The Four Noble Truths: And the Six Paramitas and the Eightfold Path - Hardcover

by Demi Charlotte Hunt (Illustrator), Tze-Si Huang (Author)

Translated from his native language, Chinese scholar and Buddhist master Tze-si "Jesse" Huang offers the reader a sublime journey through the foundational Four Noble Truths of Buddhism. The passages are placed around a square hole with penetrates the book completely, indicating the horizontal quaternity of our earthly realm. The beautiful illustrations by the renowned artist Demi flow around the text and pull the reader/meditator into another world of serenity. This book will be a beautiful gift for a person of any faith as well as a support for a contemplative practice.

Author Biography

A Fulbright Scholar, Demi is the award-winning author of over 300 bestselling illustrated books, including Jesus, al-Ghazali, Rumi, Muhammed, Cyrus the Great, the Psalms of David, and Saint Francis of Assisi. Her titles have sold over five million copies. Gandhi and the Nightingale were named New York Times Best Illustrated Books. Major exhibitions of her work have been held in numerous museums in the US, including the Los Angeles County Museum and the Time/Life Gallery in New York City. Tze-si "Jesse" Huang was a professional writer and translator and native Chinese. He was born in Chungking, the youngest of ten children. After facing and overcoming trials of both survival and becoming educated, he eventually immigrated to the U.S.A. He attended New York University and Columbia University for post graduate studies. In 1975, he met his wife, the renown children's book author and illustrator, Demi. In the United States he worked as a financial analyst and manager in several companies while continuing to pursue his love of writing and translating from his native Chinese into English. His award winning title 'Master of Zen: Extraordinary Teachings from Hui Neng's Altar Sutra' is an example of his excellent work. In 1990, both Tze-si Huang and his wife, Demi, represented the United States at the First Children's International Book Conference in Beijing.