My Heart Sutra
Download or Read eBook My Heart Sutra PDF written by Frederik L. Schodt and published by Stone Bridge Press, Inc.. This book was released on 2020-12-15 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Frederik L. Schodt |
| Publisher | : Stone Bridge Press, Inc. |
| Total Pages | : 259 |
| Release | : 2020-12-15 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781611729443 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1611729440 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (43 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis My Heart Sutra by : Frederik L. Schodt
Book excerpt: The Heart Sutra is the most widely read, chanted, and copied text in East Asian Buddhism. Here Frederik L. Schodt explores his lifelong fascination with the sutra: its mesmerizing mantra, its ancient history, the “emptiness theory, and the way it is used around the world as a metaphysical tool to overcome chaos and confusion and reach a new understanding of reality--a perfection of wisdom. Schodt's journey takes him to caves in China, American beats declaiming poetry, speculations into the sutra's true origins, and even a robot Avalokiteśvara at a Kyoto temple.
