The Pocket Tao Reader (Shambhala Pocket Classics)

About this book

"The Tao that can be spoken of is not the real Way" reads a famous line from the Tao-te Ching. But although the Tao cannot be described in words words can convey a fleeting glimpse of that mysterious source of life. Here in miniature is a beginners entre into the vast treasury of the Taoist canon: the shamanic songs that are the roots of Taoism; the Tao-te Ching Chuang-tzu and Lieh-tzu; stories of Taoist immortals and magicians and guidelines on meditation and methods of longevity. This is an abridgement of Eva Wongs Teachings of the Tao.