Mu Soeng, a former Zen monk and teacher, is the scholar-in-residence at the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies. He is the author of many books on Buddhism, including Trust in Mind and The Diamond Sutra. He lives in Barre, Massachusetts.
"Mu Soeng's The Heart of the Universe is a brief, thought-provoking
commentary on the Heart Sutra. In his introduction, the author, who
is the scholar in residence at the Barre Center for Buddhist
Studies, reminds the reader that the sutra has a history, and that
all who have read--and chanted--it have done so within a specific
cultural context. For Soeng, quantum physics--the scientific
insight that the basic particles of matter are actually in constant
flux-informs how the sutra is understood in the modern West. Of
course, any discussion of the Heart Sutra is going to center on the
concept of emptiness--the Mahayana theory that all phenomena are
without fixed and independent identity. Soeng presents his
fascinating discussion of emptiness early in the book, leaving
little to say when discussing the famous line 'form is emptiness,
emptiness is form' in his line-by-line commentary."--
"Buddhadharma"
"Mu Soeng's scientifically inspired commentary opens up the meaning
of the Heart Sutra from the side of informed spiritual enquiry and
direct meditative experience. Heart of the Universe carries an edge
of incisive, practical wisdom."--Ajahn Amaro, abbot of Abhayagiri
Monastery
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