In 2006, Hoff published an essay on his website titled 'Farewell to Authorship', in which he denounced the publishing industry and announced his resignation from book-writing. Through brilliant and witty dialogue with the beloved Pooh-bear and his companions, the author of this smash bestseller explains with ease and aplomb that rather than being a distant and mysterious concept, Taoism is as near and practical to us as our morning breakfast bowl. The Te of Piglet also became an international bestseller and spent 59 weeks on The New York Times' bestseller list. Benjamin Hoff says there is, and this Taoist's favorite food is honey. All three books were Book-of-the-Month Club. Milne, and The Singing Creek Where the Willows Grow, his biography of fellow Oregon author and charismatic nature teacher Opal Whiteley. The Tao of Pooh was an international bestseller and spent 49 weeks on The New York Times' bestseller list. Benjamin Hoff is the author of The Tao of Pooh and The Te of Piglet, both of which explain the Chinese philosophy of Taoism through the characters created by A.A. Hoff was awarded the American Book Award in 1988 for The Singing Creek Where the Willows Grow.

In his spare time, he practices Taoist Qigong and T'ai chi ch'uan. In these pages Benjamin Hoff shows that Poohs Way is amazingly consistent with the principles of living envisioned long ago by the Chinese founders of Taoism. His studies in Asian Culture included reaching the certificate level in the Japanese Tea Ceremony, had two years of apprenticeship in Japanese fine-pruning methods, and four years of instruction in the martial art form of T'ai chi ch'uan, including a year of Ch'i Kung.

Hoff has also studied architecture, music, fine arts, graphic design and Asian Culture. The Tao of Pooh Benjamin Hoff Penguin Books, 1983 - Children - 158 pages 79 Reviews Reviews arent verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when its identified For Taoists. in Asian Art from The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington in 1973. Benjamin Hoff grew up in the Portland, Oregon neighborhood of Sylvan, where he acquired a fondness of the natural world that has been highly influential in his writing.

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