The Heart Sutra – Bibliography
Barber, Elizabeth Wayland. The Mummies of Urumchi. W.W. Norton & Co, Inc., 1999. [Archaeological study of Tocharian culture; Kumarajiva, scholar and translator, was a Tocharian.]
Bhikkhu Bodhi, ed. In the Buddha’s Words: An Anthology of Discourses from the Pali Canon. Wisdom, 2005.
Bokar Rinpoche & Khenpo Donyo. Profound Wisdom of The Heart Sutra and Other Teachings. Clear Point Press, 1994. [The Heart Sutra commentary is on pp. 9-45.]
Conze, Edward. Buddhist Wisdom: The Diamond Sutra and The Heart Sutra. [original 1958 title Buddhist Wisdom Books]. Random House (Vintage), 2001.
—, trans. The Large Sutra on Perfect Wisdom. University of California Press, 1975.
Kalupahana, David J. Nagarjuna: The Philosophy of the Middle Way – Mulamadhyamakakarika. State University of New York (SUNY) Press, 1986.
Leggett, Trevor. A Second Zen Reader: The Tiger’s Cave and Translations of Other Zen Writings. Charles E. Tuttle Co., 1988 [First published as The Tiger’s Cave in 1964], “On The Heart Sutra by Abbot Obora of the Soto Zen Sect (Contemporary),” pp. 17-125.
Lopez, Donald S., Jr. The Heart Sutra Explained: Indian and Tibetan Commentaries. State University of New York (SUNY) Press, 1988.
Mu Soeng. The Heart of the Universe: Exploring the Heart Sutra. Wisdom Publications, 2010. [Text required for class.]
Nattier, Jan. “The Heart Sutra: A Chinese Apocryphal Text?”
http://www.jayarava.org/375_JIABS_15_2_1992_Nattier.pdf
Nhat Hahn, Thich. The Heart of Understanding. Parallax, 1988.
Red Pine. The Heart Sutra [Translation and Commentary]. Shoemaker & Hoard, 2004.
Rewata Dhamma, Dr. The First Discourse of the Buddha. Wisdom Publications, 1997.
Rongxi, Li. A Biography of the Tripitaka Master of the Great Ci’en Monastery of the Great Tang Dynasty. Numata Center, 1995.
Sheng-Yen, Chan Master. There Is No Suffering: a Commentary on the Heart Sutra. North Atlantic Books, 2001.
Streng, Frederick J. Emptiness: A Study in Religious Meaning. Abingdon Press, 1967.
Williams, Paul. Mahayana Buddhism: The Doctrinal Foundations, 2nd ed. Routledge, 2009.
Waddell, Norman, trans. Zen Words for the Heart: Hakuin’s Commentary on The Heart Sutra. Shambhala, 1996.
Watters, Thomas. On Yuan Chwang’s Travels in China, 2nd ed. Munshiram Manoharlal, 1973.