The Heart Sutra Explained(English, Paperback, Lopez Jr. Donald S.)

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The Heart Sutra Explained(English, Paperback, Lopez Jr. Donald S.) is written by Lopez Jr. Donald S. and published by State University of New York Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0887065902 (ISBN 10) and 9780887065903 (ISBN 13).

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 bodhi svaha," and on the synthesis of Madhyamika, Yogacara, and tantric thought that characterized the final period of Buddhism in India. It also includes complete translations of two nineteenth century Tibetan commentaries demonstrating the selective appropriation of Indian sources.