Old Path White Clouds (1 Volume) : Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha - Softcover

Nhat Hanh, Thich

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1458768155 ISBN 13: 9781458768155

Publisher: ReadHowYouWant, 2013

Synopsis

Old Path White Clouds presents the life and teachings of Gautama Buddha. Drawn directly from 24 Pali, Sanskrit, and Chinese sources, and retold by Thich Nhat Hanh in his inimitably beautiful style, this book traces the Buddha's life slowly and gently over the course of 80 years, partly through the eyes of Svasti, the buffalo boy, and partly through the eyes of the Buddha himself. Old Path White Clouds is destined to become a classic of religious literature. "I have not avoided including the various difficulties the Buddha encountered, both from his own disciples and in relation to the wider society. If the Buddha appears in this hook as a man close to us, it is partly due to recounting such difficulties." --from the author's afterword

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Review:

'The Buddha was the source. Venerable Svasti and the young buffalo boys were rivers that flowed from the source. Wherever the rivers flowed, the Buddha would be there.' In Old Path White Clouds, scholar, poet and peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh retells the story of the Buddha in his own inimitably beautiful style. He draws upon Pali, Sanskrit and Chinese sources to trace the Buddha's life slowly and gently through the course of eighty years. Seen partly through the eyes of the Buddha himself and partly through those of Svasti, the buffalo boy, Old Path White Clouds brings the Buddha closer to us as we journey with him on his path to enlightenment and nirvana.

Book Description:

The life and teachings of the Buddha, in the poetic words of Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh

About this edition

• Publisher: ReadHowYouWant
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1458768155
• ISBN 13: 9781458768155
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400