Skip to Main Content (Press Enter)
The Heart Sutra by Kazuaki Tanahashi
Add The Heart Sutra to bookshelf
Add to Bookshelf

The Heart Sutra

Best Seller
The Heart Sutra by Geshe Sonam Rinchen
Paperback $22.95
Sep 26, 2003 | ISBN 9781559392013

Buy from Other Retailers:

See All Formats (2) +
  • $22.95

    Mar 01, 2016 | ISBN 9781611803129

    Buy from Other Retailers:

  • $22.95

    Sep 26, 2003 | ISBN 9781559392013

    Buy from Other Retailers:

  • Jan 13, 2015 | ISBN 9780834829688

    Buy from Other Retailers:

Product Details

Praise

“Kazuaki Tanahashi’s Heart Sutra: A Comprehensive Guide to the Classic of Mahayana Buddhism delivers exactly what its subtitle promises—and much more. Most books on the sutra provide expositions of the by now well-known emptiness teachings (however much those teachings continue to resist our understanding). But such exposition, though lucidly present here, is the least of what this book offers. In addition, it traces the history of the text, its translation, and its dissemination throughout Asia and the West in ancient and modern times, and it includes a discussion of important and ground-breaking contemporary scholarship. It includes a biography of Xuanzhang, the sutra’s most famous Chinese translator, who famously journeyed to India to find it, as well as the recounting of a contemporary pilgrimage to a Korean monastery to see the oldest existing woodblock prints of the text. Its longest section is a line-by-line comparison of versions of the text in English and several Asian languages, full of useful nuance. In short, this astonishing work of loving scholarship, written with Kaz’s usual deft touch, is a must-have for any serious Dharma student.”
—Zoketsu Norman Fischer, poet and Zen priest, author of Escape This Crazy Life of Tears and Training in Compassion: Zen Teachings on the Practice of Lojong

“For all who love the Dharma, Kaz’s study of the Heart Sutra is a true boon—it serves us as introduction, history, toolbox, and treasure chest of teachings. It reads as a love story, a detective story, and yet it is a stunning scholarly resource. As inspiration, as reference, as deep study, this work is unsurpassable!”
—Roshi Pat Enkyo O’Hara, author of Most Intimate: A Zen Approach to Life’s Challenges

Looking for More Great Reads?
21 Books You’ve Been Meaning to Read
Back to Top