Summary
WINNER OF THE 2018 THORNTON WILDER PRIZE FOR TRANSLATION
A masterful translation of the Diamond Sutra, an essential Zen Buddhist scripture, with insightful commentary and helpful historical context.
Zen Buddhism is often said to be a practice of mind-to-mind transmission without reliance on texts—in fact, some great teachers forbid their students to read or write. But Buddhism has also inspired some of the greatest philosophical writings of any religion, and two such works lie…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781582432564 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1582432562 |
| Author: | Red Pine |
| Publisher: | Counterpoint |
| Imprint: | Counterpoint |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 480 |
| Release Date: | 18 November 2002 |
| Weight: | 468g |
| Dimensions: | 38mm x 210mm x 193mm |
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Winner of the 2018 Thornton Wilder Prize for Translation
Winner of the 2018 Thornton Wilder Prize for Translation
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Red Pine
Red Pine (Bill Porter) is widely recognized as one of the world’s preeminent translators of Chinese poetry and religious texts; he assumes the pen name “Red Pine” for his translations. Writing as Red Pine, he was the first translator to ever translate the entirety of Han-shan’s oeurve into English, published as The Collected Songs of Cold Mountain. Red Pine was also the first to translate into English the entirety of The Poems of the Masters. He has also translated several of the major Buddhist sutras, including the Heart Sutra, Diamond Sutra, and Platform Sutra.
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