I Am / No Self: A Christian Commentary on the Heart Sutra

by Linda Keenan and John Keenan

The place held by the Heart Sutra in Mahayana Buddhism parallels that of the Gospel of John in Christianity. Each is central to its tradition. Each demands the practitioner's transformation through prayer and meditation. And, although the approach to deep and abiding human experience in the Heart Sutra is quite different from that expressed in John's Gospel, there is a resonance between the Sutra's emptying of every vestige of self-identity and John's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802867146
• ISBN13: 9780802867148
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.4"