一行禪師﹙Thich Nhat Hanh)

越南的一師是集宗教神秘主義者、學者、社會行動者於一身的人，也是西方各國中最受敬愛的佛教導師之一。他是詩人、是禪師、也是越戰期間「越南佛教和平代錶團」的主席。馬丁路德‧金恩博士曾提名他為諾貝爾和平獎的候選人。禪師撰有《步步安樂行》等二十五種著作。

<FONT SIZE="+1">Academy Award winner Ben Kingsley reads Nobel Peace Prize nominee Thich Nhat Hanh's inspiring masterpiece.</FONT>

"When you are a truly happy Christian, you are also a Buddhist. And vice versa."

-- Thich Nhat Hanh

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 the course of two millenia. If they were to meet on the road today, what would each think of the other's spiritual views and practices?

The bestselling author of Peace is Every Step, and one of the most beloved Buddhist teachers in the West, Vietnamese monk Thich Nhat Hanh has been part of a decades-long dialogue between the two greatest living contemplative traditions, and brings to Christianity an appreciation of its beauty that could be conveyed only by an outsider. In a lucid, meditative prose, he explores the crossroads of compassion and holiness at which the two traditions meet, and 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."