Commentary On The Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra

Author : Thich Nhat Hanh
Publisher : Parallax Press
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2009-12-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781888375923

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The Heart of Understanding by Thich Nhat Hanh Pdf

Comprised of only 632 Chinese characters, the Heart Sutra is Buddhism in a nutshell. Despite its brevity, this powerful work covers more of the Buddha’s teachings than any other scripture, and its influence is more profound and wide-reaching than any other text in Buddhism. Thich Nhat Hanh’s translation and commentary is regarded as the most simple, clear, concise, and understandable available. He describes the sutra as “a precious gift to us, the gift of fearlessness," offering subtle and profound teachings on non-duality and the letting go of all preconceived notions, opinions, and attachments, thereby becoming open to all the wonders of our life. This completely revised edition celebrates the 20th anniversary of the first publication of a modern classic.

Author : Donald S. Lopez
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1988-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0887065902

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The Heart Sutra Explained by Donald S. Lopez Pdf

Renowned for its terse declaration of the perfection of wisdom, the Heart Sutra is the most famous of Buddhist scriptures. The author draws on previously unexamined commentaries, preserved only in Tibetan, to investigate the meanings derived from and invested into the sutra during the later period of Indian Buddhism. The Heart Sutra Explained offers new insights on "form is emptiness, emptiness is form," on the mantra "gate gate paragate parasamgate bodhi svaha," and on the synthesis of Madhyamika, Yogacara, and tantric thought that characterized the final period of Buddhism in India. It also includes complete translations of two nineteenth century Tibetan commentaries demonstrating the selective appropriation of Indian sources.

Author : Wan Ko Yee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2000-06-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1892727137

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Commentary on the Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra by Wan Ko Yee Pdf

Author : Thich Nhat Hanh
Publisher : Parallax Press
Page : 65 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2009-11-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781937006037

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The Heart of Understanding by Thich Nhat Hanh Pdf

The heart of the Prajñaparamita Sutra is regarded as the essence of Buddhist teaching, offering subtle and profound teachings on non-duality and the letting go of all preconceived notions, opinions, and attachments, and so becoming open to all the wonders of our life. The Heart Sutra is recited daily in Mahayana temples and practice centers throughout the world. Thich Nhat Hanh’s translation and commentary are the fruit of the author’s more than sixty years of monastic study and practice. He describes the sutra as “a precious gift to us, the gift of fearlessness.” Based on a historic lecture at the Green Gulch Zen Center, Muir Beach, California on April 19, 1987, this is one of the most simple, clear, concise, and understandable commentaries on this very important Buddhist sutra. In the Heart Sutra, the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara describes how to train in the perfection of wisdom by seeing through the illusory nature of all things. The Heart Sutra is Buddhism in a nutshell, containing only 632 characters in the traditional Chinese translation. Despite its brevity, it covers more of the Buddha’s teachings than any other scripture and has had the most profound and wide-reaching influence of any text in Buddhism. This revised edition celebrates the 20th anniversary of the initial release and features a new introduction by Peter Levitt and a new afterword by Thich Nhat Hanh. Edited by poet and Zen teacher Peter Levitt, author of Fingerpainting on the Moon.

Author : Thich Nhat Hanh
Publisher : Parallax Press
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2011-12-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781937006112

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Awakening of the Heart by Thich Nhat Hanh Pdf

A comprehensive, single-volume collection of the Buddha’s key sutras, translated with contemporary commentary by an internationally known Zen master An essential companion to Thich Nhat Hanh’s bestselling collection of meditation and mindfulness practices, Happiness, this book captures the heart of Buddhist wisdom and Thich Nhat Hanh’s unique talent to make the Buddha’s teachings accessible and applicable to our daily lives and times. This is a wonderful gift for anyone looking to deepen their practice and understanding of the teachings, as well as a unique resource to understand the fundamentals of Buddhism from its source. With a new introduction and updated commentary, Awakening of the Heart contains the following sutras: • Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra • Diamond Sutra • Sutra on Full Awareness of Breathing • Sutra on The Four Establishments of Mindfulness • Sutra on The Better Way to Catch A Snake • Sutra on The Better Way to Live Alone • Sutra on The Eight Realizations of The Great Beings • Discourse on Happiness • Teachings on the Middle Way

Author : Nhá̂t Hạnh (Thích.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 0938077112

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The Heart of Understanding by Nhá̂t Hạnh (Thích.) Pdf

This text is regarded as the essence of Buddhist teaching, offering subtle and profound teachings on non-duality; the letting go of all preconceived notions, opinions, and attachments, and so become open to all the wonders of our life. This book features a translation and commentary by Thich Nhat Hanh.

Author : Hsuan Hua
Publisher : Buddhist Text Translation Society
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781601030412

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The Heart of Prajñā Pāramitā Sūtra by Hsuan Hua Pdf

Often cited as perhaps the best-known Mahayana Buddhist sutra, the Heart Sutra has been chanted daily in Buddhist monasteries in Asia for more than a thousand years. This sutra, the “heart” of the larger Prajna Paramita (Perfection of Wisdom) Sutra, describes the experience of the liberation of the bodhisattva of compassion, Avalokiteśvara, through the insight gained from deep meditation into the fundamental emptiness of all phenomena. With commentary by the Tripitaka Master Hsuan Hua, one of the foremost Tripitaka and Chan masters of Chinese Buddhism in the United States. Translated by Ronald Epstein, PhD.

