Elaborations on Emptiness : : Uses of the Heart Sūtra / / Donald S. Lopez.
The Heart Sutra is perhaps the most famous Buddhist text, traditionally regarded as a potent expression of emptiness and of the Buddha's perfect wisdom. This brief, seemingly simple work was the subject of more commentaries in Asia than any other sutra. In Elaborations on Emptiness, Donald Lope...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Archive (pre 2000) eBook Package |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2016] ©1996 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (280 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- The Heart Sūtra
- Contents
- Technical Note and Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Who Heard the Heart Sūtra?
- 2. The Commentaries of Vimalamitra and Atiśa
- 3. The Heart Sūtra as Tantra
- 4. The Commentaries of Kamalaśīla and Śrīsiṃha
- 5. The Heart Sūtra as Sādhana
- 6. The Commentaries of Jñānamitra and Praśāstrasena
- 7. The Heart Sūtra's Mantra
- 8. The Commentaries of Mahājana and Vajrapāņi
- 9. The Heart Sūtra as Exorcism
- 10. Commentators Ancient and Postmodern
- Index