My copies of botht the Diamond and Heart Sutras are translated and commented on by Edward Conze. I do have a couple books by Red Pine - The Collected Songs of Cold Mountain and The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma which I like a lot. I certainly would recommend Red Pine's translations.
...Bill! --- In [email protected], Chris Austin-Lane <chris@...> wrote: > > Red Pine has a Diamond Sutra translation also. His normal beautiful > English, a novel interpretation and interesting textual commentary. > > On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 7:01 PM, SteveW <eugnostos2000@...> wrote: > > Hello. JM mentioned the excellent Diamond Sutra. Many translations can be > > difficult. One very easy to read translation online is by Alex Johnson. It > > can be accessed at this address: > > http://www.diamond-sutra.com/diamond_sutra_translation.html > > > > One of my favorite quotes is when the Buddha, in speaking of his teachings, > > says, "The truth in them is uncontainable and inexpressible. It neither is, > > nor is not. What this means is that Buddhas and disciples are not > > enlightened by a set method of teachings, but by an internally intuitive > > process which is spontaneous and is part of their own inner nature." > > Steve > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are > > reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
