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Description: "An illuminating in-depth study of one of the most well-known and recited of all the Buddhist texts--by the 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 nonspecialist--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."--Publisher description.
Table of Contents: 1. A New Translation --
2. Encountering the Enigma --
3. Inspiration of the Sutra --
pt. TWO Story of the Sutra --
4. Pilgrimage to the West --
5. A Tiny Text by a Giant Translator --
6. Talisman of Talismans --
7. In Print for One Thousand Years --
8. An Ancient Tower Resurrected --
pt. THREE Modern Scholarship (19th and 20th Centuries) --
9. The Earliest Mahayana Scripture --
10. Prajna Paramita as the Basis for the Heart Sutra --
11. Versions of the Chinese Heart Sutra --
12. Versions of the Hridaya --
pt. FOUR Most Recent Scholarship (1992 --
Present) --
13. A Chinese Apocryphal Text? --
14. Thoughts on the Apocryphon Theory --
15. Roles of Ancient Chinese Translators --
16. Emergence and Expansion of the Heart Sutra --
pt. FIVE Globalizing the Sutra --
17. Chinese Enthusiasm --
18. The Pan-Asian Experience --
19. Japanese Interpretations --
20. Scriptwise --
21. Rituals in the Western World --
22. Scientific Thinking --
pt. SIX Terms and Concepts --
Appendices --
1. Texts for Comparison --
Earlier Texts --
Shorter Texts --
Longer Texts --
2. Identical Expressions in the Chinese Texts --
3. Names in Ideography.
FY2018 /
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An illuminating in-depth study of one of the most well-known and recited of all the Buddhist texts by the renowned modern translator. Now in paperback. The first-century classic "Prajnaparamita Hridaya Sutra" may be the best known of all the Buddhist scriptures. It's a key Zen text, chanted daily by many, but it is studied extensively in the Tibetan tradition too. In just forty-two 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 and then analyzes the text 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 nonspecialist, yet with a clear emphasis on the relevance of the text to practice. It includes a fresh, modern translation of the text by the author and Roshi Joan Halifax."… (more)