Tao Lectures and Seminars
The Valley Spirit lectures and seminars
In these lectures and seminars I explore some of the fundamental themes in the writings of Laozi and Zhuangzi. The wisdom of these texts is deep and playful, paradoxical and practical. It is an invitation to an inner journey, a journey often described as a return: a return to the source, a return to the simplicity of ‘uncarved wood’, a return to the ’state of the newborn’. We shall endeavour to meet the humour and challenge of this fluid wisdom that cannot be frozen into a doctrine and goes beyond a purely intellectual understanding.
The nameless Dao
Emptiness
The world’s mother
Simplicity
Measure
The water’s way
Non-doing
Complementarity
The man of Dao
Small and great understanding
My words are easy
Lectures are typically one or two hours long. Seminars can be one, two or three days long. No pre-requisites for attending!
In the context of the series of events L’arte della felicità – Incontri e dialoghi sul potere (PROGRAMMA, pdf 768 kb) on Friday 19 March at 18:30 at the Goethe Institut, Riviera di Chiaia 202, Napoli, I will talk about The power of non-doing (in Italian).
I will speak about Non-doing: an ancient Chinese perspective on helping relationships at Webster University, Geneva, on March 31st 2010 at 18:30 (attendance is open and free).
If you would like to organize a lecture or a seminar The Valley Spirit at your center or institute please write to me.