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| Publisher | : Wheatmark, Inc. |
| Total Pages | : 629 |
| Release | : 2017-01-25 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 1627874569 |
praj·na: transcendental wisdom pa·ra·mi·ta: ferrying over to the other shore; perfection The Heart Sutra and the Diamond Sutra are essential reading for those who practice Buddhism. Over the past thirteen centuries, however, the larger work to which they belong has been available only in Chinese. Now, for the first time, English speakers can access the first twenty fascicles of The Great Prajna Paramita Sutra, regarded as the largest canon in Buddhism. The Great Prajna Paramita Sutra demonstrates how one can become a bodhisattva -- and eventually a Buddha -- transcending self-interest to reach a state of emptiness, selflessness, and nonattachment. Regardless of where you are on the path to enlightenment, you’ll be nourished by the parables and dialogues within.
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| Total Pages | : 162 |
| Release | : 1913 |
| Genre | : Tripiṭaka |
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| Author | : Kazuaki Tanahashi |
| Publisher | : Shambhala Publications |
| Total Pages | : 289 |
| Release | : 2016-03-01 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1611803128 |
An illuminating in-depth study of one of the most well-known and recited Buddhist texts, by a renowned modern translator The Prajna Paramita Hridaya Sutra is among the best known of all the Buddhist scriptures. Chanted daily by many Zen practitioners, it is also studied extensively in the Tibetan tradition, and it has been regarded with interest more recently in the West in various fields of study—from philosophy to quantum physics. In just a few lines, it expresses the truth of impermanence and the release of suffering that results from the understanding of that truth with a breathtaking economy of language. Kazuaki Tanahashi’s guide to the Heart Sutra is the result of a life spent working with it and living it. He outlines the history and meaning of the text and then analyzes it line by line in its various forms (Sanskrit, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Tibetan, Mongolian, and various key English translations), providing a deeper understanding of the history and etymology of the elusive words than is generally available to the non-specialist—yet with a clear emphasis on the relevance of the text to practice. This book includes a fresh and meticulous new translation of the text by the author and Roshi Joan Halifax.
| Author | : Subhash Kak |
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| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2007 |
| Genre | : Hindu cosmology |
| ISBN | : 9788124604106 |
The Book Presents A Bridge Between The Cosmologies Of Vedic Knowledge And Modern Science. Commentaries Are Provided In 18 Sutras On The Nature Of Reality, Language, Art, Mind, Transformation And Freedom. The Sutras Deal With Abstract Ideas, Including Aesthetics, Love, War And Suffering.
| Author | : Lex Hixon |
| Publisher | : Quest Books |
| Total Pages | : 292 |
| Release | : 1993-05-01 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 9780835606899 |
Lex Hixon's "contemplative expansion" of forty passages from the Prajnaparamita Sutra, the basic scripture of all schools of Mahayana Buddhism, yields a text of devotional beauty that is at once dramatic and uplifting. The text sets forth the Bodhisattva path to enlightenment. Features a foreword by renowned American Buddhist scholar Dr. Robert A. Thurman.
| Author | : Dwight Goddard |
| Publisher | : Cosimo, Inc. |
| Total Pages | : 285 |
| Release | : 2007-10-01 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1602067945 |
The Buddhist Bible was first published in Vermont in 1932 by DWIGHT GODDARD (1861-1939), a pioneer in the American Zen Buddhist movement. It contains edited versions of foundational Buddhist texts designed to provide spiritual seekers with the heart of the Zen message. Writing at a time when Buddhism was greatly misunderstood in the West, Goddard hoped to bring a new and deep understanding to light. His mission was not only to explain Buddhism to his fellow Americans but to show how the ancient religion could be made relevant to modern problems. The Buddhist Bible made a huge impact when it was published and is known to have influenced the views of iconic Beat author Jack Kerouac.
| Author | : Hsüan Hua |
| Publisher | : Dharma Realm Buddhist Association |
| Total Pages | : 208 |
| Release | : 1974 |
| Genre | : Religion |
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One of the most popular scriptures, the Vajra Sutra explains how the Bodhisattva relies on the perfection of wisdom to teach and transform beings. Then Subhutti, upon hearing the Sutra spoken, and deeply understanding its purport, wept and said to the Buddha, "How rare, World Honored One, is this Sutra so profoundly spoken by the Buddha. From the time I obtained the Wisdom Eye until the present I have never before heard such a Sutra. World Honored One, if someone hears the Sutra with a pure heart of faith then he realizes the real mark. That person should be known to have accomplished the foremost and most rare merit and virtue."
| Author | : Sally Wriggins |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 308 |
| Release | : 2020-06-11 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 1000011097 |
The saga of the seventh-century Chinese monk Xuanzang, who completed an epic sixteen-year journey to discover the heart of Buddhism at its source in India, is a splendid story of human struggle and triumph. One of China's great heroes, Xuanzang is introduced here for the first time to Western readers in this richly illustrated book.
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| Publisher | : New York : Viking Studio |
| Total Pages | : 112 |
| Release | : 2000 |
| Genre | : Religion |
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"At the heart of Buddhism lies the doctrine of the perfection of wisdom. The foremost principles of this teaching are the bodhisattva ideal of the religious life and the essential emptiness of all existence. The sutras known as The Perfection of Wisdom in 8,000 Lines are the oldest version of this important Buddhist text, dating some two thousand years, and are the basis for the present translation." "The message of The Perfection of Wisdom is as applicable to the modern reader as it was to the monks who first studied the text two millennia ago: through an understanding of the perfection of wisdom, it is possible for all of us to detach from the suffering that binds us to the material world, and so move toward enlightenment. This important text is illustrated with extraordinary images taken from the earliest surviving Indian and Nepalese illustrated manuscripts of The Perfection of Wisdom - most of which have never been reproduced before."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
| Author | : Karl Brunnholzl |
| Publisher | : Shambhala Publications |
| Total Pages | : 161 |
| Release | : 2016-12-13 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 0834840383 |
A guide to the famous Heart Sūtra that reveals the tenderness and compassion underlying the striking rhetoric of this popular Buddhist text The radical message of the Heart Sūtra, one of Buddhism’s most famous texts, is a sweeping attack on everything we hold most dear: our troubles, the world as we know it, even the teachings of the Buddha himself. Several of the Buddha’s followers are said to have suffered heart attacks and died when they first heard its assertion of the basic groundlessness of our existence—hence the title of this book. Overcoming fear, the Buddha teaches, is not to be accomplished by shutting down or building walls around oneself, but instead by opening up to understand the illusory nature of everything we fear—including ourselves. In this book of teachings, Karl Brunnhölzl guides practitioners through this ‘crazy’ sutra to the wisdom and compassion that lie at its core.
