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alanffm's review against another edition
4.0
This is the grand daddy of solipsistic texts. The book focuses on Taoism in nature and how to live a proper Taoist life. This striving towards "the way" entails pursuing a kind of nothingness that reminds me of Buddhist non-attachment. Having studied Zen in graduate school, it is clear to me that Taoist texts like these had a clear influence on the evolution an development of Zen Buddhism in China and Japan.
nathansnook's review against another edition
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
3.5
"𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵. 𝘙𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴. 𝘙𝘦𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘝𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘝𝘰𝘪𝘥. 𝘓𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵, 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵, 𝘣𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘮 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘧 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭. 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘵, 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘵, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘩𝘺. 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘱𝘩𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴. 𝘐𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴. 𝘈𝘴𝘬 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦, 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘦. 𝘚𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘪𝘵𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧."
For so long I've thought of Heaven as some far off thing in the sky. Something like perfection. Something unobtainable. But really, it exists in the day, in the minutes. In the way a sun sets or a friend laughs. In a call from an old lover, long time no see, too many martinis in, memories flooding in. In watching light change in my room, blue morning, white daze. It's in all of these things that add up to a day. I must remind myself that I am a totality of the tally, of the chimes and the hums throughout 24 hours.
Whimsical at best, Zhuangzi's teachings hold the center. Of the self, of the world. Through nature. Through thought. Combing man through mother earth's offerings. And like any old man, the teachings circle round and round to no end, especially when in conversation with other great thinkers of his time.
Perhaps something I will return to when I forget that I can weave heaven into the everyday. Perhaps there is another opportunity, somewhere out there, to be whole again when I've unwound myself from my center.
For so long I've thought of Heaven as some far off thing in the sky. Something like perfection. Something unobtainable. But really, it exists in the day, in the minutes. In the way a sun sets or a friend laughs. In a call from an old lover, long time no see, too many martinis in, memories flooding in. In watching light change in my room, blue morning, white daze. It's in all of these things that add up to a day. I must remind myself that I am a totality of the tally, of the chimes and the hums throughout 24 hours.
Whimsical at best, Zhuangzi's teachings hold the center. Of the self, of the world. Through nature. Through thought. Combing man through mother earth's offerings. And like any old man, the teachings circle round and round to no end, especially when in conversation with other great thinkers of his time.
Perhaps something I will return to when I forget that I can weave heaven into the everyday. Perhaps there is another opportunity, somewhere out there, to be whole again when I've unwound myself from my center.
giselav's review against another edition
4.0
A calming book, good to read in bits and bobs when you have a quiet moment. I love the little stories, the way they're written and presented is so different from the norm. Quite refreshing.
in_praise_of_idlenesss's review against another edition
3.0
the way and the virtue is to dunk on confucius as hard as u can no cap
anditsreal's review
3.0
As someone who just recently approached Buddhism and Yoga, this book was bearer of interesting thoughts. Exploring spirituality from different point of views, especially from Eastern Countries, opens the mind. However, I find it quite difficult to follow at times, maybe because it is meant to be read wholly. This is indeed just a collection of passages from The Book of Chuang Tzu. Maybe I will give its source a try, but reading this book I found myself disagreeing with a few things and I don't think I would take in a lot more from the original book.
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