Four Principles of TaoismOur minds like lists, especially numbered ones – at least, my mind does. Many religions provide us with numbered lists. Christianity has its ten commandments, Buddhism has an Eightfold Path and its Four Noble Truths...

Guided by the Opinion of Others? “If you look to others for fulfillment, you will never truly be fulfilled.”(Lao Tzu) How often we look over our shoulders. What do others think of us? To take direction from what we think others th...

Good, evil, and the Tao Te ChingWhat does Lao Tzu’s Tao Te Ching have to say about good and evil? At first glance, we might think it’s pretty obvious everyone would be “for” the first and “against” the second. Many religious texts support t...

Knowledge versus Understanding“The more you know, the less you understand.” (Lao Tzu) How so? Doesn’t more knowledge lead to more understanding? Actually, more knowledge leads to more knowledge – which is certainly useful in its o...

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What do the words Tao Te Ching mean? The Tao Te Ching is a philosophical text written over 2,500 years ago most likely by a man named Lao Tzu. It consists of 5,000 characters, written in classical Chinese, arranged into 81 brief chapters.&n...

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Many Thoughts Make Muddy Water“Do you have the patience to wait till your mud settles and the water is clear?” (Lao Tzu) This is Chapter 15 of the Tao Te Ching talking about how we typically fill our minds with so many particles of thought...

“Translations” versus “interpretations”: a controversy?If I told you there was a controversy about translations versus interpretations of the Tao Te Ching, your first thought might be: Really? The short answer is, yes. Your second thought m...

Do Your Job, Then Let Go“If you want to accord with the Tao, just do your job, then let go.”(Lao Tzu) Let go? But what if things don’t turn out the way we want? What if others don’t notice who we are and what we’ve done? The Tao...