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Tao Te Ching by Lao-Tzu. Short, concise and applicable to modern world. Not an essay per se or book though.
by jesterson 7y ago
Tao Te Ching by Lao-Tzu. Short, concise and applicable to modern world.
Not an essay per se or book though.
- gHosts 7y agoAgreed... ..also "Zen Flash, Zen Bones" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zen_Flesh,_Zen_Bones https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zen_Flesh,_Zen_Bones http://www.ibiblio.org/zen/cgi-bin/koan-index.pl http://www.ibiblio.org/zen/cgi-bin/koan-index.pl https://terebess.hu/zen/101ZenStones.pdf https://terebess.hu/zen/101ZenStones.pdf
- jesterson 7y agoNever got across this one, but it does look quite interesting. Thank you!
- mips_avatar 7y agoWitter Bynner’s translation is my favorite. My grandpa gave me a copy when I was starting high school and I read it probably 5 or 6 times a year since then.
- michael-ax 7y agoWitter Bynner's Translation is truly the one. Its complemented in me by Martin Fischer's Translation of Baltasar Gracian's "The Art of Worldly Wisdom". (Amazon seems to have a few) Quoth Nietzsche: "Europe has never produced anything finer or more complicated in matters of moral subtlety."
- jesterson 7y agoHmm, I used to the one by Stephen Mitchell. Will have a look at Witter Bynner's, thank you!