Tao Te Ching in the voice of Wayne Dyer

Dr. Wayne Dyer was one of the most prominent speakers on Tao and how you can make it a way of life.

Having reviewed hundreds of translations of the Tao Te Ching, he wrote 81 distinct essays on how to apply the ancient wisdom of Lao-tzu to today’s modern world. This work contains the entire 81 verses of the Tao, compiled from Wayne’s researching of 10 of the most well-respected translations of text that have survived for more than 25 centuries.

Now, you can listen to Dr Dyer read his rendition of Tao Te Ching. It is beautiful.

Soon Teo

Soon Teo is fascinated about the power of Tao and wants to share. In addition to writing about Tao and how it can be used to improve one's quality of life, he is also a practitioner of tai chi, qigong and meditation.

tao te ching | Taoism | verse 58

When everybody is rich, nobody is rich

BySoon Teo October 14, 2015October 14, 2015

Lesson on relativity from Farmer & Horse with Professor Donna Quesada It is a fable about a farmer and his horse. The story has been widely told when Tao and Lao Tzu’s Tao Te Ching is mentioned. Professor Donna Quesada from Santa Monica College used it in a lecture on the Chinese philosophy of Taoism…

Gentleness | Tao habits | tao te ching | Verse 76

A man is born gentle and weak, at his death he is hard and stiff

BySoon Teo February 9, 2016February 9, 2016

So stay gentle and soft. You can achieve this by letting go and allowing life to be! If you want vitality and vigor, avoid being hard and stiff. When a baby is born, she is totally soft and gentle. She is at the stage of her life cycle where vitality is most evident. She doubles her birth weight…

Lao Tzu | tao te ching | Verse 8

Softness of water is sweet, but do not take its sweetness for granted

BySoon Teo July 19, 2016July 19, 2016

Lao Tzu uses a few images to describe Tao, and one of the most popular is water. Like Tao — water is soft yet powerful. It is tender. Turn on the tap and the water splits its ways over your hands rather than hitting you hands head on. It does not discriminate. Whether you are rich…

Lao Tzu | tao te ching | Verse 28 | yin yang | yinyang balance

Seeing Black in White

BySoon Teo November 20, 2015November 20, 2015

See black in white and white in black. Existence is a paradox. Although Tao is about clear mind, it is not in the sense of seeing black as black and white as white. Rather, it is about seeing not only black as black and white as white, but also black in white and white in…

Being & Nonbeing | Key concepts | tao te ching | Verse 11

A Pot is Useful for its Emptiness

BySoon Teo December 5, 2015August 12, 2016

A teapot is useful not for what you can see. It is useful for what you cannot see — its emptiness. What does a teapot look like? It has a belly, a handle, and a spout. Sometimes, you can find paintings on its body. These are some common features of a teapot, and probably also what…

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(VIDEO) The Many Lives of Tao Te Ching

BySoon Teo September 2, 2015September 2, 2015

Prof Franklin Perkins Lectures on Tao Te Ching of Lao Tzu Tao Te Ching is said to be the most translated text after bible. While this tells the popularity of the the Book, it also implies the confusion that one can get out of the many, many translations of the book. There are many widely circulated quotations of Lao Tzu that sound wise,…