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Pros
The heart sutra is chanted several times daily at mahayana buddhist monasteries and temples throughout the world. It covers more of the buddha's teachings in a shorter span than any other scripture, and it does so without being superficial or commonpl... Read More
Bill porter gives committed practitioners new ways to appreciate and use this critical sutra. One of the core texts of the world's religions is here translated with precision and some flair. Great translation and notes on every line. Mr porter has a g... Read More
Red pine's translation and commentary on the heart sutra is an excellent guide for studying the sutra. Pine's commentary is thorough, however dense. Pine is meticulous in his translations.
Cons
Basically, the matrix in a boring mystical nutshell. There's a lot of nothing is real repeated over.
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Quality
The quality of language thought and understanding in these translations drew me in and i began to seek out his other work
Both of pines studies work carefully and closely with the text and both helped me in my approach to these difficult teachings
But at leastnin the kindle version they didn’t take the time to add one page with the sutra for easy reference i liked their la... Read More
Instead i would recommend the works of pema chodron jack kornfield a path with heart or thich naht hanh the miracle of mindfulness
Price
This thoughtfully rendered translation of the brief prose poem alone is worth the price
Packaging/appearance
This little book has brought the heart sutra into the foreground
Red pines “the heart sutra” is an excellent introductory commentary on the etymology of sanskrit terms used in the sutra
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At the end of his life and after 49 years of teaching the buddha insisted he never said a word
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It sounds to me as if it was a direct transmission of knowledge from one master to another passed on for a few thousand years
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Given the prominence and role of the heart sutra in contemporary buddhism it would have been easy to ignore its origins
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All dharmas are empty of selfexistence impermanence no longer applies as they neither come into being nor do they cease to be
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That is if there is no beginning or end then there can be no impermanence
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This is reminiscent of joshus dog just like buddha nature is not something that can be had to say it is not there denies the reality
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I prefer the one used by the rochester zen center
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