{"product_id":"tao-te-ching-the-essential-translation-of-the-ancient-chinese-book-of-the-tao-by-lao-tzu","title":"Tao Te Ching: The Essential Translation of the Ancient Chinese Book of the Tao by Lao Tzu","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe most translated book in the world after the Bible, the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTao Te Ching\u003c\/i\u003e, or \"Book of the Tao,\" is a guide to cultivating a life of peace, serenity, and compassion. Through aphorisms and parable, it leads readers toward the Tao, or the \"Way\" harmony with the life force of the universe. Traditionally attributed to Lao-tzu, a Chinese philosopher thought to have been a contemporary of Confucius, it is the essential text of Taoism, one of the three great religions of ancient China.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs one of the world's great works of wisdom literature, it still has much to teach us today, offering a practical model based on modesty and self-restraint for living a balanced existence and for opening your mind, freeing your thoughts, and attaining enlightenment and self-awareness. With its emphasis on calm, simplicity, purity, and non-action, it provides a time-tested refuge from the busyness of modern life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis new translation seeks to understand the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTao Te Ching\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eas a guide to everyday living and encourages a slow, meditative reading experience. The\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTao Te Ching\u003c\/i\u003e's eighty-one brief chapters are accompanied by illuminating commentary, interpretation, poems, and testimonials by the likes of Margaret Mead, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Dr. Wayne W. Dyer. Specially commissioned calligraphy for more than two hundred Chinese characters illustrates the book's essential themes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Booksite Afrika","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39308204408917,"sku":"978143133803","price":275.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/0053\/8453\/products\/images_78bb750a-2db2-4921-ad4c-28d81ea30615.jpg?v=1617197574","url":"https:\/\/vikas-test.myshopify.com\/ne\/products\/tao-te-ching-the-essential-translation-of-the-ancient-chinese-book-of-the-tao-by-lao-tzu","provider":"Vikas Test","version":"1.0","type":"link"}