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An illuminating in-depth study of one of the most well-known and recited of all the Buddhist texts by the renowned modern translator. Now in paperback.
The first-century classic "Prajnaparamita Hridaya Sutra" may be the best known of all the Buddhist scriptures. It's a key Zen text, chanted daily by many, but it is studied extensively in the Tibetan tradition too. In just forty-two lines, it expresses the truth of impermanence and the release of suffering that results from the understanding of that truth with a breathtaking economy of language. Kazuaki Tanahashi's guide to the "Heart Sutra" is the result of a life spent working with it and living it. He outlines the history and meaning and then analyzes the text line by line in its various forms (Sanskrit, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Tibetan, Mongolian, and various key English translations), providing a deeper understanding of the history and etymology of the elusive words than is generally available to the nonspecialist, yet with a clear emphasis on the relevance of the text to practice. It includes a fresh, modern translation of the text by the author and Roshi Joan Halifax."
The Sustaining Utterance is a collection of Rabbi Adin Even-Israel
Steinsaltz's oral teachings on the second book of the Tanya, Shaar
HaYichud VeHaEmunah (Gate to Unity and Faith), also known as
Chinuch Katan (Education of the Child), written by Rabbi Schneur
Zalman of Liadi, the 18th-century founder of the Chabad movement.
In this book, Rabbi Steinsaltz addresses profound questions
relating to our knowledge of God and the world, and brings new
depth and understanding to this classic Chasidic work.
Divine Covenant explores the Qur'anic concept of divine knowledge
through scientific, theoretical paradigms - in particular natural
law theory - and their relationship with seven Islamic scholarly
disciplines: linguistics, hadith, politics, history, exegesis,
jurisprudence, theology. By comparing scholarship within these
disciplines with current state-of-the-art, the study shows how the
Qur'anic concept of divine Covenant reflects natural law theory,
relates to a range of other legal, political, and linguistic
Qur'anic concepts, informs the canon's entire literary structure,
and has implications for a new, legal theory of 'Islamic origins'.
The book makes the case that the Islamic disciplines share
political economy, institutional framework, and decisive
theoretical topics with the Qur'an. The latter include the natural
law-related issues of human rights, constitutional separation of
powers, and social contract. The book surveys the scholarly
deliberations of these topics within the parameters of each
discipline and in changing contexts. In addition, consequences of
the modern nation-state institutional order for early modern and
contemporary Qur'anic studies are mapped. It is argued that the
early and medieval Islamic disciplines offer scientifically
valuable knowledge because they refer to the same institutional
framework as the Qur'an. The disciplines are also important parts
of European political history, where they have inspired social
contract theory inclusive of diverse religious identities.
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Probing the Sutras
(Paperback)
Guy Gibbon; Foreword by Roger Jackson; Preface by Tim Burkett
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