This book was once subtitled, 'Sense and Non-Sense in the Buddhist Prajnaparamita Tradition', and you can see why! Dangerously disorientating to the unwary student, the Prajnaparamita or Perfection of Wisdom teachings can offer a fast route to some well-trodden blind alleys - or to the very heart of Reality.

Sangharakshita's clarity, scholarship and insight are revealed in this commentary on the Diamond Sutra, the Heart Sutra, and the Ratnagunasamcayagatha - core teachings of Mahayana Buddhism. Using this book as a guide we can begin our own investigation of these sublime teachings - and also perhaps be rewarded with a world-shattering glimpse of the Buddhist vision of ultimate Reality.

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Listen to Sangharakshita's talk on The Heart Sutra from 1967 | Listen to Sangharakshita's talk on The Diamond Sutra from 1969