Chuang Tzu's Poems [New Release]

Chuang Tzu’s poems and parables are luminous, playful, and disarming utterances that laugh at the seriousness of the ego and open a door to effortless freedom. In this book, we bring together some of his most evocative teachings and illuminate them through Acharya Prashant’s distinctive insight.

What makes this work unique is that Acharya Ji does not present Chuang Tzu as a distant Taoist sage to be admired from afar, nor as a maker of charming allegories to be enjoyed merely for their beauty. In his hands, Chuang Tzu becomes a living force. The poems turn into direct challenges to our dependence on words, meanings, identities, knowledge, effort, social respectability, and even the subtle pride of spirituality. Thus, the “empty boat” is no longer just an image from ancient China, but a profound pointer to egolessness; forgetting “both words and meaning” is no mere poetic flourish, but an invitation to freedom from mental possession itself.

By bringing Chuang Tzu into a deep and illuminating dialogue with Vedanta, Acharya Prashant restores the real intensity of Taoist wisdom: not passive mysticism, but a radical release from inner burden, artificiality, and self-conscious striving.

Join this journey into the laughing, liberating world of Chuang Tzu, and discover a wisdom that lightens the mind, loosens the self, and brings one closer to natural freedom.