Foreword by John B. Cobb Jr. / ix
Acknowledgments / xiii
Introduction / 3
1. Chuang Tzu / 13
2. The Way / 23
3. Nothing / 33
4. Nothing and the Journey of Ninety Thousand Li / 45
5. Do Nothing / 57
6. The Nothing of Love and the Love of Nothing / 71
7. Good for Nothing / 83
Conclusion: Be Ordinary / 103
Appendix A: Chuang Tzu: Historical Background / 109
Appendix B: The Psychology of Nondoing / 115
Notes / 131
Bibliography / 145
Index / 149
Dr. Siroj Sorajjakool is professor of religion, psychology, and counseling at Loma Linda University and pastoral counseling supervisor at Loma Linda and at Claremont School of Theology. He has a PhD in theology and personality from Claremont School of Theology. He has published extensively in Thai and English.
"[A] real gem. . . . I would recommend this book to both novices
and those more familiar with Zhuangzi’s thought. I certainly
wouldn’t characterize it as light reading because Siroj challenges
us to view life through a new lens—a lens that can help us to see
the inner peace that already resides within each of us!"
—Rambling Taoist
Sorajjakool approaches the notoriously elusive philosophy of Chuang
Tzu on behalf of the general reader. Without yielding up his
Christianity, he sees the useful heart of the Chinese sage’s wisdom
as a kind of “wise passivity,” abetted, if not exactly endorsed, by
the likes of Heidegger and Krishnamurti. For most collections.
—Library Journal
"Sorajjakool has a mild and gentle way of seeing the world and
a mild and gentle message for those of us who are nervous,
uncertain, fearful, and foolishly freaking out."
—RALPH: The Review of Arts, Literature, Philosophy, and the
Humanities
"This book, a Tao of being, is a paradoxical piece concerning the
mystery of life. It’s all about the courage to be in the face of
nothingness and its wisdom resonates with the heart."
—David H. Rosen, MD, McMillan Professor of Analytical Psychology at
Texas AM University and author of The Tao of Jung: The Way of
Integrity
Reading Do Nothing is an extraordinary opportunity to
explore Siroj Sorajjakool’s personal wisdom and scholarship that
explores the interface of East and West through encounters with the
nondoing that leaves nothing undone and the dissatisfaction with
what is that transforms into the redeeming ordinariness of being
more present with what is."
—Gregory J. Johanson, PhD, coauthor (with Ron Kurtz) of Grace
Unfolding: Psychotherapy in the Spirit of the Tao-te ching
"This book concerns a way of seeing that originates in a spiritual
and intellectual context very different from ours. Dr Sorajjakool
presents the teachings of Chuang Tzu in a clear and accessible
language, adapting the notions and ideas of early Taoism to our
present-day social and individual world. He does so in a fresh and
immediate way, but faithful to the spirit of those teachings—truly
a rare gift."
—Fabrizio Pregadio, acting associate professor of religious
studies, Stanford University
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