The present invention discloses a cyclic process for the production of taurine from alkali isethionate and alkali vinyl sulfonate in a high overall yield of greater than 95% by continuously converting the byproducts of the ammonolysis reaction, sodium ditaurinate and sodium tritaurinate, to sodium taurinate. Pure sodium ditaurinate and sodium tritaurinate are prepared from diethanolamine and triethanolamine as starting materials, respectively, and are subjected to the ammonolysis reaction to yield a mixture of sodium taurinate, sodium ditaurinate, and sodium tritaurinate.