The Heart of Understanding
Commentaries on the Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra
Published: December 1, 2009
orm is emptiness, emptiness is form. In The Heart of Understanding,Thich Nhat Hanh offers a lucid and engaging interpretation of this core Buddhist text—The Heart Sutra—which is one of the most important sutras, offering subtle and profound teachings on non-duality.
In The Other Shore: A New Translation of the Heart Sutra with Commentaries (2014), Thich Nhat Hanh provides the new translation with commentaries based on his interpretation.
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