Bill, Yeah, _The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma_ by Red Pine is sooooo fressssh =)
As for the diamond sutra, I liked this http://www.awaresilence.com/Zen_Teachings/Hyon_Gak_-_Diamond_Sutra.html commentary by Hyon Gak. Also interesting for me was that it was filmed and shown on korean TV so you get the hangeul subtitles. Tao Shei Fei On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 2:45 AM, Bill! <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
