Lopez Elaborations on Emptiness

Uses of the Heart Sutra
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-4008-8451-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
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E-Book, Englisch, 280 Seiten

LopezDonald S.:

Donald S. Lopez, Jr., is Professor of Buddhist and Tibetan Studies in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Michigan. He is the editor of Princeton Readings in Religions, which includes Religions of China in Practice, Buddhism in Practice, Religions of India in Practice, and Religions of Tibet in Practice.Donald S. Lopez, Jr., is Professor of Buddhist and Tibetan Studies in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Michigan. He is the editor of Princeton Readings in Religions, which includes Religions of China in Practice, Buddhism in Practice, Religions of India in Practice, and Religions of Tibet in Practice.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lopez, Donald S.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Buddhismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Technical Note and Acknowledgments

Introduction 3

1 Who Heard the Heart Sutra? 19

2 The Commentaries of Vimalamitra and Atisa 47

3 The Heart Sutra as Tantra 78

4 The Commentaries of Kamalasila and Srisimha 105

5 The Heart Sutra as Sadhana 116

6 The Commentaries of Jnanamitra and Prasastrasena 141

7 The Heart Sutra's Mantra 165

8 The Commentaries of Mahajana and Vajrapani 187

9 The Heart Sutra as Exorcism 216

10 Commentators Ancient and Postmodern 239

Index 261

Über Autor(innen)

Donald S. Lopez, Jr., is Professor of Buddhist and Tibetan Studies in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Michigan. He is the editor of Princeton Readings in Religions, which includes Religions of China in Practice, Buddhism in Practice,

Religions of India in Practice, and Religions of Tibet in Practice.