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Essence of the Heart Sutra

Written by: Tenzin Gyatso the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, Geshe Thupten Jinpa - translator and editor
Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
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For more than 2,000 years, the Heart Sutra has been part of the daily life of millions of Buddhists. This concise text, so rich and laden with meaning, concentrates the very heart of Buddhism into a powerful and evocative teaching on the interdependence of all reality.

In Essence of the Heart Sutra, the Dalai Lama masterfully unpacks the Heart Sutra so that any listener 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 context.

With additional contributions by scholar and translator Thupten Jinpa, Essence of the Heart Sutra is the authoritative presentation of a text seminal to the world's religious heritage.

©2005 Tenzin Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama (P)2016 Audible, Inc.
Philosophy Eastern Religious Studies Buddhism
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Please change the narrator the book is a masterpiece

The book is amazing unfortunately the narrator did not know what she is reading, words are mispronounced and compassion is missing.It would be better if we get a narrator who understands this book .I am ordering a hard copy since I am missing the meaning with her mispronounced words .This is a masterpiece not a story book .We are hearing HH DL not an ordinary being .

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