Lao Tzu & Tao Te Ching More than two millennia ago, a wisp of a book emerged from ancient China, destined to take the world by storm. Written in just 5,000 characters, Lao Tzu’s Tao Te Ching (“The Classic of the Way and Its Virtue”) overflows with timeless wisdom, transcending history, culture, and language. While…
An understanding of the key concepts found in Tao Te Ching will help you to derive more from every reading of the book. You will find these articles useful: What is Tao? Wuwei/Non Doing Yin Yang & Yinyang Balance Being & Nonbeing Softness Others
Work hard? Not always the answer If you want to be successful in life, work hard! What else can that be? This is what we’ve been told since young. By our parents, teachers and bosses and whoever that are seriously concerned about our future. So when we hear Lao Tzu says in Tao Te Ching “Tao never strives, yet nothing…
To identify the real opportunities, be honest with yourself. What should you do when opportunity strikes? “Jump at it, of course,” you are likely to say. Opportunity waits for no man, so it is only natural that you should grab it tight when it emerges. What if, however, you’re not ready? A seemingly golden opportunity can…
A useful Taoist analytical tool – The Three Endowments We often say that Tao teaches us to flow with nature. If we can do as Tao says, then we will be able to perform whatever things effortlessly — a state of non-doing or wuwei. Theoretically, this is easy to understand and agree to. The challenge…
Entrepreneur and son of rocket scientist Will Rosenzweig talks about Tao Grew up in Southern California — the heartbeat of one of the most explosive entrepreneurial period in history — with a rocket-scientist father, Will Rosenzweig is an entrepreneur managing a portfolio of companies. With that kine of background, you would expect that Will Rosenzweige…
The most effective way of doing is to follow the way of nature Lao Tze teaches us to do nothing in order to get things done effortlessly. He described this as wuwei (无为), meaning non-doing or ‘doing nothing’, and this is apparently the key take away from the ancient book Tao De Jing, written by Lao…
Wuwei or non-doing is not just about doing nothing Wuwei is a Chinese word, written as 无为in simplified Chinese, and 無為 in traditional Chinese. It is a key concept of Taoism, and the central theme of Lao Tzu’s Tao Te Ching. Not knowing its true meaning risk missing the wisdom. The word may be literally translated as ‘doing…
Tao is a way of life. It gets you to be absolutely honest with yourself. It teaches you to embrace your life and flow with it. It is not about doing your best, it is about making the best of your nature. It is not only about being yourself, it is about expressing your true…
Tao is the fundamental concept of Taoism. In Chinese, it is written as 道, and can be literally translated as ‘the path’ or ‘the way’. It is a very elusive concept, which is difficult to explain — especially when we have to do it in words alone. What we may say is that it is…
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