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. Author: Thich Nhat Hanh Publisher: Parallax Press Published: 04/30/1987 Pages: 600 Binding Type: Paperback Weight: 2.00lbs Size: 9.00h x 5.90w x 1.80d ISBN: 9780938077268 About the Author THICH NHAT HANH is one of the most revered and influential spiritual teachers in the world today. Born in Vietnam in 1926 he became a Zen Buddhist monk at the age of sixteen. Over seven decades of teaching he has published more than 100 books which have sold more than five million copies in the United States alone. Exiled from Vietnam in 1966 for promoting peace his teachings on Buddhism as a path to social and political transformation are responsible for bringing mindfulness to the West. In 1982 he established the international Plum Village Community of Engaged Buddhism in France now the largest Buddhist monastery in Europe. He lives in Hue in Central Vietnam. Illustrated by Nguyen Thi Hop; Translated by Mobi Ho.