Author : Naichen Chen
Publisher : Wheatmark, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1627875832
Total Pages : 457 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (278 download)
Book Synopsis The Great Prajna Paramita Sutra, Volume 2 by : Naichen Chen
Download or read book The Great Prajna Paramita Sutra, Volume 2 written by Naichen Chen and published by Wheatmark, Inc.. This book was released on 2018-03-09 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Buddha taught The Great Prajna Paramita Sutra in sixteen assemblies in four locations over twenty-two years. It was recorded posthumously by his disciples in six hundred fascicles of approximately five million words and is regarded as the largest canon in Buddhism. For the last decade, translator Naichen Chen has worked on this sutra, and it is the only complete English translation from the Chinese Da Bo Re Bo Luo Mi Duo Jing rendered from Sanskrit about 1,350 years ago by Xuanzang (Hsüan-tsang). This is the second volume in a multivolume set. The Great Prajna Paramita Sutra is important not only because of its extensive teaching, but because it explains what the great bodhisattva, the great bodhisattva path of cultivation, and the great bodhisattva vehicle are. It depicts, manifests, and provides guidance on how one should learn to become a bodhisattva—and eventually a Buddha—transcending self-interest to reach a state of emptiness, selflessness, and nonattachment. Regardless of where you are on the path to enlightenment, you will be nourished by its parables and dialogues.