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"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.
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"Str. 23: ..ko je um jasen, vse predstavlja priložnost za radost. Za to namrec gre pri razsodnosti. Str. 41: 'saj ni nic ne dobro ne slabo, takšno je šele z našim mišljenjem.' Str. 110- Opusti vse svoje predpostavke in svet bo postal povsem smiseln... "
— Danijel (4 out of 5 stars)
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" Most of this book is meaningless aphorisms. It manages to really say nothing about anything. "
— Tom, 9/29/2013 -
" Nothing can compare the Stephen Mitchell's translation of the "Tao te Ching", but this comes in at a close second. The verses in here are soul-stilling. "
— Steve, 9/19/2013 -
" the writing is beautiful. Stephen Mitchell offered further great insight into the "Tao" "
— Ken, 8/8/2013 -
" Stephen Mitchell does it again! "
— Laurie, 4/15/2013 -
" A very capable follow up to his interpretation of the Tao Te Ching. I love the layout and find his commentaries insightful. "
— Will, 1/28/2013 -
" The actual translated parts were great. Nuggets of truth throughout. His commentaries on the actual pieces got annoying after a while. "
— Brian, 5/23/2012 -
" wow, is this audacious. not sure whether to love it or give mr. mitchell a hip check for trying to pull this off. "
— David, 2/22/2012 -
" Ignore or embrace the commentary, the commented on is worth reading. "
— Gary, 10/29/2011 -
" I'm a little bit disappointed with this book. I've read several of Mitchell's translations, and think he's brilliant, but nothing here really sang to me. I have the Chuang Tzu collection that Merton put together, and I guess I feel this work a little redundant. "
— Rick, 10/9/2011 -
" This is fast becoming my favorite form of poetry. "
— Curtis, 6/25/2011 -
" Has authors comments along with the poetry and stories explaining them better. I really enjoyed the little stories and the poetry was easy to understand. "
— Tiffin, 1/29/2011 -
" wow, is this audacious. not sure whether to love it or give mr. mitchell a hip check for trying to pull this off. "
— David, 1/15/2011 -
" This is fast becoming my favorite form of poetry. "
— Curtis, 6/23/2010 -
" the writing is beautiful. Stephen Mitchell offered further great insight into the "Tao" "
— Ken, 5/26/2010 -
" I'm a little bit disappointed with this book. I've read several of Mitchell's translations, and think he's brilliant, but nothing here really sang to me. I have the Chuang Tzu collection that Merton put together, and I guess I feel this work a little redundant. "
— Rick, 5/21/2010 -
" I love this new version of the Tao...love it. I try to refer to a chapter daily. "
— Michelle, 7/8/2009
About Stephen Mitchell
Stephen Mitchell was born in Brooklyn 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, Gilgamesh, and The Second Book of the Tao, as well as The Gospel according to Jesus, Bhagavad Gita, The Book of Job, and Meetings with the Archangel.