Coming Soon: The Heart Sutra, Kazuaki Tanahashi

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  • Seimyo
    Member
    • Jan 2012
    • 861

    Coming Soon: The Heart Sutra, Kazuaki Tanahashi

    Came across this tonight. Something to look forward to.

    3/2014
    The Heart Sutra

    A Comprehensive Guide to the Classic of Mahayana Buddhism


    The first-century classic Prajnaparamita Hridaya Sutra may be the best known of all the Buddhist scriptures. It’s a key Zen text, chanted daily by many, but is studied extensively in the Tibetan tradition too. In just about thirty-five lines, it expresses the truth of impermanence and the release of suffering that results from the understanding of that truth with a breathtaking economy of language. Kazuaki Tanahashi’s guide to the Heart Sutra is the result of a life spent working with it and living it. He outlines the history and meaning and then analyzes the text line by line in its various forms (Sanskrit, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Tibetan, Mongolian, and various key English translations), providing a deeper understanding of the history and etymology of the elusive words than is generally available to the nonspecialist, yet with a clear emphasis on the relevance of the text to practice. It includes a fresh, modern translation of the text by the author and Roshi Joan Halifax.

    http://www.shambhala.com/books/buddhism/zen-mahayana/the-heart-sutra.html

    明 Seimyō (Christhatischris)
  • Mp

    #2
    Wonderful, thank you for the share Seiymo.

    Gassho
    Shingen

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    • Taigu
      Blue Mountain White Clouds Hermitage Priest
      • Aug 2008
      • 2710

      #3
      Fabulous news!!!!!!!!!!!!!

      Gassho

      T.

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      • Hans
        Member
        • Mar 2007
        • 1853

        #4
        Hello,

        just when I thought I never wanted to ever buy another book on the Heart Sutra

        Thank you very much for sharing the news.

        All the best and Gassho,

        Hans Chudo Mongen

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        • Shokai
          Treeleaf Priest
          • Mar 2009
          • 6392

          #5
          Thank you Seimyo and, ditto what Hans said

          gassho, Shokai
          合掌,生開
          gassho, Shokai

          仁道 生開 / Jindo Shokai

          "Open to life in a benevolent way"

          https://sarushinzendo.wordpress.com/

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          • Jiken
            Member
            • Jan 2011
            • 753

            #6
            Thanks Seimyo. Sounds great! Looking forward to this one.

            Gassho

            Daido

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            • Daitetsu
              Member
              • Oct 2012
              • 1154

              #7
              Yay, good news indeed! Thanks for pointing it out, Seimyo!

              Gassho,

              Timo
              no thing needs to be added

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              • alan.r
                Member
                • Jan 2012
                • 546

                #8
                Cool, love his prose. Many thanks.

                gassho
                Shōmon

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                • Jundo
                  Treeleaf Founder and Priest
                  • Apr 2006
                  • 39960

                  #9
                  Any work by Kazuaki Tanahashi is recommended around here, sight unseen.

                  The other "introduction to the Heart Sutra" we now recommend is by the great translator, Red Pine ...



                  ... on our recommended book list ...

                  Hi, The following is a recommended book list for our Sangha. It covers a variety of works on Zen, life, “Just Sitting” Shikantaza Zazen, Master Dogen and Buddhism in general. Thank you to all who provided input, and the list is still open to new suggestions and additions. Please email or PM me (Jundo) with any


                  Gassho, J
                  ALL OF LIFE IS OUR TEMPLE

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                  • Seiryu
                    Member
                    • Sep 2010
                    • 620

                    #10
                    Can't wait!!!
                    Humbly,
                    清竜 Seiryu

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                    • Jundo
                      Treeleaf Founder and Priest
                      • Apr 2006
                      • 39960

                      #11
                      Originally posted by Seiryu
                      Can't wait!!!
                      Impatient for Emptiness! Hmmmm.
                      ALL OF LIFE IS OUR TEMPLE

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