The Tenth Man: The Great Joke (Which Made Lazarus Laugh)

by Wei Wu Wei, Gregory Tucker (Foreword by)

An esssential work of this enigmatic sage, draws from the ancient traditions of Buddhism, Taosim, and Advaita Vedanta.

Genres: Spirituality

234 pages, Paperback

First published February 25, 2003

About the author

Terence James Stannus Gray was a theatre producer who created the Cambridge Festival Theatre as an experimental theatre in Cambridge. He produced over 100 plays there between 1926 and 1933. Later in life, under the pen name Wei Wu Wei, he published several books on Taoist philosophy.

Reviews

[Rapolas Bernotas · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you can look past the dense mental gymnastics, this can be one of the clearest pointers from phenomenal presence toward phenomenal absence and noumenal presence.

[Ed · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wei Wu Wei was the pseudonym for Terence Gray who wrote a number of what he called Zen-Advaita-Tantra books. This is pure Ch'an Buddhism updated to the present. Well worth pondering if you care to penetrate the mystery.

[Onokotulu · Rating 4 out of 5]

it is insightful stuff that is worth reading. it is quite a dense affair, though, so be ready. these books actually did cause me to have to stop and really think some things through for a while before i could properly proceed. i believe that is the point of the way they are written--to guide you to coming to a realisation rather than drawing you a picture.

[Chris · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book will get you non-thinking in no time. Literally!

Confusingly brilliant, reassuringly repetitive and, a phenomenally noumenal phenomenon of the non-subjective, non-objective kind.

You'll understand that statement upon reading it!

[Dean Paradiso · Rating 5 out of 5]

Insightful, brilliant.

[Ali Gezgin · Rating 5 out of 5]

written on the very edge of linguistic existence, or maybe we are already falling down the cliff

[Philo · Rating 5 out of 5]

There’s always a lot of material to digest when reading any book by Wei Wu Wei, and It’s well worth the effort to stick with it. Dense, deep, and very rewarding. He has a precision with the way he uses language to point to/communicate what cannot be comprehended by our intellects. Quite a task!
As he gently nudges us forward into uncharted territory, we get a taste of our true being.