THE HEART SUTRA EXPLAINED: Indian and Tibetan Commentaries, by Donald S. Lopez, Jr

THE HEART SUTRA EXPLAINED: Indian and Tibetan Commentaries

by Donald S. Lopez, Jr.

Offers new insights on this sutra and on the synthesis of Madhyamika, Yogacara, and tantric thought that characterized the final period of Buddhism in India--it includes complete translations of two nineteenth-century Tibetan commentaries: Stan dar lha ram pa's Commentary on the Heart Sutra, Jewel Light Illuminating the Meaning, and Gung thang dKon mchog Stan pa'i sgron me's An Explanation of the Heart Sutra Mantra, Illuminating the Hidden Meaning.

"It makes a major contribution to Buddhist studies in a manner that is both scholarly and readable."--Anne C. Klein