Summary
Discover the most influential Buddhist sutra in the Mahayana Buddhism tradition-from one of the world’s preeminent translators of religious texts.Simplified organization, helpful glossaries, and word-for-word analysis make understanding Buddhist scripture easier than ever.The Heart Sutrais Buddhism in a nutshell. It has had the most profound and wide-reaching influence of any text in Buddhism. This short text covers more of the Buddha’s teachings than any other Buddhist scripture, and it does…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781593760823 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1593760825 |
| Author: | Red Pine |
| Publisher: | Counterpoint |
| Imprint: | Counterpoint |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Edition: | New edition |
| Release Date: | 9 August 2005 |
| Weight: | 168g |
| Dimensions: | 143mm x 231mm x 213mm |
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Winner of the 2018 Thornton Wilder Prize for Translation
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Red Pine
Bill Porter (aka “Red Pine”) 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 entirely 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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