The author's explanation of Taoism through Pooh, and Pooh through Taoism, shows that this is not simply an ancient and remote philosophy but something you can use, here and now.

And what is Taoism? It's really very simple. It calls for living without preconceived ideas about how life should be lived—but it's not a preconception of how life—it's.... Well, you'd do better to listen to this book, and listen to Pooh, if you really want to find out.

About Benjamin Hoff

Benjamin Hoff is an Oregon writer, photographer, musician, and composer with a fondness for forests and bears. When not writing, he practices Taoist yoga, T'ai Chi Ch'uan, stunt kite-flying, boomerang shaping and throwing, and Taoist tennis, whatever that is. He is the author of The Te of Piglet and The Singing Creek Where the Willows Grow: The Mystical Nature Diary of Opal Whiteley.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Joe on August 02, 2008

I picked up this book because it seemed so charming. The author took the stories and characters of A.A. Milne and juxtaposed them with the Taoist teachings of people such as Lao Tzu. Pooh as western Taoist starts off interestingly enough but halfway through it I came to the realization that it was m......more

Goodreads review by Dr. Appu on January 14, 2023

Benjamin Hoff ardently tries to explain Taoist teachings of Lao Tzu and Eastern Philosophy in Western terms with the help of characters created by A.A.Milne. The author tells us how to be pragmatic and deal with the problems in our life with ease to lead a pleasant life. This book will help us to......more

Goodreads review by R.K. on March 10, 2021

Okay Full Review is here (too many times I've said full review coming then never posted again) A cute dialogue on complex philosophical discussion between our narrator and AA Milne’s famous creations. Overall the tone of the book complemented the teachings well and left me as a reader excited to cond......more

Goodreads review by Jon on October 03, 2012

Find this review at Scott Reads It Recipe for Tao of Pooh 1. 1 cup of Eastern Chinese philosophy 2. 2 cups of Winnie the Pooh 3. 3/4 quart of wisdom 4. 3 Handfuls of fabulous drawings by Ernest Shepard 5. The key to Happiness Mix them all together and you have the Tao of Pooh. The Tao of Pooh is a book......more

Goodreads review by Kara on February 18, 2015

It was a Friday; I wasn’t working, I’m a little behind on my read count, so I took this off the stack. It looked short and light enough to finish in an afternoon. This need to achieve things rather than “living in the moment” of simply existing and enjoying the book goes against the principles of Ta......more