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ESSENCE OF THE HEART SUTRA: The Dalai Lama's Heart of Wisdom Teachings
by H.H. the Dalai Lama, trans. & ed. by Thupten Jinpa
The Heart Sutra is a presentation of profound wisdom on the nature of emptiness and selflessness, but these terms can be easily misunderstood. Here, the Dalai Lama identifies misconceptions and shows how an understanding of emptiness leads not to nihilism, but to a view of reality and to a deep and compassionate understanding. Masterfully edited by Thupten Jinpa, this book includes an overview of Buddhism.
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PROFOUND WISDOM OF THE HEART SUTRA
by Bokar Rinpoche
The Heart Sutra is one of the most famous texts of Buddhism. Here Shakyamuni Buddha, the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara and Shariputra together with Prajnaparamita, the Mother of all Buddhas reveal to us the wisdom that views phenomena as they are. Bokar Rinpoche penetrates the essence of this sutra transcending words and images.
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THE HEART SUTRA: An Oral Teaching
by Geshe Sonam Rinchen, trans. & ed by Ruth Sonam
This short gem of a book shows how distorted perceptions and disturbing emotions--arising from our misunderstanding of reality--can be completely uprooted, resulting in a freedom from suffering. Understanding the nature of reality is the key to liberation. The wonderfully concise Heart Sutra is considered the essence of the Buddhas' teachings.
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THE ORNAMENT OF CLEAR REALIZATION: A Commentary on the Prajnaparamita of the Maitreya Buddha
by Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche
The Ornament of Clear Realization summarizes the vast Prajnaparamita text of 100,000 verses.
This Prajnaparamita text along with its shorter versions of 25,000 and 8,000 verses came from the great tantric practitioner Nagarjuna who lived in the first century A. D. The Ornament comprises 80 distinct points and these points are memorized in Tibetan monastic colleges and are an integral part of a Buddhist education.
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PRAJNAPARAMITA: The Six Perfections
by Palden Sherab Rinpoche
Based on his teachings given at the Padmasambhava Buddhist Society in Florida during 1989, Palden Sherab Rinpoche reveals in "Prajnaparamita: The Six Perfections," ancient knowledge as a step by step process in training the mind of enlightenment. Written in a clear and sublime manner, this profound work illuminates the six paramitas (perfections) of generosity, self-discipline, tolerance or patience, joyful effort, concentration and wisdom in a universal, dynamic and practical template for cultivating a new way of being.
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CEASELESS ECHOS OF THE GREAT SILENCE: A Commentary on The Heart Sutra
by Palden Sherab Rinpoche
Prajnaparamita
-" At the same time noble Avalokiteshvara,
the bodhisattva mahasattva, contemplating the profound practice of the Prajnaparamita, saw the five skandhas to be empty in its nature."
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ELABORATIONS ON EMPTINESS: Uses of the Heart Sutra
by Donald S. Lopez, Jr.
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 Lopez explores for the first time the elaborate philosophical and ritual uses of the Heart Sutra in India, Tibet, and the west.
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THE HEART SUTRA: The Womb of Buddhas
by Red Pine
For this new translation into English, Red Pine, award-winning translator of Chinese poetry and religious texts, has utilized various Sanskrit and Chinese versions, refining the teachings of dozens of ancient teachers together with his own commentary to offer a profound word-for-word explication. The result is a wise book of deep teaching destined to become the standard edition of this timeless statement of Mahayana truth.
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HEART SUTRA EXPLAINED
by Donald S. Lopez, Jr.
The "Heart Sutra Explained" offers new insights of "emptiness and form," and on the mantra, "gate gate paragate parasamgate bodhi svaha," and on the synthesis of Madhyamika, Yogacara, and tantric thought that characterized the final period of Buddhism in India. It also includes complete translations of two nineteenth-century Tibetan commentaries demonstrating the selective appropriation of Indian sources.
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PERFECT WISDOM: The Short Prajnaparamita Texts
by Edward Conze
The Perfection of Wisdom Sutras (The Short Prajnaparamita Texts) were composed in India between approximately 100 BC and AD 600. Those contained within this volume are among the shorter ones; they are also some of the most well known such as Perfection of Wisdom in 700 lines, The Heart Sutra and The Diamond Sutra.
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