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 - A Right Way, a Wrong Way, free will Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. The Tao Te Ching , roughly translatable as The Book of the Way and its Virtue (see below), is a Chinese classic text. According to tradition, it was written around 600 BCE by the Taoist sage Laozi (or Lao Tzu, "Old Master"), a record-keeper at the Zhou Dynasty court. A careful reading of the text, however, suggests that it is a compilation of maxims sharing similar themes. The text's authenticity, authorship, and date of composition or compilation are still debated. ( Jesus said, I am The Way, The Truth, The Life. Now go read the first few lines of John. It says, In the beginning, was the word, and the word was with God. ) Jesus is the word, and has been here since the beginning, so that makes him the one and only God. This Te CHing, how many around the world are following this today>? hardly any, I bet its less than 1% in the USA. While Christianity is worldwide. Enough said. Rating:  - Le Guin's renditon, like "Crystal Blue Persuasion"What makes this version of the Tao te Ching so unique is that LeGuin has taken the 8 translations that seemed most cogent to her and synthesized them into a very compelling rendition. She spells this out in the Notes section. This rendering opens up the poetic and philosophical horizons whereby Lao Tzu's original vision is now made manifestly accessible for us in the 21st Century. If the Old Guy was around today, he would approve of how Ursula LeGuin has disseminated his thoughts. Only a writer of the purest "water" can take something cryptic and render the latent truths it contains in such a way that the value becomes accessible: "In my obscurity/is my value" (p. 90). Ursula LeGuin has done us all a great service in the writing of this book. Infinite thanks . . . Extracts: A Field Guide for Iconoclasts The Cloud Reckoner Rating:  - The Way is The WayEven though the information seems a bit short. That is the Way. This little books sums it up most pleasantly. You get a chance to think on the pieces and the writer/translator does not insult your intelligence with mundane information. She allows the reader to make their own assessment. I do recommend this book as one for travel and pondering. A great way to empty your mind. Rating: - Not a translation at all....If she had a genuine interest in translating the Tao Te Ching one would think that Ursula LeGuin would have learned Chinese and studied the Tao Te Ching in depth. She has done neither, and the "translation" shows this, making some very horrible distortions of the original text that are indeed well written, but have nothing to do with Taoism. Rating: - The Way of Being. Outstanding BookUrsula K. Le Guin did a remarkable job in bringing us her translation of this magnificent book that will lift your heart, bring more understanding to your mind, free your ego from its grip on your life, and bring your soul peace from the ancient and extraordinary verses in this book. This is one book that would bring harmony to anyone, when taken into the depths of consciousness. It will show you the way of being. It will help you live with what IS, and that alone will help free you from pain. Highly recommended for its profound truth, and the extraordinary difference this truth can make in your life. Deserves 10 Stars. In association with Amazon.com | |