Old path, white clouds : walking in the footsteps of the Buddha

BOOK ONE Chapter One, Walking Just to Walk Chapter Two, Tending Water Buffaloes Chapter Three, An Armful of Kusa Grass Chapter Four, The Wounded Swan Chapter Five, A Bowl of Milk Chapter Six, Beneath a Rose-Apple Tree Chapter Seven, White Elephant Prize Chapter Eight, The Jeweled Necklace Chapter Nine, The Path of Compassion Chapter Ten, Unborn Child Chapter Eleven, Moonlight Flute Chapter Twelve, Kanthaka Chapter Thirteen, Beginning Spiritual Practice Chapter Fourteen, Crossing the Ganga Chapter Fifteen, Forest Ascetic Chapter Sixteen, Was Yasodhara Sleeping? Chapter Seventeen, Pippala LeafChapter Eighteen, The Morning Star Has Risen Chapter Nineteen, Tangerine of Mindfulness Chapter Twenty, The Deer Chapter Twenty-One, The Lotus Pond Chapter Twenty-Two, Turning the Wheel of Dharma Chapter Twenty-Three, Dharma Nectar Chapter Twenty-Four, Taking Refuge Chapter Twenty-Five, Music's Lofty Peaks Chapter Twenty-Six, Water Rises, Too Chapter Twenty-Seven, All Dharmas Are on Fire Chapter Twenty-Eight, Palm Forest Chapter Twenty-Nine, Dependent Co-Arising BOOK TWO Chapter Thirty, Bamboo Forest Chapter Thirty-One, I Will Return in the Spring. Chapter Thirty-Two, The Finger Is Not the MoonChapter Thirty-Three, Beauty That Does Not Fade Chapter Thirty-Four, Reunion Chapter Thirty-Five, Early Morning Sunshine Chapter Thirty-Six, Lotus Vow Chapter Thirty-Seven, A New Faith Chapter Thirty-Eight, O, Happiness! Chapter Thirty-Nine, Waiting for Daybreak Chapter Forty, Cover the Land in Gold Chapter Forty-One, Has Anyone Seen My Mother? Chapter Forty-Two, Love Is Understanding Chapter Forty-Three, Everyone's Tears Are Salty Chapter Forty-Four, The Elements Will Recombine Chapter Forty-Five, Opening the Door. Chapter Forty-Six, A Handful of Simsapa LeavesChapter Forty-Seven, Follow the Dharma Chapter Forty-Eight, Covering Mud with Straw Chapter Forty-Nine, Earth's Lessons Chapter Fifty, A Handful of Bran Chapter Fifty-One, The Treasure of Insight Chapter Fifty-Two, Fields of Merit Chapter Fifty-Three, Dwelling in the Present Moment Chapter Fifty-Four, Dwell in Mindfulness Chapter Fifty-Five, Appearance of the Morning Star Book Three Chapter Fifty-Six, Full Awareness of Breathing Chapter Fifty-Seven, The Raft Is Not the Shore Chapter Fifty-Eight, A Handful of Precious Earth. Chapter Fifty-Nine, The Net of TheoriesChapter Sixty, Lady Visakha's Grief Chapter Sixty-One, The Lion's Roar Chapter Sixty-Two, Sariputta's Roar Chapter Sixty-Three, All the Way to the Sea Chapter Sixty-Four, The Round of Birth and Death Chapter Sixty-Five, Neither Full nor Empty Chapter Sixty-Six, Four Mountains Chapter Sixty-Seven, Ocean Poet Chapter Sixty-Eight, Three Wondrous Gates Chapter Sixty-Nine, Where Will the Buddha Go? Chapter Seventy, The Quail and the Falcon Chapter Seventy-One, The Art of Stringing a Sitar Chapter Seventy-Two, Quiet Resistance. 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 yes 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 book as a man close to us, it is partly due to recounting such difficulties." - from the author’s Afterword. Presenting the life and teachings of Gautama Buddha, drawn directly from 24 Pali, Sanskrit, and Chinese sources—and retold by beloved Zen teacher Thich Nhat Hanh Retold in Thich Nhat Hanh’s inimitably beautiful style, this book traces the Buddha’s life 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 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 book as a man close to us, it is partly due to recounting such difficulties.” —Thich Nhah Hanh, from the Afterword Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh presents the life and teachings of Gautama Buddha, drawn directly from 24 Pali, Sanskrit, and Chinese sources.Retold in Thich Nhat Hanh's inimitably beautiful style, this book traces the Buddha's life 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 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 book as a man close to us, it is partly due to recounting such difficulties.”—Thich Nhat Hanh, from the Afterword Drawn directly from Pali, Sanskrit, and Chinese sources, the life story of the Buddha is retold by Thich Nhat Hanh in a style that captures the clarity and serenity of the Buddha's life. This is a gift book, a reference book, and an excellent read, destined to become a classic of religious literature. ""This is a truly wondrous book--a biography, a compilation of the Buddha's teachings, a social study of ancient India, a work of comparative religion, an epic tale, and a children's story all in one.""--Mountain Record ""Masterfully written ... to read it is to be absorbed into the equanimity of Drawn directly from Pali, Sanskrit, and Chinese sources, the life story of the Buddha is retold by Thich Nhat Hanh in a style that captures the clarity and serenity of the Buddha's life. This is a gift book, a reference book, and an excellent read, destined to become a classic of religious literature. ""This is a truly wondrous book--a biography, a compilation of the Buddha's teachings, a social study of ancient India, a work of comparative religion, an epic tale, and a children's story all in one."" --Mountain Record ""Masterfully written... to read it is to be absorbed into the equanimity of