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- A masterful translation of the Diamond Sutra, an essential Zen Buddhist scripture--with insightful commentary and helpful historical context.
- About the Author: Bill Porter (aka "Red Pine") is widely recognized as one of the world's preeminent translators of Chinese poetry and religious texts; he assumes the pen name "Red Pine" for his translations.
- 480 Pages
- Religion + Beliefs, Buddhism
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Book Synopsis
A masterful translation of the Diamond Sutra, an essential Zen Buddhist scripture--with insightful commentary and helpful historical context. Zen Buddhism is often said to be a practice of mind-to-mind transmission without reliance on texts--in fact, some great teachers forbid their students to read or write. But Buddhism has also inspired some of the greatest philosophical writings of any religion, and two such works lie at the center of Zen: The Heart Sutra, which monks recite all over the world, and The Diamond Sutra, said to contain answers to all questions of delusion and dualism. This is the Buddhist teaching on the perfection of wisdom and cuts through all obstacles on the path of practice. As Red Pine explains: The Diamond Sutra may look like a book, but it's really the body of the Buddha. It's also your body, my body, all possible bodies. But it's a body with nothing inside and nothing outside. It doesn't exist in space or time. Nor is it a construct of the mind. It's no mind. And yet because it's no mind, it has room for compassion. This book is the offering of no mind, born of compassion for all suffering beings. Of all the sutras that teach this teaching, this is the diamond.Review Quotes
Winner of the 2018 Thornton Wilder Prize for Translation
About the Author
Bill Porter (aka "Red Pine") is widely recognized as one of the world's preeminent translators of Chinese poetry and religious texts; he assumes the pen name "Red Pine" for his translations. Writing as Red Pine, he was the first translator to ever translate the entirety of Han-shan's oeurve into English, published as The Collected Songs of Cold Mountain. Red Pine was also the first to translate into English the entirely of The Poems of the Masters. He has also translated several of the major Buddhist sutras, including the Heart Sutra, Diamond Sutra, and Platform Sutra.Dimensions (Overall): 8.14 Inches (H) x 5.48 Inches (W) x 1.28 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.04 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 480
Genre: Religion + Beliefs
Sub-Genre: Buddhism
Publisher: Counterpoint LLC
Format: Paperback
Author: Red Pine
Language: English
Street Date: November 18, 2002
TCIN: 90811865
UPC: 9781582432564
Item Number (DPCI): 247-45-7874
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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