The Couple's Tao Te Ching: Ancient Advice for Modern Lovers

by William Martin, Hank Tusinski (Illustrator)

Overview

Following the successful debut of the Parent's Tao Te Ching -- William Martin now reinterprets the Tao for couples.

With The Parent's Tao Te Ching, William Martin beautifully re-interpreted Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching -- one of the world's oldest and most widely read books of wisdom -- expressly for parents. Now, he distills and freshly re-interprets the essence of each of the Tao's 81 chapters to speak directly and clearly to couples.

William Martin's indelible, spirited, and sage advice, rendered in free verse, captures the ancient spirit of Lao Tzu's original text, yet speaks directly to modern lovers--and to the full sweep of their experiences and emotions. A deeply felt alternative to advice books that urge readers to manipulate their partners rather than to love them, The Couple's Tao Te Ching is for everyone who has embarked upon a loving relationship, which, as William Martin says, "can be the most rewarding and enlightening adventure possible."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781569246504
Publisher:	Hachette Books
Publication date:	12/27/1999
Pages:	144
Sales rank:	1,148,704
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

William Martin has been a student of the Tao for almost twenty years. A graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, and Western Theological Seminary, he is the author of The Parent's Tao Te Ching, The Couple's Tao Te Ching, and The Sage's Tao Te Ching. Today he operates, with his wife, Nancy, The Still Point, a center for the practice of Taoist/Zen meditation in Chico, California.

What People are Saying About This

George Fowler

In a culture where loving associations are often treated as not much more than optional interludes, it's a singular delight to find a book successfully establishing that such relationships can, instead, fill lives with a joy and fulfillment not to be found elsewhere. And when the author goes further, as in this book, and provides immediately practical guidance on how to ensure that one's own love relationship will do just that, you have found yourself a singular book, indeed. Bill Martin has already proved himself a noteworthy Tao Te Ching scholar, and in this book he does so yet again.
— George Fowler, best-selling author of Dance of a Fallen Monk: A Journey to Enlightenment

Jennifer Louden

The perfect book for couples to savor in bed together one day at a time.
— Jennifer Louden, author of The Couple's Comfort Book