Finding Our True Home
Living in the Pure Land Here and Now
Parallax Press · Print & ebook · August 9, 2001
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- Who it’s for
- A translation of the Amitabha Sutra paired with Thich Nhat Hanh’s first commentary.
- Genres
- Buddhist Practice & Ritual, Buddhist Sacred Writings, Meditation
- Published
- Parallax Press, August 9, 2001
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Finding Our True Home presents a new definitive translation of the Amitabha Sutra along with Thich Nhat Hanh’s first commentary on one of the most practiced forms of Buddhism in the world, the Pure Land school. Introduced in the Buddha’s own lifetime, Pure Land practice puts us in touch with the beauty in our own world and brings us the security, solidity, and freedom we need in order to truly enjoy it.
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Realizing that Buddha is within us, we see that the Pure Land (paradise) is here and now, rather than in the future. Finding Our True Home will open a new Dharma door to many students of meditation.
Amitabha Sutra
A translation of the Amitabha Sutra paired with Thich Nhat Hanh’s first commentary.
Come here for
- The Amitabha Sutra in a new translation
- Thich Nhat Hanh’s first commentary on Pure Land Buddhism
Expect
- Pure Land practice as present in this world, not deferred to the future
- Buddha understood as within us
Where it sits
| Buddhist Sacred Writings | 69% |
|---|---|
| Meditation | 43% |
| Buddhist Practice & Ritual | 34% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Buddhism - General
- Buddhist Sacred Writings
- Zen Buddhism
- Authors
- Thich Nhat Hanh
- Publisher
- Parallax Press
- Published
- August 9, 2001
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Buddhism - General