Zen and the Art of Insight
$30.40
- Paperback
176 pages
- Release Date
15 December 1999
Summary
The Prajnaparamita (“perfection of wisdom”) sutras are one of the great legacies of Mahayana Buddhism, giving eloquent expression to some of that school’s central concerns: the perception of “shunyata,” the essential emptiness of all phenomena; and the ideal of the bodhisattva, one who postpones his or her own enlightenment in order to work for the salvation of all beings.
The Prajnaparamita literature consists of a number of texts composed in Buddhist India between 100 BCE and 100 CE…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781570625169 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1570625166 |
| Author: | Thomas Cleary |
| Publisher: | Shambhala |
| Imprint: | Shambhala Publications Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 15 December 1999 |
| Weight: | 227g |
| Dimensions: | 14mm x 151mm x 228mm |
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Thomas Cleary
Thomas Cleary is the translator of Opening the Dragon Gate by Chen Kaiguo and Zhen Shunchao and The Story of Chinese Zen by Nan Huai-Chin, as well as The Art of War by Sun Tzu, The Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi, and The Japanese Art of War. He has translated dozens of other titles on martial philosophy, Buddhism, Taoism, religion, and philosophy. He was born in 1949 and lives in Oakland, CA.
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