A place for the work to live

The Tao Te Ching Institute is working toward an International Study and Meditation Center — a physical place to learn, practice, and teach the Tao Te Ching as a living text. Not a temple. A school.

The approach is educational rather than religious. The Center is planned around coursework, contemplative practice, and community service — the text read for how it helps a person live and lead, not as an object of worship.

The verses, the commentary, and the video meditations are free, and they stay free. The Center is the larger work behind them, and it is built by the people who find value here. A gift of any size moves it forward.

The Institute is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit in good standing, so gifts are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.

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