The Tao Of Pooh

Has anyone read that book? What do you think about it? I plan to read it soon...

 

Fun.

 

A wonderful book! One of my favorites. A quick read, too. I go back to it periodically.

 

I read it once. There's also a sequel. The Te of Piglet. I wasn't too crazy about the first and the second was just boring.

 

It wasn't that bad at all...I thought it was alright but nothing spectacular.

 

I'm in the middle of that book right now. If you are familiar with Pooh and the characters, this book paints a nice picture and uses the characters to help describe certain aspects of taoism. So far, it's not a bad book. Pretty good into- book to Taoism, I think.

 

Quick to read takes about an hour or two. Goes as deep as your make it.

 

I like it because its not some hard to understant book full of filler. Its quick, to the point, and explained so that a child could understant it. I wasen't really thrilled with the Te of piglet though.

 

I kind of liked it. A female feminist friend didn't and I never quite got the reason why. Maybe she was just picking a fight with me. I think you should read it though. I mean, one doesn't have to agree on everything the author writes just because you're reading it, right?

 

i recently read it and i enjoyed it a lot. like someone else said, it's as deep and meaningful as you make it. i'd definitely recomend it.

 

Being meaning to get my hands on it for awhile, must check for it the next time I'm out book shopping.

 

I read it, and belive it or not, it changed my life, I think and interact in a whole new way. I'm reading "The Te of Piglet" good so far.

I highly recomend both

 

i just finished reading the Tao of Pooh. i'm very new to taoism, but i think it was a nice little book, and a simple and accessible introduction to taoist philosophy. i read the tao teh ching first (the dragon shambhala edition) and while it *felt* like something wise, and i think a lot of people feel wise having read it, it's really very hard to decipher all of it into everyday terms that apply to the lives everyone lives in modern times. Tao of Pooh is really simple, so it gives the basic ideas w/out the riddles. a purist scholar of taoism could say this is a silly book that misrepresents what taoism is, but to my understanding, taoism is supposed to be something free and unorthodox anyway--so leave the life of the picky scholar to confucianists. i would definitely recommend it.

 

Likewise.

I love this book. And I recommend it to anyone who is interested in the subject at hand.

 

i think people who say it's not very good or for "beginners" are so "far along" that they've somewhat lost the point. taoism is not about elitism. just because you can "understand" the complex, don't underestimate the simple. put what you "know" into practice.

of course it's simple. tao is simple. isn't that the point?

 

here here!

 

Just read it and loved it.

 

I liked the book. I read it and felt that it conveyed the "essence" of daoism well and the simpleness of it added to its meaning. In the tao te ching it mentions simple things being the way to go (shitty translation I know) and this book hit that note perfectly. If you haven't read it, read it.

 

I don't have the Shambala translation to compare, but you might find Derek Lin's translation a lot more accessible without over-modernizing the original. I also enjoyed the Red Pine (Bill Porter) translation, his choices of historic commentaries really show a variety of perspectives on each verse/chapter.

Haven't read the Tao of Pooh yet, I need to put it on my Amazon wish list.