In The Heart of Understanding, Thich Nhat Hanh offers a lucid and engaging interpretation of this core Buddhist text—The Heart Sutra—which is one of the most important sutras, offering subtle and profound teachings on nonduality.

    He was a contemporary of both Ma Tsu and Huang Po, those early masters who established Ch'an after the death of Hui Neng, the sixth Patriarch. Hui Hai's direct teachings point immediately to this moment of truth and awakening, and the message of this classic eighth-century text is universal and timeless.

    "Sutra on the Eight Realizations of the Great Beings explains the virtues of simplicity, generosity, and compassion.

    Hall, revealing Koan-like the Nature of Zen through the deadly serious humor of Spiritual paradox.