A student of several Taoist masters, Mantak Chia founded the Healing Tao System in North America in 1979 and developed it worldwide as European Tao Yoga and Universal Healing Tao. He has taught and certified tens of thousands of students and instructors from all over the world and tours the United States annually, giving workshops and lectures. He is the director of the Tao Garden Health Spa and Resort training center in northern Thailand and the author of 25 books, including the bestselling The Multi-Orgasmic Man. Tao Huang was born in Dingxi in Northwest China. In 1990 he came to the United States to present the teachings of Laoism and the practices of Taoism. He is the author of Laoism: The Complete Teachings of Lao Zi.

"It would be hard to find a better qualified interpreter of this classic than Mantak Chia. He deserves to be recognised as one the great figures in 20th and 21st century communication across health, spiritual and cultural boundaries."

• Secret Teachings of the Tao Te ChingAcknowledgmentsPutting the Teachings into PracticeIntroduction: Conveying the Heart of Lao Tzu’s TeachingLao Tzu and the Tao Te ChingEssence IlluminatedA Fresh TranslationCosmic BridgeAn Extraordinary CollaborationNote to Women Readers1 -- Wordless Uttering of the TaoDefining the TaoCommunicable Tao and Incommunicable TaoThe Nature of the Tao2 -- Chi and Taoist Inner AlchemyThe Three MindsReturning to the SourceThe Flow of the Tao: Empty and Full3 -- Sensation, the Brain, and Taoist PracticeThe Brain: Perception, Emotion, and ResponseFive Colors Blind the EyesBeyond Ego Conflict4 -- Walking the Way: Energy TransformationThe Wisdom of the I ChingPractices for Energy Alchemy5 -- Embracing OnenessHarmonizing Hun and Po, Heaven and EarthTriple UnityReflections on Unification6 -- The Wisdom of the Taoist SageWhat Is a Sage?Wu Wei: The Action of the SageThe Character of the SageThe Path of the Sage7 -- The Nature of TeVirtuous ActionKind ActionTe Cultivation8 -- Governing Self and NationLiving SimplyThe Sage and the PeopleThe Role of GovernmentConflict9 -- Longevity and ImmortalityThe Psychology of ImmortalityChange and ChangelessnessTaoist Sexual Practices for Longevity and ImmortalityHarmony Is Eternal10 -- Trust and FaithSpeaking the Tao The Way of TrustworthinessThe Treasure of the TaoLao Tzu’s Tao Te Ching BibliographyThe Universal Tao System and Training CenterIndexIndex of Tao Te Ching Chapters