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Tao

Tao

The Watercourse Way

by Alan Watts

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appears in Taoism, Spirituality, and Philosophy.

A lucid discussion of Taoism and the Chinese language . . . profound, reflective, and enlightening. Boston GlobeAccording to Deepak Chopra, Watts was a spiritual polymatch, the first and possibly greatest. Drawing on ancient and modern sources, Watts treats the Chinese philosophy of Tao in much the same way as he did Zen Buddhism in his classic T...

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appears in Taoism, Spirituality, and Philosophy.

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