The Diamond Sutra and The Sutra of Hui-neng
$38.22
- Paperback
176 pages
- Release Date
15 March 2006
Summary
Two classic Zen Buddhist texts that present the foundational teachings of the tradition—now collected in one volume for the modern practitioner.
The Diamond Sutra, composed in India in the fourth century CE, is one of the most treasured works of Buddhist literature and is the oldest existing printed book in the world. It is known as the Diamond Sutra because its teachings are said to be like diamonds that cut away all dualistic thought, releasing one from the attachm…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781590301371 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1590301374 |
| Author: | Wong Mou-lam, A.F. Price, W.Y. Evans-Wentz, Christmas Humphreys |
| Publisher: | Shambhala Publications Inc |
| Imprint: | Shambhala Publications Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 15 March 2006 |
| Weight: | 272g |
| Dimensions: | 228mm x 153mm x 12mm |
| Series: | Shambhala Classics |
About The Author
Wong Mou-lam
Wong Mou-lam (1886-1934) was from Guangdong, China. He completed the first published English translation of The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch in 1930. Mou-lam also translated The Diamond Sutra and the Sutra of Hui Neng, two of the most treasured works of Buddhist literature, the first of which is considered the oldest existing printed book in the world.
A. F. Price is the translator of the ancient and revered Zen Buddhist scriptures The Diamond Sutra and the Sutra of Hui-neng.
W. Y. Evans-Wentz (1878-1965) was an American author and anthropologist. Evans-Wentz was an innovator in the study of Tibetan Buddhism, whose work helped to introduce Tibetan Buddhism to Western culture. While best known for publishing an early English translation of The Tibetan Book of the Dead, he translated many other significant Tibetan texts and wrote the foreword to The Diamond Sutra and the Sutra of Hui-neng.
Christmas Humphreys (1901-1983) took an interest in Buddhism at a young age and founded the Buddhist Society in London in 1924. The Buddhist Society is now the biggest and oldest Buddhist organization in Europe. In 1945, he expressed his interest in world Buddhism in his famous “Twelve Principles of Buddhism.” He is the author of Buddhism- An Introduction and Guide and A Western Approach to Zen, among others.
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