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The Heart of Understanding: Commentaries on the Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 294.385
EAN: 9780938077114
ISBN: 0938077112
Label: Parallax Press
Manufacturer: Parallax Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 56
Publication Date: October 01, 1988
Publisher: Parallax Press
Studio: Parallax Press
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Editorial Review:
Form is emptiness, emptiness is form. In The Heart of Understanding, Thich Nhat Hanh offers a lucid and engaging interpretation of this core Buddhist text—The Heart Sutra—which is one of the most important sutras, offering subtle and profound teachings on nonduality.
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Rating: - We all inter-are
I've read a few commentaries on the Heart Sutra, but I found this one to be the most beautiful and helpful. I have been baffled by traditional commentaries that articulate the "negative" aspect of emptiness (e.g., no this, no that, etc.). I can see why the casual observer of Buddhism gets the sense that it is nihilistic. But Thich Nhat Hanh describes emptiness as actually being full of everything. Thus, there is no unique self, because everything is everything else. "Without this there is no that." ... Read More
Rating: - Excellent commentary
This is one of the most simple, clear, concise and understandable commentaries on this very important buddhist sutra. I have read several throughout the years, and consider this one of the most important books in my library. Highly recommended!
Rating: - "Wave is Water. Water is Wave"--everything co-exists.
This 54-page book is compiled from a series of talks that Thich Nhat Hanh presented to large groups of Americans at retreats and lectures in the United States. A master and enlightened communicator the author explains the aphorisms of the famous ancient Buddhist teacher, Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara and his five elements that comprise a human being--form, feelings, perceptions, mental formations, and consciousness.
Thich simplifies would-be difficult topics in a flowing easy to follow manner. ... Read More
Rating: - Alive
When I first read the heart sutra I didn't understand. After reading and studying with TNH's commentary, it is alive.
Rating: - Simplicity - Short in stature, long in wisdom.
We chant the Heart Sutra several times a day at our center. I never really understood the complete thing. Initially I read a book by Red Pine and that was an amazing in-depth discussion of the minutia of the sutra. However, my thick skull could not wrap itself around Red Pine's discussion.
Venerable Thich Nhat Hahn presents the material in common-sense beautifully simple writing. If you are at all wondering about the emptiness of form please check out this wonderful book.
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