The Heart Sutra: Revisiting Its Texts, History, and Meaning Hardcover – December 12, 2025
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| Management number | 219243315 | Release Date | 2026/05/03 | List Price | $27.15 | Model Number | 219243315 | ||
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A nuanced reconsideration of the Heart Sutra, one of the most celebrated and widely chanted texts in Mahayana Buddhism.In The Heart Sutra: Revisiting Its Texts, History, and Meaning, Henry C. H. Shiu investigates the historical origins of the Heart Sutra, a significant Buddhist scripture. He compares the Sanskrit texts with their Chinese and Tibetan translations to analyse whether the Heart Sutra might be a Chinese apocryphon, through detailed linguistic examination. To achieve this goal, Shiu thoroughly examines the primary sources from which the scripture was extracted. He emphasises the necessity of reading the Heart Sutra in the larger context of the Perfection of Wisdom literature, which contains the essence of Mahayana Buddhist teaching. In this monograph, Shiu successfully transcends the boundaries between the Chinese, Indian, and Tibetan Buddhist traditions and provides a revisionist interpretation of the Heart Sutra. Read more
| ISBN10 | 988890096X |
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| ISBN13 | 978-9888900961 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Hong Kong University Press |
| Dimensions | 6.24 x 0.87 x 9.24 inches |
| Item Weight | 1.28 pounds |
| Print length | 299 pages |
| Publication date | December 12, 2025 |
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