Foreword by Lama Surya Das vii
Introduction xi
A Note on the Translation xxiii
Tao Te Ching 1
Notes 165
Acknowledgments 167
Suggestions for Further Reading 169
Derek Lin is director of Tao Studies at the Great Tao Foundation of
America and is an active speaker and educator on the Tao Te Ching
and Tao spirituality. He also serves as webmaster of
www.taoism.net, a leading resource for the Tao on the Internet.
Lama Surya Das, one of the foremost Western Buddhist leaders and
teachers, is author of the best-selling Awakening the Buddha
Within: Tibetan Wisdom for the Western World and other books.
Founder of the Dzogchen Meditation Centers in America, he also
organizes the Western Buddhist Teachers Conferences with the Dalai
Lama.
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—Edward Monaghan, UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center
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