Author : Karl Brunnholzl
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2016-12-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780834840386

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The Heart Attack Sutra by Karl Brunnholzl Pdf

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.

Author : Kuiji
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Religion
ISBN : UOM:39015054129831

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A Comprehensive Commentary on the Heart Sutra (Prajñāpāramita-hr̥daya-sūtra) by Kuiji Pdf

Author : Kelsang Gyatso
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publishe
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Mahayana Buddhism
ISBN : 8120817281

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Heart of Wisdom by Kelsang Gyatso Pdf

Heart of Wisdom is based on an oral commentary to the Essence of Wisdom Sutra (the Heart Sutra), which was given by the author at Manjushri Mahayana buddhist Centre in England. The Heart Sutra, one of the best known and most popular of Mahayana Buddhist scriptures, contains the essence of Buddha`s teachings on emptiness and the methods to develop the wisdom that understands this ultimate reality. In this highly acclaimed explanation of the Sutra, Geshe Kelsang reveals its explicit and implicit meanings with both clarity and authority, and relates them to the five Mahayana paths that lead to full enlightenment. Seen in modern light, Buddha had been able to perceive, even see the vast spatial distances between atoms and between sub-atomic particles filled with electrons and even sub-eletrons in a state of high vibration. This atomic condition corresponds to a similar pattern in the brains of living beings and to interstellar and interplanetary gaps. The subject of emptiness as the author explains deals with perceptions leading to concept of formation and creation of a world of sense ideas which is merely a random arranging of material resources in an otherwise empty space filled with vibrations of these very particles. This is a rather difficult subject handled facilely by the author.

Author : Thich Nhat Hanh
Publisher : Parallax Press
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2006-09-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781935209447

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The Diamond That Cuts Through Illusion by Thich Nhat Hanh Pdf

The Diamond Sutra, a mainstay of the Mahayana tradition, has fascinated Buddhists for centuries because of its insights into dualism and illusion: the "diamond" can cut through any obstacle on the road to enlightenment. In the Diamond Sutra, the Buddha responds to a disciple's question about how to become a Buddha. The Diamond that Cuts Through Illusion presents a dialogue between the Buddha and his disciple, Subhuti, which illuminates how our minds construct limited categories of thought. The answer: we must move beyond personal enlightenment to follow the path of the Bodhisattvas, fully enlightened beings who postpone Nirvana in order to alleviate the suffering of others. It offers us alternative ways to look at the world in its wholeness so we can encounter a deeper reality; develop reverence for the environment and more harmonious communities, families, and relationships; and act in the world skillfully and effectively. This revised edition includes Thich Nhat Hanh’s translation of the Sutra from the Chinese and, in his commentaries, his own diamond sharp insight, including new work on the environmental implications of the Diamond Sutra. A beautiful edition of one of Buddhism's central texts.

Author : Dalai Lama,Dalai Lama XIV Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho,Thupten Jinpa
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2005-07-07
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780861712847

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The Essence of the Heart Sutra by Dalai Lama,Dalai Lama XIV Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho,Thupten Jinpa Pdf

Collects teachings as presented by the Dalai Lama in 2001 to more than eight thousand attendees, addressing such topics as the nature of emptiness and selflessness while providing background information on Buddhism and additional commentary. Reprint.

Author : Tāranātha (Jo-nang-pa)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Tripiṭaka
ISBN : 938702301X

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Tāranātha's Commentary on the Heart Sūtra by Tāranātha (Jo-nang-pa) Pdf

Author : Red Pine
Publisher : Catapult
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781640094949

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Three Zen Sutras by Red Pine Pdf

A pocket-sized presentation of the 3 most venerated sutras of Zen Buddhism—the Heart Sutra, Diamond Sutra, and Platform Sutra—from a legendary practitioner and translator of Buddhist teachings Three classic Buddhist sutras, often linked to form a trio of texts that have been revered and studied for centuries, are now available together in this single volume. Red Pine, whose acclaimed translations these particular Buddhist texts are considered canon, provides a sensitive and assured treatment of the classic triumvirate in a gift-sized volume, perfect for sharing with anyone seeking guidance and peace. The Heart Sutra, with its profound and wide-reaching influence on Buddhism, offers the Prajnaparamita teaching of emptiness. The Diamond Sutra, said to contain answers to all questions of delusion and dualism, outlines the bodhisattva path followed by the Buddha. The Platform Sutra is an autobiography of Hui-neng, the controversial 6th Patriarch of Zen. His understanding of the fundamentals of a spiritual and practical life has served as the introduction to the teachings of Zen that students have been putting into practice for the past 1300 years. In addition to new translations of all three texts, Red Pine has included an introduction that ties all three together and just enough footnotes to explain what needs explaining but not enough to get in the way.

Author : Thich Nhat Hanh
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2003-06-01
Category : Tripiṭaka
ISBN : 8121607035

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The Heart Of Understanding by Thich Nhat Hanh Pdf