Heart Sutra - Milestone Documents

Heart Sutra

( ca. 250–400 )

Further Reading

Books

  • Tenzin Gyatso. The Essence of the Heart Sutra: The Dalai Lama’s Heart of Wisdom Teachings. Boston, Mass.: Wisdom Publications, 2005.
  • Thich Nhat Hanh. The Heart of Understanding: Commentaries on the Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra. Berkeley, Calif.: Parallax Press, 1987.
  • Prebish, Charles S. “Councils: Buddhist Councils.” In Encyclopedia of Religion, ed. Lindsay Jones. Detroit, Mich.: Macmillan Reference, 2005.

Journals

  • Nattier, Janice J. “The Heart Sutra: A Chinese Apocryphal Text?” Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies 15, no. 2 (1992): 153–223.

Web Sites

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