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The Tao Is Silent: Raymond Smullyan’s Introduction to Lao Tzu — Jade Crypt of Wonders

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The Tao Is Silen t is a lovely little book which serves as a Western introduction to what we might call philosophical Taoism, because it dispenses with the esoteric rituals and alchemical processes of magical Taoism and the deity temple offerings of religious Taoism. You will find dialogues and ramb

The Tao Is Silent: Raymond Smullyan’s Introduction to Lao Tzu Apr 6 Written By Jacob Martin “ At all costs, the Christian must convince the heathen and the atheist that God exists, in order to save his soul. At all costs, the atheist must convince the Christian that the belief in God is but a childish and primitive superstition, doing enormous harm to the cause of true social progress. And so they battle and storm and battle away at each other. Meanwhile the Taoist Sage sits quietly by the stream, perhaps with a book of poems, a cup of wine, and some painting materials, enjoying the Tao to his

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