Elaborations on Emptiness - Uses of the Heart Sutra

Elaborations on Emptiness - Uses of the Heart Sutra
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Publisher : Princeton University Press
Total Pages : 282
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ISBN-10 : 069100188X
ISBN-13 : 9780691001883
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Download or read book Elaborations on Emptiness - Uses of the Heart Sutra written by Donald S. Lopez (Jr.) and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lopez reveals unexpected points of instability and contradiction in the Heart Sutra, which, in the end, turns out to be the most malleable of texts, where the logic of commentary serves as a tool of both tradition and transgression.


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