The Heart Sutra Explained: Indian and Tibetan Commentaries

by Donald S. Lopez Jr.

Book Overview

Renowned for its terse declaration of the perfection of wisdom, the Heart Sutra is the most famous of Buddhist scriptures. The author draws on previously unexamined commentaries, preserved only in Tibetan, to investigate the meanings derived from and invested into the sutra during the later period of Indian Buddhism.

The Heart Sutra Explained offers new insights on form is emptiness, emptiness is form, on the mantra gate gate paragate parasamgate...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0887065902
• ISBN13: 9780887065903
• Release Date: November 1987
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"