{"product_id":"the-way-of-life-according-to-lao-tzu","title":"The Way of Life, According to Lao Tzu","description":"\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"The eighty-one sayings in this volume shine like gems-cut clear and beautiful in every facet . . . . This translation will stand as the perfect rendering of a classic work.\"-John Haynes Holmes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLao Tzu was one of the greatest mystics of all time. Legend tells us that he was immaculately conceived by a shooting star. Confucius, who met him only once, likened him to a dragon, the one creature in all creation whose ways he would never understand.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSome hold that Lao Tzu was not one man but many men, and the work attributed to him, the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTao Teh Ching\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, the product of many minds over many centuries.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBut whether or not \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ethe Tao Teh Ching\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, here presented as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Way of Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, is the author's own matters little. From its original in sixth-century B.C. China it has come down to us as one of the most powerful testaments ever written to man's fitness in the universe. The basis of Taoism, one of the world's great religions, the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTao Teh Ching\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ehas been translated more frequently than any other work besides the Bible. Articulating the way of poise, serenity, and complete assurance, it teaches us how to work with the invisible forces of nature, the psyche, and the soul for a more successful life. Not passive contemplation, but creative quietism is the Way of Lao Tzu, and it has never been more relevant than it is today.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42993356636413,"sku":null,"price":1440.0,"currency_code":"NPR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/4145\/8840\/products\/the-way-of-life-according-to-lao-tzu-biblionepal.jpg?v=1664276258","url":"https:\/\/biblionepal.com\/ja\/products\/the-way-of-life-according-to-lao-tzu","provider":"BIBLIONEPAL","version":"1.0","type":"link"}