April 05, 2025

Tao Te Ching by Laozi

56 minutes

🌿📖 Welcome to Chillbooks

Where timeless wisdom flows in a tranquil and immersive experience. Today, we present “The Tao Te Ching”, commonly attributed to Laozi, translated by WikiSource contributors and read by Mark Cassidy.
This audiobook features full on-screen subtitles, allowing you to follow each verse of the Tao in a calm, meditative atmosphere.

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🔖 About “The Tao Te Ching”

Composed over 2,500 years ago, the Tao Te Ching (also spelled Dao De Jing) is a foundational text of Taoist philosophy. In 81 brief chapters, it explores the nature of Tao (the Way) and Te (Virtue)—encouraging harmony with nature, effortless action (wu wei), humility, and inner peace. Its poetic and paradoxical verses have guided spiritual seekers, rulers, and philosophers across centuries and cultures.

🌟 About Laozi

Laozi, or Lao Tzu, is traditionally regarded as a 6th-century BCE Chinese sage and the founder of Taoism. Although much about his life is shrouded in mystery, his teachings in the Tao Te Ching continue to influence Eastern and Western thought, from personal well-being to political philosophy.

🎙️ Narrated by Mark Cassidy

This audiobook is read by Mark Cassidy, whose steady and contemplative narration complements the gentle flow and depth of the Tao’s wisdom.

🌄 Subtitled Audiobook for Meditative Listening

This audiobook includes full on-screen subtitles, inviting you to reflect on each line as it is spoken.

📚 Timestamps

00:00 - Tao Te Ching by Laozi
00:11 - Introduction
00:52 - 1. The Mystery Beyond Naming
07:17 - 11. The Use of Emptiness
14:23 - 21. Formless Virtue
21:43 - 31. Weapons Are Instruments of Misfortune
29:01 - 41. Wisdom Sounds Like Folly
34:51 - 51. The Dao Gives All
42:07 - 61. Strength Through Humility
49:22 - 71. Knowing You Don’t Know
55:11 - 81. Truth Is Not Always Pretty

📘 Contemplate the Way of Balance and Simplicity With ‘The Tao Te Ching’ by Laozi—translated by WikiSource contributors and narrated by Mark Cassidy—fully subtitled for a peaceful experience at Chillbooks.