#26 Lao Zhi Chang on the Orphan Raised by a Monk, Taoing the Tao, and Deactivating Triggers

Salish Wolf · Mar 3, 2021 · 59m

This interview with Taoist (Daoist) Abbot Lao Zhi Chang is so rich and profound, I have decided to separate it into 2 episodes. For best cohesion, I suggest listening to them in order, but regardless, there is abundance to be gleaned separately from each.

Lao was orphaned at the age of 6 and ran feral for 2 years before meeting the Buddhist monk that would raise him. This benevolent monk became Lao’s first teacher, and eventually Lao would travel through more than 50 countries acquiring many more teachers of myriad philosophies.

Both parts of this interview drip with wisdom, and in the…