The Heart Sutra

Name: The Heart Sutra
Brand: Dreamscape Media
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)
Author: Red Pine
ISBN: 9781666682922

Author: Red Pine

Narrator: Brian Arens

Unabridged: 4 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Echo Point Books & Media, LLC

Published: 09/27/2024

Categories: Nonfiction, Religion, Eastern, Philosophy, Buddhist Philosophy, Religious Philosophy

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

The Heart Sutra is Buddhism in a nutshell. It has had the most profound and wide-reaching influence of any text in Buddhism. This short text covers more of the Buddha’s teachings than any other scripture, and it does so without being superficial or hurried. Although the original author is unknown, he was clearly someone with a deep realization of the Dharma. For this new English translation, 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. Divided into four parts and broken into thirty-five lines to make it easier to study or chant, and containing a glossary of names, terms, and texts, The Heart Sutra is a wise book of deep teaching destined to become the standard edition of this timeless statement of Mahayana truth. This audiobook is masterfully read by Brian Arens, and was produced and published by Echo Point Books & Media, an independent bookseller in Brattleboro, Vermont. Audio engineering by Blake Rook.

Reviews

Goodreads review by robin on September 25, 2024

Red Pine's Heart Sutra The most famous of all Buddhist Scriptures, the Heart Sutra encompasses endless wisdom and spiritual guidance within its enigmatic 35 lines. The Heart Sutra is chanted several times daily at Mahayana Buddhist monasteries and temples throughout the world. It is work that will re......more

Goodreads review by Brett on January 13, 2025

Whatever is form is emptiness, whatever is emptiness is form. 色即是空，空即是色, line 8 (pg 83) The Heart Sutra is probably the most famous sutra in Buddhism. The entire sutra is only 35-lines so the author dissected and analyzed each line. This provided explanaination, various reference analysis, and interp......more

Goodreads review by Marla on July 06, 2013

The Heart Sutra is only 35 lines long, yet one of the most important scriptures in Buddhism. We've read it and chanted it many, many times. It's importance equal to what The Lord's Prayer has for Christians. It's essence is "form is emptiness...emptiness is form." People study it a life time. I beli......more

Goodreads review by Leanne on March 18, 2020

Both this book and The Heart Attack Sutra by Brunnholzl are new translations and excellent expert commentary by life-long scholars of Buddhism--and more importantly translators. Both books have fantastic introductions and then proceed to explain and unpack the short sutra line-by-line. Both are well......more

Goodreads review by Rivera on January 13, 2013

Red Pine's translations crack the diamond of Buddhist wisdom for me. I will forever be grateful to this blessed being for his humorous, thorough translations and commentaries that suit my American palate to the tee. He has a special way of reaching into my mind and pushing the boundaries of my think......more