Finding the Heart Sutra: Guided by a Magician, an Art Collector and Buddhist Sages from Tibet to Japan

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Product Description Forty years ago, after learning of the Heart Sutra in Japan, Alex Kerr set out on a quest to seek the wisdom that lies at the heart of this ancient Buddhist scripture. Guided by Zen abbots in Kyoto, Tibetan monks, a French writer, an American art collector, a magician and the writings of Chinese scholars over the centuries, he came to see how this brief poem on emptiness is a storehouse of a universe of thought. Travelling from Japan, Korea, and China, to India, Mongolia, Tibet and Vietnam, this intimate book weaves together memory, history and calligraphy. Alex reveals us to the many ways the Heart Sutra continues to influence the culture of Japan - and the world - today. Review "Kerr has proven an excellent student of friendship and fellowship and has himself become a vessel of wisdom which he now passes on to us readers . . . we can keep Finding the Heart Sutra in a safe place, along with our other sacred treasures." — Amy Chavez, Books on Asia "Compelling, beautiful . . . Alex Kerr finds humor at the heart of wisdom and enlightenment." ― J.J. O'Donoghue, Japan Times "An erudite and charming book . . . Alex Kerr delves into the Japanese soul in Finding the Heart Sutra . . . both a primer and a paean to one of the central texts to Buddhism." — Literary Review About the Author Alex Kerr has spent many years living in Japan and Thailand and is passionate about the traditional arts of East Asia. His previous books include Lost Japan, winner of the Shincho Gakugei Literature Prize for the best work of non-fiction published in Japan, and Another Kyoto.