{"product_id":"9781580632256","title":"Tao: The Pathless Path","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn his commentaries on five parables from the \u003ci\u003eLeih Tzu,\u003c\/i\u003e Osho brings a fresh and contemporary interpretation to the ancient wisdom of Tao. Leih Tzu was a well-known Taoist master in the fourth century B.C., and his sly critiques of a Confucius provide abundant opportunities for the reader to explore the contrasts between the rational and irrational, the male and female, the structured and the spontaneous.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Who Is Really Happy\" uses the discovery of a human skull on the roadside to probe into the question of immortality and how misery arises out of the existence of the ego.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A Man Who Knows How to Console Himself\" looks beneath the apparent cheerfulness of a wandering monk and asks if there is really a happiness that endures through life's ups and downs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"No Regrets\" is a parable about the difference between the knowledge that is gathered from the outside and the \"knowing\" that arises from within.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"No Rest for the Living\" uses a dialogue between a despondent seeker and his master to reveal the limits of philosophy and the crippling consequences of living for the sake of some future goal. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Best Be Still, Best Be Empty\" discusses the difference between the path of the will, the \u003ci\u003evia affirmitiva\u003c\/i\u003e of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam, versus the path of the mystic, the \u003ci\u003evia negativa \u003c\/i\u003eof Buddha and Lao Tzu.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Q\u0026amp;A section addresses how Taoist understanding applies to everyday life in concrete, practical terms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47055529869552,"sku":"9781580632256","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781580632256_p0.jpg?v=1763798433","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781580632256","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}