\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Stephen Legault's marvelous ability to connect the experiences of the present leaders of social causes with the wisdom of the ancients shows us all that there is a passage through the often-seeming[ly] insurmountable obstacles of the present, a way that enables all who care to be successful in their personal and professional lives.\"\u0026mdash;Brock Evans\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis fascinating and useful book is a modern-day interpretation of Lao Tzu\u0026rsquo;s \u003ci\u003eTao te Ching\u003c/i\u003e for social activists and leaders within various activist movements in western civil society. It\u0026rsquo;s a thoughtful examination of how the \u003ci\u003eTao\u003c/i\u003e, and Taoist thought, might be applied to the challenges, conflicts, and obstacles that activists and concerned citizens face as they fight contemporary battles regarding such issues as poverty, workers\u0026rsquo; rights, environmentalism, freedom of expression, gender and sexual equality, and social justice. The book also includes a verse-by-verse interpretation of the \u003ci\u003eTao te Ching\u003c/i\u003e\u0026rsquo;s 81 \u0026ldquo;chapters\u0026rdquo;; the \u003ci\u003eTao te Ching\u003c/i\u003e is one of the most important historical works of Chinese philosophy, and is the basis of Taoism (or Daoism).\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCarry Tiger to Mountain\u003c/i\u003e is a timely book about the role of spirituality in activism in the twenty-first century, and how we\u0026mdash;not only activists per se, but those for whom issues of social and political justice are important\u0026mdash;can forge new paths in their daily struggles to make the world a better place, and at the same time restore personal balance to their lives.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncludes an introduction by Dr. Jim Butler, a political activist for the past 30 years who is also a Buddhist monk.\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e
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