Write 800-1,000 words answering the following questions based on the week’s reading.

1. What is the way? What are its characteristics? How can we get closer to the way? (The Path)

2. Find two passages in the Daodejing that support the interpretation given in the previous question. (Daodejing, sections 1-38)

3. What are false distinctions? Why are they important? Give two examples of your own. (The Path)

4. Find two passages in the Daodejing that support the interpretation given in the previous question. (Daodejing, sections 1-38)

5. How can you use the ideas from the Daodejing in your own life? There are a number of examples in The Path, but I want you to give two of your own.

6. What are the attributes of a good leader according to the Daodejing? Give two examples that illustrate this. (The Path)

7. Do you agree with your answer in the previous question?