From Publishers Weekly
The Diamond Sutra has fascinated Buddhists for centuries because of its insights into dualism and illusion; the "diamond" can cut through any obstacle on the road to enlightenment. In The Diamond Sutra: The Perfection of Wisdom, Red Pine offers his translation of the text from both Sanskrit and Chinese, as well as commentary throughout. He also provides an interesting introduction to the history of the text's transmission, explaining that since the Sutra was originally in verse, he has tried to preserve its poetic coherence. This is a useful and beautiful translation of one of Buddhism's central texts.
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Buddhist sutras have preserved and transmitted the direct words and teachings of Sakyamuni Buddha at first as oral tradition, later written since the fourth century B.C.E. In the Diamond Sutra, a mainstay of the Mahayana tradition, the Buddha responds to a disciple's question about how to become a Buddha. The answer: we must move beyond personal enlightenment to follow the path of the Bodhisattvas, fully enlightened beings who postpone Nirvana in order to alleviate the suffering of others. To understand this brief but difficult teaching, Red Pine (aka Bill Potter), the respected translator of the Collected Songs of Cold Mountain (LJ 10/1/00) and Lao-Tzu's Taoteching (LJ 10/1/96), went beyond the "usual" Chinese versions to translate the more poetic, and meaning-laden, Sanskrit. Here, he well presents that translation, his comments, and excerpts from commentaries classic and modern. Recommended for academic and public libraries serving serious students to complement Edward Conze's Buddhist Wisdom: Containing the Diamond Sutra and the Heart Sutra (Vintage, 2001) and Thich Nhat Hanh's The Diamond That Cuts Through Illusion: Commentaries on the Prajnaparamita Diamond Sutra (Parallax, 1992). James R. Kuhlman, Univ. of North Carolina Lib., Asheville
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Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc. --Ce texte fait référence à une édition épuisée ou non disponible de ce titre.
