{"product_id":"chuang-tzus-nei-pien-psychotherapeutic-raymond-bart-vespe-9781587903786","title":"CHUANG TZU'S NEI P'IEN Psychotherapeutic Commentaries: A Wayfaring Counselor's Rendering of The Seven Interior Records","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eChuang Tzu\u003c\/em\u003e is a principal text of the ancient Spiritual tradition of Chinese Taoism. It is a collection of illustrative tales in thirty-three chapters recorded over two thousand years ago and which has since undergone hundreds of translations, commentaries and adaptations. The first seven \u003cem\u003eInner Chapters\/Nei P'ien\u003c\/em\u003e of \u003cem\u003eThe Chuang Tzu\u003c\/em\u003e text are attributed to Chuang Chou\/Tzu, the serene\/ubiquitous\/Master, and are rendered here as the \u003cem\u003eInterior Records. Nei P'ien\u003c\/em\u003e tales are lively portrayals of how individual beings manage to find their truth, freedom and happiness at a time in Chinese history of rampant bloody internecene warfare between rulers of separate feudal states vying for hegemony.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe exquisitely crafted, and often outrageously and humorously expressed, characterizations of the circumstantially embedded lives of common creatures, fabulous animals, mythological beings, divine immortals, legendary ancients and a vast array of human beings ranging from Spiritual masters and skillful artisans to tyranical rulers and insane recluses; and even including Lao Tzu, Confucius and Chuang Tzu himself; are used as iconoclastic vehicles for imparting universal and perennial truths about what it is to be a True Human Being through both the Heavenly equalizing and transcending of, and the Earthly accepting and flowing with, the vicissitudes of natural instincts, human relationships and worldly affairs.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe present work is an original rendering of the tales in the seven \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eInterior Records\/Nei Pien.\u003c\/em\u003e The psychotherapeutically-oriented commentaries given for each of the tales are not only useful for professionals practicing psychotherapy, but also for anyone interested in truly and Soulfully living a more Spiritually awakened, natural, free and happy human life.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Raymond Bart Vespe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1587903784\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781587903786\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Regent Press Printers \u0026amp; Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 274\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.58d","brand":"Raymond Bart Vespe","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43991638180095,"sku":"9781587903786","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_83bd6e9e-a4cd-46ee-a615-f36d8bbdc9a5.jpg?v=1683311413","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/chuang-tzus-nei-pien-psychotherapeutic-raymond-bart-vespe-9781587903786","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}