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Lao Tzu for Everyone
Students, Scholars,
& Seekers
Peter Gilboy, Ph.D.
Lao Tzu's Lessons
Interlinear Translation
with
Line-by-Line Commentary
Tao
the Way
Lessons 1 - 10
1. "These Two are the Same"
2. How the Sage is Different
3. How the Sage Leads
4. What is "Emptiness"
5. What is Our "Straw Dog"
6. The Mysterious Female
7. More about "Not Doing"
8. Live the Way Water Lives
9. Knowing When to Stop
10. Lao Tzu asks 6 Questions
Lessons 11 - 20
11. On Being and Nonbeing
12. Discovering Self-so-ness
13. My Very Own Me
14. What is Oneness?
15. More About the Sage
16. Returning Home
17. 4 Kinds of Leaders
18. When the 道 Way is Lost
19. Finding the 道 Way
20. I Am Different From Others
Lessons 21 - 30
21. How Do I Know this is So?
22. The Paradox of Humility
23. The Authentic Person
24. The Self-Important Person
25. Why is there Something?
26. Advice to Rulers
27. Knowledge and Insight
28. Our Masculine & Feminine
29. Controlling the World
30. On Using Force (Pt 1)
Lessons 31 - 40
31. On Using Force (Pt 2)
32. Dividing Up the World
33. Becoming Wise
34. More on 'Not Doing'
35. Holding Fast to the Way
36. Life's Subtle Wisdom
37. Self-Tranformation
38. True Empowerment
Lessons 41 - 50
41. 'Hearing' the Way
42. No Boundaries
43. More on 'Not Doing'
44. 3 More Questions
45. Inner-sight
46. Never Enough
47. 'Knowing' the Whole World
Work in Progress
39. Just One
40. Ever Re-Turning
Home
What is 道 Tao?
Who was Lao Tzu?
Different Versions?
How to read Lao Tzu's Words
Lao Tzu's Lessons
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