Tao te Ching Mandalas
2019-2020
This is a series of mandalas based on meditations from the Tao te Ching. There are 81 chapters in the Tao. As I contemplate a chapter, I create a corresponding mandala.
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Tao te Ching Chapter 2: Good & Evil
2019
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Tao te Ching Chapter 3: Sage
2019
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Tao te Ching Chapter 9: Selflessness
2020
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Tao te Ching Chapter 11: Emptiness
2020
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Tao te Ching Chapter 12: Simple Power
2020
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Tao te Ching Chapter 13: Losing the Ego
2020
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Tao te Ching Chapter 15: Imperfect Nature
2020
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Tao te Ching Chapter 16: Everything is Cyclical
2020
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Tao te Ching Chapter 19: Abandon Knowledge
2020
Each Mandala has a Corresponding Blog Post
Tao te Ching Chapter 7: Selflessness
Selflessness Mandala After contemplating Chapter 7 of the Tao te Ching, this is the resulting mandala. As I worked, different thoughts would come to me, even as my mind stilled: This chapter was, so far, the most profound one I have read, contemplated, and created a...
Tao te Ching Chapter 6: The Feminine
After contemplating Chapter 6 of the Tao te Ching, this is the resulting mandala. As I worked, different thoughts would come to me, even as my mind stilled: The Feminine  Humanity wouldn’t exist without the feminine. The yin energy that balances out the yang. The...
Tao te Ching Chapter 5: Compassion and Balance
After contemplating Chapter 5 of the Tao te Ching, this is the resulting mandala. As I worked, different thoughts would come to me, even as my mind stilled:Compassion and Balance Mandala As I contemplated Chapter 5, I wondered at the idea of how no one person - or...