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  <title><![CDATA[The Diamond That Cuts Through Illusion: Commentaries on the Prajnaparamita Diamond Sutra]]></title>
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  <default_description>&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;The Diamond That Cuts Through Illusions&lt;/i&gt; presents a dialogue between the Buddha and his disciple Subhuti which illuminates how our minds construct limited categories of thought. It offers us alternative ways to look at the world in its wholeness so we can encounter a deeper reality; develop reverence for the environment and more harmonious communities, families, and relationships; and act in the world skillfully and effectively.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</default_description>
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      <name><![CDATA[Thich Nhat Hanh]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book on the same vacation that I read The Alchemist.  This book is a direct opposite of that smarmy book.  Thich Nhat Hanhn helps to unravel the Diamond Sutra, which is the Buddhist lesson on emptiness.  While the lessons on impermanence were easy to grasp, the concept of emptiness has a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5912425">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Tue Aug 19 13:02:19 -0700 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[One of those elements that seems to resonate across religions is Wisdom.  What is Wisdom?  I think, when one is honest with oneself, the first thing that comes to mind in ineffability.  <br/><br/>Thus shall we think of all this fleeting world:<br/>A star at dawn, a bubble in a stream,<br/>A flash of...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30566991">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[What can I say?  A table is not a table, which is why the Buddha calls it a table.  The commentary has a few helpful bits, but nothing much deeper than cereal-box jargon.  Unfortunately, there is little in the way of structural analysis and significant repetitions of formulae are passed over as insi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21428974">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Really high level Buddhist text (The Diamond Sutra) is explained in Thich Nhat Hanh's beautiful language; I wish I had read this before I went to the Dala Lama's lectures on emptiness. Good as a way to see and embrace life.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Another book I'll never stop reading!!!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[way beyond my ability to practice]]></body>
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