My Heart Sutra: A World in 260 Characters

by Frederik L. Schodt

Book Overview

A cultural and personal journey into the famous sutra that teaches "form is emptiness; and emptiness is form."

The Heart Sutra is the most widely read, chanted, and copied text in East Asian Buddhism. Here Frederik L. Schodt explores his lifelong fascination with the sutra: its mesmerizing mantra, its ancient history, the "emptiness theory, and the way it is used around the world as a metaphysical tool to overcome chaos and confusion...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611720621
• ISBN13: 9781611720624
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: Stone Bridge Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 6.9"