Heart Sutra: An Oral Teaching

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Overview

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 freedom from suffering.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781559392013
Publisher: Shambhala Publications, Inc.
Publication date: 11/15/2003
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 112
Sales rank: 1,203,623
Product dimensions: 5.54 (w) x 8.48 (h) x 0.43 (d)

Meet the Author

Geshe Sonam Rinchen was born in Tibet in 1933. He studied at Sera Je Monastery and in 1980 received the Lharampa Geshe degree. He teaches Buddhist philosophy and practice at the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives in Dharamsala, India.

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	Introduction	1
	The Perfection of Wisdom Sutras	11
	The Heart Sutra	17
	The Prologue	27
	The Question	35
	Form Is Empty	43
	The Eight Aspects	51
	No Conventional Phenomena	55
	The Mantra	69
	The Conclusion and Colophon	83
	The Root Text: The Heart Sutra	89
	The Tibetan Text	95
	Notes	99
	Source Readings	127