My Heart Sutra: A World in 260 Characters

by Frederik L. Schodt

The Heart Sutra is the most widely read, chanted, and copied text in East Asian Buddhism. Here Frederik L. Schodt explores his lifelong fascination with the sutra: its mesmerizing mantra, its ancient history, the "emptiness theory, and the way it is used around the world as a metaphysical tool to overcome chaos and confusion and reach a new understanding of reality--a perfection of wisdom. Schodt's journey takes him to caves in China, American...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611720621
• ISBN13: 9781611720624
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: Stone Bridge Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 6.9"