The Heart Sutra _ a comprehensive guide to the classic of Mahayana Buddhism

Abstract

Illustrations ; Preface and Acknowledgments ; Notes to the Reader ; Part One The Heart Sutra Here and Now ; 1. A New Translation ; 2. Encountering the Enigma ; 3. Inspiration of the Sutra ; Part Two Story of the Sutra ; 4. Pilgrimage to the West ; 5. A Tiny Text by a Giant Translator ; 6. Talisman of Talismans ; 7. In Print for One Thousand Years ; 8. An Ancient Tower Resurrected ; Part Three Modern Scholarship (19th and 20th Centuries) ; 9. The Earliest Mahayana Scripture ; 10. Prajna Paramita as the Basis for the Heart Sutra ; 11. Versions of the Chinese Heart Sutra ; 12. Versions of the Hridaya ; Part Four Most Recent Scholarship (1992–Present) ; 13. A Chinese Apocryphal Text? ; 14. Thoughts on the Apocryphon Theory ; 15. Roles of Ancient Chinese Translators ; 16. Emergence and Expansion of the Heart Sutra ; Part Five Globalizing the Sutra; 17. Chinese Enthusiasm ; 18. The Pan-Asian Experience ; 19. Japanese Interpretations ; 20. Scriptwise ; 21. Rituals in the Western World ; 22. Scientific Thinking ; Part Six Terms and Concepts ; Appendices ; 1. Texts for Comparison ; Earlier Texts ; Shorter Texts ; Longer Texts ; 2. Identical Expressions in the Chinese Texts ; 3. Names in Ideography ; Notes ; Selected Bibliography ; Index of Names ; Index of Terms and Syllables ;