Finding the Heart Sutra: Guided by a Magician, an Art Collector and Buddhist Sages from Tibet to Japan

by Alex Kerr

Book Overview

An introduction to the essential Buddhist text from the author of Lost Japan

Forty years ago, after learning of the Heart Sutra in Japan, Alex Kerr set out on a quest to seek the wisdom that lies at the heart of this ancient Buddhist scripture. Guided by Zen abbots in Kyoto, Tibetan monks, a French writer, an American art collector, a magician, and the writings of Chinese scholars over the centuries, he came to see how this brief...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0141994207
• ISBN13: 9780141994208
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Penguin Group
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.0" x 7.7"