Benjamin Hoff
Overview
Taoism
Taoism refers to a philosophical or religious tradition in which the basic concept is to establish harmony with the Tao , which is the mechanism of everything that exists...
, The Tao of Pooh
The Tao of Pooh
The Tao of Pooh is a book written by Benjamin Hoff. The book is intended as an introduction to the eastern belief system of Taoism for westerners. It allegorically employs the fictional characters of A. A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh stories to explain the basic principles of philosophical Taoism...
and The Te of Piglet
The Te of Piglet
Ten years after his 1982 work The Tao of Pooh, Benjamin Hoff was pressed to write a follow up of his Western inquiry into Taoism. He did this by writing The Te of Piglet, published in 1992...
, were on best seller lists. Hoff grew up in Sylvan, Oregon
West Haven-Sylvan, Oregon
West Haven-Sylvan is a census-designated place in Washington County, Oregon, north of U.S. Route 26. As of the 2000 census, the CDP population was 7,147.-Geography:...
, where he acquired a fondness of the natural world that has been highly influential in his writing.
Hoff obtained a B.A. in Asian Art from The Evergreen State College
The Evergreen State College
The Evergreen State College is an accredited public liberal arts college and a member of the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges. It is located in Olympia, Washington, USA. Founded in 1967, Evergreen was formed to be an experimental and non-traditional college...
in 1973. Prior to his career in writing, he worked as a tree pruner, antiques restorer, hospital orderly, investigative reporter, photojournalist, recording musician, singer, and songwriter.
Quotations
One sometimes gets the impression that those intimidating words are there to keep us from understanding. That way, the scholars can appear Superior, and will not likely be suspected of Not Knowing Something.
