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ESSENCE OF THE HEART SUTRA by The Dalai Lama

About this book - In Essesnce of the Heart Sutra, The Dalai Lama masterfully unpacks the Heart Sutra so that any reader can benefit from its teachings – teachings meant to help us release ourselves from suffering and live with true compassion. Comprised of his “Heart of Wisdom” talks, originally delivered to thousands of listeners in 2001, the book offers the Dalai Lama’s commentary as well as his easy-to-follow overview of Buddhist philosophy that places the sutra within its historical and philosophical content. With additional contributions by scholar and translator Thubten Jinpa, Essence of the Heart Sutra is the authoritative presentation of a text seminal to the world’s religious heritage.

Contents

The Quest for Inner Development

Religion in Today’s World

The Foundations of Buddhism

The Great Vehicle

Freedom from Suffering

The Opening

Entering the Bodhisattva Path

Selfness in Context

Interpreting Emptiness

Developing an Unmistaken View of Reality

Attaining the Result

Generating Bodhicitta