Everyday Tao: Living with Balance and Harmony

Ming-Dao Deng

Harper Collins, Jun 25, 2013 - Religion - 272 pages

The Taoist spirit comes to life, made vibrant and contemporary through the Chinese ideograms whose images and stories speak of living in harmony with the Tao. Everyday Tao revives an ancient approach to meditation and reflection by using these stories as sources of insight for spiritual growth.

Tao is a person running along a path

A companion volume to the bestselling 365 Tao, Everyday Tao offers clear, specific directions on bringing the Taoist spirit into our work, our relationships, and other aspects of our everyday lives. Each ideogram provides the starting point for a Taoist lesson. The narrative that follows shows how we can achieve an intimate relationship with nature, others, and our natural selves.

Contents

• Tao: 2
• Follow: 3
• See: 4
• Sky: 5
• Earth: 6
• Sun: 7
• Moon: 8
• Water: 9
• Field: 10
• Rice: 11
• Cloud: 12
• Essence: 13
• Breath: 14
• Spirit: 15
• River: 16
• Rock: 17
• Tree: 18
• Ancient: 19
• Mountain: 20
• Tiger: 21
• Crane: 22
• Carp: 23
• Turtle: 24
• Immediate: 26
• Open: 27
• Constancy: 28
• Window: 29
• Above: 30
• Purity: 31
• White: 32
• Matter: 33
• Silence: 34
• Sit: 35
• Three BOOKS: 37
• Book: 38
• Literature: 39
• Classic: 40
• Speech: 41
• Listen: 42
• Learn: 43
• Knowing: 44
• Write: 45
• Stylus: 46
• Drum: 47
• Dictionary: 48
• Image: 49
• Scholar: 50
• Poetry: 51
• Sing: 52
• Four STRATEGY: 53
• Martial: 54
• Conflict: 55
• Strategy: 56
• Behind: 57
• Hard: 58
• Insubstantial: 59
• Round: 60
• Aggressive: 61
• Stance: 62
• IIero: 63
• Means: 64
• Transform: 65
• Leader: 66
• Near: 67
• Advantage: 68
• Timely: 69
• Encounter: 70
• Bold: 71
• Lever: 72
• Before: 73
• Sparing: 74
• Multitude: 75
• Five MOVEMENT: 77
• Dawn: 78
• Flow: 79
• Change: 80
• Return: 81
• Adapting: 82
• Drifting: 83
• Travel: 84
• Movement: 85
• Star: 86
• Direction: 87
• Road: 88
• Stele: 89
• Run: 90
• Broad: 91
• Complete: 92
• Six SKILL: 93
• Art: 94
• Divination: 95
• Tap: 96
• Dance: 97
• Medicine: 98
• Recite: 99
• Music: 100
• Ability: 101
• Eat: 102
• Practice: 103
• Spear: 104
• Collect: 105
• Secret: 106
• Market: 107
• All: 108
• Seven CRAFT: 109
• Work I: 110
• 11: 111
• 12: 112
• 1 3: 113
• 14: 114
• 16: 116
• 1 7: 117
• 18: 118
• Eight CONDUCT: 119
• Young: 120
• Pine: 121
• Loyalty: 122
• jade: 123
• Orchid: 124
• Bamboo: 125
• Comb: 126
• Friend: 127
• Compassion: 128
• Lose: 129
• Correct: 130
• Righteousness: 131
• Charity: 132
• Kindness: 133
• Virtue: 134
• Nine MODERATION: 135
• Center: 136
• Pair: 137
• Happiness: 138
• Longevity: 139
• Hungry: 140
• Full: 141
• Passion: 142
• Laughter: 143
• Play: 144
• Lining: 145
• Taste: 146
• Generation: 147
• Dangerous: 148
• Thunder: 149
• Melt: 150
• Excess: 151
• Sweep: 152
• Ten DEVOTION: 153
• Offering: 154
• Flowers: 155
• 6: 156
• 7: 157
• 8: 158
• 5 9: 159
• Worship: 160
• 1: 161
• Interval: 162
• Diversity: 163
• 64: 164
• Love: 165
• Eleven PERSEVERANCE: 167
• Disaster: 168
• Patience: 169
• Diligence: 170
• Sorrow: 171
• Inch: 172
• Endure: 173
• Doubt: 174
• Ruin: 175
• Gain: 176
• Single: 177
• Fate: 178
• Recovery: 179
• Remembering: 180
• Distance: 181
• Inner: 182
• Hope: 183
• Twelve TEACHING: 185
• Ask: 186
• Master: 187
• Crazy: 188
• Good: 189
• Spiritual: 190
• Come: 191
• Ounce: 192
• Difficult: 193
• Instruct: 194
• Ache: 195
• Nurture: 196
• Father: 197
• Verify: 198
• Thirteen SELF: 199
• Oneself: 200
• Person: 201
• Heart: 202
• Body: 203
• You: 204
• Me: 205
• Others: 206
• Yourself: 207
• Touch: 208
• True: 209
• Material: 210
• Prisoner: 211
• Vomit: 212
• Root: 213
• Deep: 214
• Talent: 215
• Eccentric: 216
• Two: 217
• Perception: 218
• Origin: 219
• Bone: 220
• Withered: 221
• Old: 222
• Enough: 223
• Belly: 224
• Fountain: 225
• Fourteen SIMPLIFYING: 227
• Retreat: 228
• Butterfly: 229
• Dream: 230
• City: 231
• Nation: 232
• Bridge: 233
• Fame: 234
• Same: 235
• Add: 236
• Reduce: 237
• Dust: 238
• Qbscure: 239
• Common: 240
• False: 241
• Abandon: 242
• Forget: 243
• Return: 244
• Fifteen UNION: 245
• Together: 246
• Bowl: 247
• Empty: 248
• None: 249
• Source: 250
• Valley: 251
• Shell: 252
• Shadow: 253
• Pipes: 254
• Soul: 255
• Seed: 256

About the author

Deng Ming-Dao is the author of eight books, including 365 Tao, The Living I Ching, Chronicles of Tao, Everyday Tao, and Scholar Warrior. His books have been translated into fifteen languages. He lives in San Francisco.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Everyday Tao: Living with Balance and Harmony
• Author: Ming-Dao Deng
• Publisher: Harper Collins, 2013
• ISBN: 0062306871, 9780062306876
• Length: 272 pages
• Subjects: Philosophy / Religious; Philosophy / Taoist; Religion / Faith; Religion / Meditations; Religion / Philosophy; Religion / Psychology of Religion; Religion / Spirituality; Religion / Taoism; Self-Help / Meditations; Self-Help / Personal Growth / Happiness