The most popular Buddhist sutra in the world today, a mere 16 sentences. Includes extensive commentary.
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. . . a summation of the wisdom the the Buddha. It distills perfectly the teaching of non-attachment -- Kuo Zhou Rounds
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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Chinese
Original Language: Chinese
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A perfect introduction to Buddhist philosophy,
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This review is from: The Heart of Prajna Paramita Sutra: With "Verses Without a Stand" and Prose Commentary (Paperback)
Renowned as "the most recited sutra in the world", the Heart Sutra has been chanted daily in Buddhist monasteries for more than two thousand years. The Venerable Hsuan Hua (1918-1995) was one of the foremost Tripitaka and Chan Masters of Chinese Buddhist in the U.S. and in The Heart Of The Prajna Paramita Sutra: Verses Without A Stand And Prose Commentary offers western readers an informed and insightful commentary with an especially brilliant and completely accessible distillation of the Buddhist concepts of emptiness and non-attachment. A perfect introduction to Buddhist philosophy, the Heart Sutra was translated into English by Ronald Epstein (a practicing Buddhist for more than 40 years and a research professor at the Institute of World Religions in Berkeley, California), this 165 page text (enhanced with superb color illustrations in its beginning) is a welcome and enthusiastically recommended addition to any personal, academic, or community library Buddhist Studies reference collection.
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When Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva was practicing the profound prajna paramita, he illuminated the five skandhas and saw that they are all empty, and he crossed beyond all suffering and difficulty. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
six perceptual faculties, twelve conditioned causes, subsidiary afflictions, great spiritual mantra, expedient dharma, restless inattention, profound prajna paramita, single thusness, great bright mantra, delimited segment, stained threads, wonderful existence, equal enlightenment, character dao, six entrances, true emptiness, perceptible characteristics, dharma realm, six consciousnesses, five skandhas, great cart, five dwellings, false thinking, infinite kinds, reciting sutras Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Heart of Prajna Paramita Sutra, Shakyamuni Buddha, Heart Sutra, Dharma Master, Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva, Last Day, San Francisco, Cao Creek, Avatamsaka Sutra, Treasury of the Thus Come One, Great Master Fo-yin, Jewelled Wood Peak, Middle Way, Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, Namo Amita Buddha, Shurangama Sutra New!
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When Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva was practicing the profound prajna paramita, he illuminated the five skandhas and saw that they are all empty, and he crossed beyond all suffering and difficulty. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
six perceptual faculties, twelve conditioned causes, subsidiary afflictions, great spiritual mantra, expedient dharma, restless inattention, profound prajna paramita, single thusness, great bright mantra, delimited segment, stained threads, wonderful existence, equal enlightenment, character dao, six entrances, true emptiness, perceptible characteristics, dharma realm, six consciousnesses, five skandhas, great cart, five dwellings, false thinking, infinite kinds, reciting sutras Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Heart of Prajna Paramita Sutra, Shakyamuni Buddha, Heart Sutra, Dharma Master, Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva, Last Day, San Francisco, Cao Creek, Avatamsaka Sutra, Treasury of the Thus Come One, Great Master Fo-yin, Jewelled Wood Peak, Middle Way, Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, Namo Amita Buddha, Shurangama Sutra New!
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- Sutra of the Past Vows of Earth Store Bodhisattva by Siksananda in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- West Sacramento (CA) (Images of America) by West Sacramento Historical Society in Back Matter
- Sutra in Forty-Two Sections by Tripitaka Master Hua in Back Matter
- Sutra of the Past Vows of Earth Store Bodhisattva by Hsuan Hua in Back Matter
- Shurangama Sutra by Tripitaka Master Hua in Back Matter
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