Living Buddha, living Christ / Thich Nhat Hanh ; introduction by Elaine Pagels ; foreword by David Steindl-Rast.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Riverhead Books, 2007Edition: 10th Anniversary edDescription: xxvii, 218 pages ; 20 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781594482397
- 159448239X
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
"[Thich Nhat Hanh] shows us the connection between personal, inner peace and peace on earth." --His Holiness The Dalai Lama
Nominated by Martin Luther King, Jr. for a Nobel Peace Prize, Thich Nhat Hanh is one of today's leading sources of wisdom, peace, compassion and comfort.
The 20th anniversary edition of the classic text, updated, revised, and featuring a Mindful Living Journal.
Buddha and Christ, perhaps the two most pivotal figures in the history of humankind, each left behind a legacy of teachings and practices that have shaped the lives of billions of people over two millennia. If they were to meet on the road today, what would each think of the other's spiritual views and practices?
Thich Nhat Hanh has been part of a decades-long dialogue between two great contemplatice traditions, and brings to Christianity an appreciation of its beauty that could be conveyed only by an outsider. IN lucid, meditative prose, he explores the crossroads of compassion and holiness at which the two traditions meet, and he reawakens our understanding of both. "On the altar in my hermitage," he says, "are images of Buddha and Jesus, and I touch both of them as my spiritual ancestors."
20th Anniversary Paperback Ed.
Be still and know -- Mindfulness and the Holy Spirit -- The first supper -- Living Buddha, living Christ -- Communities of practice -- A peaceful heart -- For a future to be possible -- Taking refuge -- The other shore -- Faith and practice -- Mindful living journal.
Buddha and Christ, perhaps the two most pivotal figures in the history of humankind, each left behind a legacy of teachings and practices that have shaped the lives of billions of people over two millennia. If they were to meet on the road today, what would each think of the other's spiritual views and practices? In this classic text for spiritual seekers, Thich Nhat Hanh explores the crossroads of compassion and holiness at which the two traditions meet, and he reawakens our understanding of both.