Contents: Heart Sutra A Comprehensive Guide to the Classic of Mahayana Buddhism |
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Illustrations |
ix |
Preface and Acknowledgments |
xiii |
Notes to the Reader |
xix |
Part One |
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The Heart Sutra Here and Now |
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1. A New Translation |
3 |
2. Encountering the Enigma |
5 |
3. Inspiration of the Sutra |
8 |
Part Two |
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Story of the Sutra |
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4. Pilgrimage to the West |
27 |
5. A Tiny Text by a Giant Translator |
35 |
6. Talisman of Talismans |
39 |
7. In Print for One Thousand Years |
42 |
8. An Ancient Tower Resurrected |
49 |
Part Three |
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Modern Scholarship (19th and 20th) |
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9. The Earliest Mahayana Scripture |
55 |
10. Prajna Paramita as the Basis for the Heart Sutra |
57 |
11. Versions of the Chinese Heart Sutra |
61 |
12. Versions of the Hridaya |
65 |
Part Four |
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Most Recent Scholarship (1992-Present) |
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13. A Chinese Apocryphal Text ? |
73 |
14. Thoughts on the Apocryphon Theory |
77 |
15. Roles of Ancient Chinese Translators |
85 |
16. Emergence and Expansion of the Heart Sutra |
90 |
Part Five |
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Globalizing the Sutra |
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17. Chinese Enthusiasm |
95 |
18. The Pan-Asian Experience |
99 |
19. Japanese Interpretations |
105 |
20. Scriptwise |
108 |
21. Rituals in the Western World |
121 |
22. Scientific Thinking |
126 |
Part Six |
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Terms and Concepts |
137 |
Appendices |
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1. Texts for Comparison |
205 |
Earlier Texts |
205 |
Shorter Texts |
208 |
Longer Texts |
220 |
2. Identical Expressions in the Chinese Texts |
229 |
3. Names in Ideography |
235 |
Notes |
243 |
Selected Bibliography |
255 |
Index of Names |
259 |
Index of Terms and Syllables |
264 |