The Way of Chuang Tzu

Thomas Merton, Dalai Lama XIV

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New Directions Press
16 April 2010

Oriental & Indian philosophy; Religion & beliefs; Taoism

Working from existing translations, Thomas Merton composed a series of his own versions of the classic sayings of Chuang Tzu, the most spiritual of Chinese philosophers. Chuang Tzu, who wrote in the fourth and third centuries B.C., is the chief authentic historical spokesperson for Taoism and its founder Lao Tzu (a legendary character known largely through Chuang Tzu's writings). Indeed it was because of Chuang Tzu and the other Taoist sages that Indian Buddhism was transformed, in China, into the unique vehicle we now call by its Japanese name—Zen.

The Chinese sage abounds in wit and paradox and shattering insights into the true ground of being. Thomas Merton, no stranger to Asian thought, brings a vivid, modern idiom to the timeless wisdom of Tao.

By: Thomas Merton
Preface by: Dalai Lama XIV
Imprint: New Directions Press
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 132mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 177g
ISBN: 9780811218511
ISBN 10: 0811218511
Pages: 159
Publication Date: 16 April 2010
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for The Way of Chuang Tzu

A most admirable introduction to this less known but important source book of Taoism. (Alan Watts, The New York Times Book Review)Thomas Merton is the saintly man who caused the Dalai Lama to come to admire Christianity as the equal of his beloved Buddhism. (Robert Thurman)Merton is an artist, a Zen. (Thich Nhat Hanh)