The basics of Tao
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Reading the art of war, and being somewhat seduced by the Taoist principles in it. Aside from Tao Te Ching, what other fundamental reading should I look into?
Qi gong.
And quantum touch
>>17922187
Hagakure
Zhuangzi and Shenxian zhuan
>>17922187
I Ching
>>17922187
The Tao of Pooh.
>>17922419
erryday
>>17922513
This
And Tao of piglet
>>17922187
>Reading the art of war
Not a Daoist text.
>>17922419
Not particularly Daoist, either.
>>17922395
Particularly the "Inner Chapters".
>>17923145
>Not particularly Daoist, either.
I would argue that point. I find the literal translations most interesting, specifically Ritsema/Karcher. However, Cleary's original and revised translations are often Tao oriented.
>>17923180
There are Daoist interpretations, but the core of the Yijing predates Daoism by quite some time. It's even older than yin and yang, though the word, "yin", does appear in the Zhouyi.
