Having translated _The Diamond Sutra_ and _The Heart Sutra_ , and following with _The Platform Sutra_ , Red Pine now turns his attention to perhaps the greatest Sutra of all. _The Lankavatara Sutra_ is the holy grail of Zen. Zen's First Patriarch, Bodhidharma, gave a copy of this text to his success
The Lankavatara Sutra: Translation and Commentary
β Scribed by Red Pine
- Publisher
- Perseus Books Group;Counterpoint Press
- Year
- 2012;2013
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 326 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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