Ming-Dao Deng Boeken

For the first time in one volume—an extraordinary spiritual odyssey of the making of the Taoist master Kwan Saihung. Born into a wealthy family in a remote province of China, Kwan defies his parents' wishes and enters into the rigorous and mysterious discipline of Taoist practice. Renamed "Little Butterfly" by his Taoist masters, he survives the upheaval of the Japanese occupation, and the later the Chinese Revolution, all the while becoming adept in the Taoist arts. Eventually his inner and outer journey lead him to America, where he becomes a Golden Gloves boxer and martial arts instructor.Part adventure, part parable, Chronicles of Tao travels through a labyrinth of enigmatic Taoist practice, marital arts discipline, and international adventure.

The Taoist spirit comes to life, made vibrant and contemporary through the Chinese ideograms whose images and stories speak of living in harmony with the Tao. Everyday Tao revives an ancient approach to meditation and reflection by using these stories as sources of insight for spiritual growth.Tao is a person running along a pathA companion volume to the bestselling 365 Tao, Everyday Tao offers clear, specific directions on bringing the Taoist spirit into our work, our relationships, and other aspects of our everyday lives. Each ideogram provides the starting point for a Taoist lesson. The narrative that follows shows how we can achieve an intimate relationship with nature, others, and our natural selves.

Place the word Tao Into your heart. Use no other words.The Tao is constantly moving, the path that all life and the whole universe takes. There is nothing that is not part of it—harmonious living is to know and to move with the Tao—it is a way of life, the natural order of things, a force that flows through all life.365 Tao is a contemporary book of meditations on what it means to be wholly a part of the Taoist way, and thus to be completely in harmony with oneself and the surrounding world.Deng Ming-Dao is the author of eight books, including The Living I Ching, Chronicles of Tao, Everyday Tao, and Scholar Warrior. His books have been translated into fifteen languages. He studied qigong, philosophy, meditation, and internal martial arts with Taoist master Kwan Saihung for thirteen years, and with two other masters before that.

Il volume nasce dal bisogno di applicare i principi del tao alla nostra vita, di attualizzarli e di viverne l'efficacia. Non si tratta, infatti, di un libro sul taoismo tradizionale, ma rappresenta un suggerimento di ricerca del tao nella sua dimensione più immediata: ci incoraggia a esplorare e a coltivare noi stessi, a riconoscere in ciò la vera esperienza.

Tao (oder auch Dao) bedeutet wörtlich »der Pfad« oder »der Weg«. Es ist das zentrale Prinzip der Philosophie des Laotse und steht für alles Werden und Vergehen, ist also der Weg, den alles Leben und das ganze Universum nehmen. Es gibt nichts, was nicht Teil davon ist. Ein harmonisches Leben bedeutet, das Tao zu kennen und die natürliche Ordnung der Dinge anzuerkennen. Das Buch enthält 365 kurze Zitate aus dem Taoismus zu unterschiedlichen Themen wie »Beginn«, »Angst«, »Vertrauen« oder »Glück«, jeweils gefolgt von einem interpretierenden Kommentar des Autors. Deng Ming-Dao zeigt, dass die Weisheit des Tao nicht veraltet ist, sich nicht auf alte Schriften und rituelle Praktiken beschränkt, sondern – ganz im Gegenteil – im täglichen Leben, im Hier und Jetzt, für jeden anwendbar ist. Eine Seite pro Tag, Anregungen für jeden Tag des Jahres. So erhält man nicht nur jeden Tag neue Inspirationen und hilfreiche Vorschläge für einen guten Tag, sondern wächst im Lauf des Jahres in die Philosophie des Taoismus hinein und findet so den Weg zu mehr Zufriedenheit und Erfüllung im Alltag.