title: Landscapes of Wonder: Discovering Buddhist Dhamma in the World Around Us
author:  Bhikkhu Nyanasobhano 
description: Don't let the knotty name of this American monk put you off. Nyanasobhano is one of the most melodious new voices in Western Buddhism to come along in some while. He is <A href="/exec/obidos/exact-author=Henry%20Thoreau/${0}">Thoreau</A> in robes, and he takes us walking into the woods of present wonder. At bottom, Nyanasobhano teaches us the basics of Buddhism: Theravada Buddhism, the Sri Lankan storehouse of India's ancient tradition. <I>Landscapes of Wonder</I> is a primer on the basics of Buddhism: the Four Noble Truths, the Noble Eightfold Path, karma, meditation, and such. But the lessons are to be discovered in fallen trees, soaring birds, and winter landscapes. "Our pilgrimage need not be long, as the world counts distance, but epic nonetheless: over the barriers of habit, through the forests of doubt, beyond our circumscribed consciousness toward a freedom as yet scarcely imagined." There is still an occasional rawness and creeping pedantry in Nyanasobhano's voice, but his eloquence overshadows them and introduces us to truly wondrous landscapes. <I>--Brian Bruya</I>
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  ## The Divine Mantra
  
  
  ## (Ajaan Fuang Version)
  
  
  ##### by
  
  
  ### Ajaan Lee Dhammadharo
  
  
  ##### Translated by
  
  
  #### Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu
  
  
  #### (Geoffrey DeGraff)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Copyright 2018 Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu
  
  
  This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0
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  ## Questions about this book may be addressed to
  
  
  Metta Forest Monastery
  
  
  Valley Center, CA 92082-1409
  
  
  U.S.A.
  
  
  ## Additional resources
  
  
  More Dhamma talks, books and translations are available at
  [dhammatalks.org](http://www.dhammatalks.org/).
  
  
  ## Printed copy
  
  
  A paperback copy of this book is available free of charge. To request one,
  write to: Book Request, Metta Forest Monastery, PO Box 1409, Valley Center, CA
  92082 USA.
  
  