The Great Prajna Paramita Sutra Volume 1

praj·na: transcendental wisdom pa·ra·mi·ta: ferrying over to the other shore; perfection The Heart Sutra and the Diamond Sutra are essential reading for those who practice Buddhism. Over the past thirteen centuries however the larger work to which they belong has been available only in Chinese. Now for the first time English speakers can access the first twenty fascicles of The Great Prajna Paramita Sutra regarded as the largest canon in Buddhism.The Great Prajna Paramita Sutra demonstrates how one can become a bodhisattva -- and eventually a Buddha -- transcending self-interest to reach a state of emptiness selflessness and nonattachment. Regardless of where you are on the path to enlightenment youll be nourished by the parables and dialogues within.