The Buddha was the source Venerable Svasti & 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 the world's revered master of mindfulness Thich Nhat Hanh retells the story of the Buddha in his own inimitably beautiful style He draws upon Pali Sanskrit & Chinese sources to trace the Buddha's life slowly & gently through the course of eighty years Seen partly through the eyes of the Buddha himself & 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 & nirvana