Elaborations on Emptiness - Donald S. Lopez

Elaborations on Emptiness

Uses of the Heart Sūtra

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
280 Seiten
1998
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-00188-3 (ISBN)
62,35 inkl. MwSt
"The Heart Sutra" is perhaps the most famous Buddhist text, traditionally regarded as a potent expression of emptiness and of the Buddha's perfect wisdom. This work explores the elaborate philosophical and ritual uses of the "Heart Sutra" in India, Tibet, and the West. It also includes full translations of the eight extant Indian commentaries.
The Heart Sutra is perhaps the most famous Buddhist text, traditionally regarded as a potent expression of emptiness and of the Buddha's perfect wisdom. This brief, seemingly simple work was the subject of more commentaries in Asia than any other sutra. In Elaborations on Emptiness, Donald Lopez explores for the first time the elaborate philosophical and ritual uses of the Heart Sutra in India, Tibet, and the West. Included here are full translations of the eight extant Indian commentaries. Interspersed with the translations are six essays that examine the unusual roles the Heart Sutra has played: it has been used as a mantra, an exorcism text, a tantric meditation guide, and as the material for comparative philosophy. Taken together, the translations and essays that form Elaborations on Emptiness demonstrate why commentary is as central to modern scholarship on Buddhism as it was for ancient Buddhists. 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.

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.

Technical Note and AcknowledgmentsIntroduction31Who Heard the Heart Sutra?192The Commentaries of Vimalamitra and Atisa473The Heart Sutra as Tantra784The Commentaries of Kamalasila and Srisimha1055The Heart Sutra as Sadhana1166The Commentaries of Jnanamitra and Prasastrasena1417The Heart Sutra's Mantra1658The Commentaries of Mahajana and Vajrapani1879The Heart Sutra as Exorcism21610Commentators Ancient and Postmodern239Index261

Erscheint lt. Verlag 8.11.1998
Verlagsort New Jersey
Sprache englisch
Maße 197 x 254 mm
Gewicht 397 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Philosophie
Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie der Neuzeit
Geisteswissenschaften Religion / Theologie Buddhismus
ISBN-10 0-691-00188-X / 069100188X
ISBN-13 978-0-691-00188-3 / 9780691001883
Zustand Neuware
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