The Heart Sutra

Author : Karl Brunnholzl
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 42,5 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 : Donald S. Lopez
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 50,7 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 : Dalai Lama,Dalai Lama XIV Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho,Thupten Jinpa
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 48,7 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 : Kazuaki Tanahashi
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2016-03-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781611803129

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The Heart Sutra by Kazuaki Tanahashi Pdf

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 : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Buddhism
ISBN : OCLC:1322339030

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Buddhist Wisdom Books, Containing the Diamond Sutra and the Heart Sutra by Anonim Pdf

Author : Red Pine
Publisher : Catapult
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2005-08-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781582439921

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The Heart Sutra by Red Pine Pdf

Winner of the Thornton Wilder Prize for Translation The most influential Buddhist sutra in the Mahayana tradition, from one of the world’s preeminent translators of religious texts The Heart Sutra is Buddhism in a nutshell. It has had the most profound and wide–reaching influence of any text in Buddhism. This short text covers more of the Buddha’s teachings than any other scripture, and it does so without being superficial or hurried. Although the original author is unknown, he was clearly someone with a deep realization of the Dharma. For this new English translation, Red Pine, award–winning translator of Chinese poetry and religious texts, has utilized various Sanskrit and Chinese versions, refining the teachings of dozens of ancient teachers together with his own commentary to offer a profound word–for–word explication. Divided into four parts and broken into thirty–five lines to make it easier to study or chant, and containing a glossary of names, terms, and texts, The Heart Sutra is a wise book of deep teaching destined to become the standard edition of this timeless statement of Mahayana truth.

Author : Geshe Sonam Rinchen
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 135 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2003-09-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781559392013

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The Heart Sutra by Geshe Sonam Rinchen Pdf

This short gem of a book shows how distorted perceptions and disturbing emotions—arising from our misunderstanding of reality—can be completely uprooted, resulting in freedom from suffering.

Author : Thich Nhat Hanh
Publisher : Parallax Press
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2011-12-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781937006129

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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 : Sarah A. Mattice
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2021-10-18
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781498599412

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Exploring the Heart Sutra by Sarah A. Mattice Pdf

Exploring the Heart Sutra offers readers an interdisciplinary philosophical approach to this much-loved Buddhist classic, with a new translation and commentary. Situating the Heart Sutra within a Chinese context, Sarah A. Mattice brings together voices past and present, Asian and Western, on topics from Buddhology, translation theory, feminism, religious studies, ethnography, Chinese philosophy, and more, in order to inspire readers to understand the sutra in a new light. Mattice’s argument for the importance of appreciating the Heart Sutra from a Chinese philosophical context includes a new hermeneutic paradigm for approaching composite texts; an argument for translating the text from the Chinese, rather than the Sanskrit; an extended discussion of the figure of Guanyin, bodhisattva of compassion and main speaker of the Heart Sutra, as a distinctively Chinese figure; an inquiry in to the history of women’s practice, with a special focus on China; and a commentary on the text that draws on philosophical resources from Chinese Buddhist, Ruist, and Daoist traditions. Mattice presents the Heart Sutra in its depth and complexity, inviting readers to return to this classic text with fresh perspectives and new insights into its relevance for living well in the contemporary world.

Author : Thich Nhat Hanh
Publisher : Parallax Press
Page : 65 pages
File Size : 44,9 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 : Red Pine
Publisher : Catapult
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 53,9 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 : Nhá̂t Hạnh (Thích.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 53,7 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 : Osho
Publisher : HarperElement
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UVA:X002680083

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The Heart Sutra by Osho Pdf

Penetrates right to the very heart of the Buddhist message and explores the essential teachings of the Buddha.

Author : Frederik L. Schodt
Publisher : Stone Bridge Press, Inc.
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2020-12-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781611729443

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My Heart Sutra by Frederik L. Schodt Pdf

The Heart Sutra is the most widely read, chanted, and copied text in East Asian Buddhism. Here Frederik L. Schodt explores his lifelong fascination with the sutra: its mesmerizing mantra, its ancient history, the “emptiness theory, and the way it is used around the world as a metaphysical tool to overcome chaos and confusion and reach a new understanding of reality--a perfection of wisdom. Schodt's journey takes him to caves in China, American beats declaiming poetry, speculations into the sutra's true origins, and even a robot Avalokiteśvara at a Kyoto temple.

Author : Donald S. Lopez, Jr.
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2016-11-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781400884513

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Elaborations on Emptiness by Donald S. Lopez, Jr. Pdf

The Heart Sutra is perhaps the most famous Buddhist text, traditionally regarded as a potent expression of emptiness and of the Buddha's perfect wisdom. This brief, seemingly simple work was the subject of more commentaries in Asia than any other sutra. In Elaborations on Emptiness, Donald Lopez explores for the first time the elaborate philosophical and ritual uses of the Heart Sutra in India, Tibet, and the West. Included here are full translations of the eight extant Indian commentaries. Interspersed with the translations are six essays that examine the unusual roles the Heart Sutra has played: it has been used as a mantra, an exorcism text, a tantric meditation guide, and as the material for comparative philosophy. Taken together, the translations and essays that form Elaborations on Emptiness demonstrate why commentary is as central to modern scholarship on Buddhism as it was for ancient Buddhists. Lopez reveals unexpected points of instability and contradiction in the Heart Sutra, which, in the end, turns out to be the most malleable of texts, where the logic of commentary serves as a tool of both tradition and transgression.