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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance : An Inquiry Into Values
by Robert M. Pirsig
A Favorite of 18, Read by 184, Owned by 172, Reviewed by 4, Quotes 11
Arguably one of the most profoundly important essays ever written on the nature and significance of "quality" and definitely a necessary anodyne to the consequences of a modern world pathologically obsessed with quantity. Although set as a story of a...(more)
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Taoism from the west...

FRom this book I finally got a handle on and appreciation of Taoism.  Lao Tzu presents a Romantic Quality perspective of Quality and Pirsig presents a Classical Quality perspective of Taoism.   A book I've read many times.  I highly recommend the “Guidebook to …” by Ron Di Santo & Tom Steele

Michael : catalyst-producer
Thu Aug 03 12:42:13 UTC 2006
Michael said
Quality indeed !

Further expanded in Lila - thanks to the Guggenheim Foundation - which itself has spawned the Lila squad as yet another of the multitude of threads that constitute the present state of the evolution of consciousness.

Kenn : Mystic Storyteller
Mon Jul 31 01:57:08 UTC 2006
Kenn said
Quality

Awareness, time and attention…held together by humility and patience.  That was what I took from this amazing tale.

Required Reading...

This book should be required reading at the Junior or Senior level in EVERY highschool !!!   Perhaps then more people will leave high school with the concept of questioning & searching for quality & whats real in what we've been conditioned for….

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