Writings related to Taoism.
Tao-teh-king (Chin.). Lit., “The Book of the Perfectibility of Nature” written by the great philosopher Lao-tze. It is a kind of cosmogony which contains all… Read More »Tao Te Ching: A New Translation (in progress)
This will be an exploration of the Chinese term Tao through a breakdown of the traditional Chinese characters. Tao is a mysterious term, translated and… Read More »The Meaning of “Tao”
The Tao Te Ching is today the second most widely translated book in human history. It forms the fundamental core of modern Taoist philosophy and… Read More »Introduction to the Tao Te Ching
Lao Tzu (or Laozi), an honorific title meaning “Old Sage” or “Ancient Master,” is the name used to indicate the author of the famous Tao… Read More »Lao Tzu
Understanding “emptiness” is presented in Buddhism as the culmination of religious training. It is attained through the systematic practice of the perfect virtues, including the… Read More »The Wisdom of Emptiness
Lao-tzu’s Tao Teh Ching sat on the bookshelf for many years before it was finally dusted off and read. After only the first chapter I… Read More »Discovering the Tao Teh Ching
The Tao that can be expressed is not the eternal Tao;The name that can be defined is not the unchanging name.Non-existence is called the antecedent… Read More »Renovation Follows Renovation Without Cease
The following impromptu address was given during a long trip on a Chinese Cargo Liner. Each Sunday morning there was a short religious service during… Read More »The Three Noble Teachers of Ancient China
The Chinese have the oldest and the finest civilisation extant, not excepting that of India. Compared with them we in the West are in many… Read More »The Religion of China
After the passing of Chwang Tzu, Theosophy began to disappear from China. Its passage through corruption, superstition, to wrong practices and sense life brought the… Read More »Old China and New
Lao Tzu is austere and serene; Confucius is the ritualist in life; but now we approach Chwang Tzu — the breaker of idols, the advocate… Read More »Chwang Tzu
What Mencius was to Confucius, that Lieh Tzu and Chwang Tzu were to Lao Tzu. Lieh Tzu endeavored to draw together the conflicting elements which… Read More »Lieh Tzu
Like the Sanskrit Word Aum, Tao stands for that which is the source, the power, and the form of the manifested universe. It is the… Read More »On Tao
H. P. Blavatsky described Lao Tzu as a God-like being and classed him with Krishna, Buddha, and Jesus, who “united themselves with their Spirits permanently”… Read More »Lao Tzu and the Taoists
In his Ocean of Theosophy William Q. Judge speaks of “ancient and honorable China” — ancient it is, for as the Secret Doctrine tells us,… Read More »The Kings of China
1. The way that can be told is not the eternal Way. The word that can be spoken is not the eternal Word. Unnamed, It… Read More »Tao Te Ching (Book of the Way and of Righteousness)
[I.] The records of China go back nearly five thousand years. Twenty-eight centuries before our era, say these records, a hundred families, coming from the… Read More »The Religion of China
Little or nothing is known in regard to the early life of the old philosopher Laotze, but history reports that he was born in the… Read More »Introduction to the Philosopher [Laotze] and His Book the Tao Teh
[Dedication:] ToAndrew Carnegie,An Exponent of theRational Philanthropy:which, by Feeding the Root,instead of Lopping the Branches,stimulates development from within;and by theSupreme Charity of Letting Alone, enables… Read More »Tao Te Ching (The Book of the Simple Way of Laotze)
1: Reason’s Realization 1. The Reason that can be reasoned is not the eternal Reason. The name that can be named is not the eternal… Read More »Tao Te Ching (The Canon of Reason and Virtue)