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At the same time as Pythagoras was unfolding to his disciples the Pythagoras Path to God, and Buddha was expounding the Dharma, or law, in India, there was a third Venerable Master teaching spiritual truth in China. His name is Lao Tzu. Lao Tzu was born in the year 604 BC [1], and his suggested commemoration-day is 24th March. His name means "old-young," and he has been called: "The Old Philosopher." He was himself a symbol of that Mysterious Virtue and Supernal Simplicity belonging to the servant of Tao, of which his writings speak. He was a messenger of Peace, of Simplicity, of Humility: The Teachings of Lao Tzu though so ancient, are still quite new, and even modern. In it are solutions to almost all the principal problems of the present day. The wonderful freshness of the ideas propounded by the Old Philosopher is a striking testimony that they are founded upon unchanging Truth: for, although twenty-five centuries have elapsed since they first held the minds of men, they are still today