Posts tagged Tao Te Ching

An adorable little book that takes the concepts of a thousand year old philosophy and makes it understandable using the children’s character, Winnie-the-Pooh.

“While Eeyore frets, and Piglet hestitates, and Rabbit calculates, and Owl pontificates, Pooh just is.”

Taoists (pronounced ‘dow-ists’) want to achieve being one with nature and to find true wisdom, which to them is not knowledge but just knowing. The Tao of Pooh uses passages from the Winnie-the-Pooh books Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner by A. A. Milne to highlight the principles of the Tao and the Tao Te Ching, which is the book that states the principles of the Tao. The author also has conversations with the characters in which he explains to them the principles of Taoism. This book provides a fresh way to look at life without needing a dictionary by your side.