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Heart Sutra in Calligraphy: A Visual Appreciation of the Perfection of Wisdom
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- GenresBuddhismSpirituality
120 pages, Paperback
First published October 1, 2008
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December 9, 2008
This book is a rare event, for few are the calligraphers outside the Sino-Japanese tradition who attempt to execute Sutras.
Copying Sutras is one of those activities that generates good Karma and Blessings for the artist - and those appreciating her or his art.
If I have two regrets it is that the book is not hard-cover and not printed on acid-free paper... But then, it occurred to me, impermanence is in the Karma of this as well!
I especially liked the introductory material - It is obvious that she put as much effort into it as she did the calligraphy!
Copying Sutras is one of those activities that generates good Karma and Blessings for the artist - and those appreciating her or his art.
If I have two regrets it is that the book is not hard-cover and not printed on acid-free paper... But then, it occurred to me, impermanence is in the Karma of this as well!
I especially liked the introductory material - It is obvious that she put as much effort into it as she did the calligraphy!
February 14, 2017
A very short book on the Heart Sutra and the use of Calligraphy to focus the mind. There is a short summary at the beginning that gives some background on the sutra as well as how historically it was brought from India to China to Japan. The Heart Sutra follow with its English translation with the calligraphy done by the author (artist). I will be interested in learning to do this myself and this book gives inspiration.
January 17, 2010
"The heart sutra is a buddhist wisdom treasure that we have inherited from the Indian civilization, where a vast literature on Prajnaparamita was composed between 100 BC - 600 AD." This book is a marvel of linguistics, calligraphy, buddhist philosophy, and poetry.
First, the original seal script text in included, rendered flawlessly for calligraphers to use as practice material and linguists to attempt their own translations (if familiar with seal script). The content is short and to the point and describes (as stated in the forward) the true nature of reality and its relation to emptiness (a central concept in almost all forms of Buddhism - Chan, etc.). The thesis is (again as stated in the foreward):
"all things are interrelated and depend so completely on all other things that nothing exists by itself as a separate, permanent entity in time and space."
First, the original seal script text in included, rendered flawlessly for calligraphers to use as practice material and linguists to attempt their own translations (if familiar with seal script). The content is short and to the point and describes (as stated in the forward) the true nature of reality and its relation to emptiness (a central concept in almost all forms of Buddhism - Chan, etc.). The thesis is (again as stated in the foreward):
"all things are interrelated and depend so completely on all other things that nothing exists by itself as a separate, permanent entity in time and space."
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