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Title: Words Pointing to the Wordless
Review: While this book contains an excellent translation of Lao Tzu's teachings, a huge portion of it is also dedicated to showing precisely the methods of how it was translated. It gives a list of all the different possible words that could have been used as alternatives, for every single character and verse of the Tao Te Ching. If you don't agree with Jonathan's choice of English words, or if you think something is out of context, choose a different word from the list of options.No wonder it's called "The Definitive Edition." Well, as far as an English translation goes, that is. Any translation is going to lose some of the original energy of the true teaching from the Enlightened Master. It's unavoidable. But then words of any language can't even come close to the experiential Truth of Reality that Lao Tzu tried to explain. The words are merely pointers to the Wordless.
