"There was only a passion for the genuine, a fascination with words, and a constant awareness that the ancient Masters are alive and well in the mind that doesn't know a thing." "There was nothing to live up to," he says. Mitchell describes their philosophy as a kind of non-philosophy. In The Second Book of the Tao, just published by the Penguin Press, he anthologizes some of the great teachings of Chuang-tzu - Lao-tzu's brilliant and playful disciple - and Tzu-Ssu, the grandson of Confucius. He has also co-authored two bestselling books with his wife Byron Katie. “I have read many translations of this ancient text but Mitchell’s is by far the best.Renowned translator and scholar Stephen Mitchell has brought to life a wide range of literary classics for readers of English, including the Tao Te Ching, the epic of Gilgamesh, the Bhagavad Gita and the poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke. The obscure has been made transparent and available." - Common Boundary "Mitchell's great talent is to communicate with the profound simplicity utterly appropriate for this task. "I read the Stephen Mitchell translation of the Tao Te Ching in one sitting, three times. "Beautiful and accessible the English, as 'fluid as melting ice,' is a joy to read throughout." - The New Republic It embodies the virtues its translator credits to the Chinese original: a gemlike lucidity that is radiant with humor, grace, largeheartedness, and deep wisdom." - Huston Smith, author of The Religions of Man "Mitchell's rendition of the Tao Te Ching comes as close to being definitive for our time as any I can imagine. In eighty-one brief chapters, Lao-tzu's Tao Te Ching, or Book of the Way, provides advice that imparts balance and perspective, a serene and generous spirit, and teaches us how to work for the good with the effortless skill that comes from being in accord with the Tao-the basic principle of the universe. It embodies the virtues its translator credits to the Chinese original: a gemlike lucidity that is radiant with humor, grace, largeheartedness, and deep wisdom." - Huston Smith, author of The Religions of Man
The bestselling, widely acclaimed translation from Stephen Mitchell
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