Lifelong Learning Institute at Waubonsee Community College

NOTE:  Classes will be held on 11/5, 11/12, 11/19 12/3, 12/10.  NO class on 11/26 (Thanksgiving Day).

This 2,500 year old book of 81 verses has been translated into the English language more often than any other piece of world literature. A slim volume entitled The Way and its Power/Virtue - uses pictoral language to show "letting go" of the actions of others. The text can be read as a spiritual/mystical work or as a manual on statecraft. We will use a rendering by Ursula K. Le Guin based upon translations from Chinese.

Our first session will be dedicated to getting acquainted. The subsequent four sessions will be devoted to open discussion of the effect upon our minds and hearts of these remarkable verses. Each session will feature a few verses as we move through the text.

Course prerequisites: an open mind, and intention to have fun.

Book:  Tao Te Ching Lao Tsu by Ursula K. Le Guin (purchase at Amazon, Barnes & Noble) (REQUIRED)