The Tao Made Easy: Timeless Wisdom to Navigate a Changing World by Alan Cohen

The Tao Made Easy: Timeless Wisdom to Navigate a Changing World is Alan Cohen’s contemporary interpretation of ideas from the Tao Te Ching. Instead of proceeding verse by verse, it gathers teachings around themes such as love, work and learning from painful experiences.

Cohen uses personal examples and short imagined encounters in which he becomes a student of Lao Tse. These vignettes are a literary device for reflection, not historical conversations or a newly translated ancient manuscript. The book invites readers to consider Taoist wisdom in relation to everyday spiritual life.