{"product_id":"the-heart-attack-sutra-isbn-9781559393911","title":"The Heart Attack Sutra","description":"\u003cb\u003eA guide to the famous\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eHeart Sūtra\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003ethat\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ereveals the tenderness and compassion underlying the striking rhetoric of this popular Buddhist text\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe radical message of the \u003ci\u003eHeart Sūtra\u003c\/i\u003e, one of Buddhism’s most famous texts, is a sweeping attack on everything we hold most dear: our troubles, the world as we know it, even the teachings of the Buddha himself. Several of the Buddha’s followers are said to have suffered heart attacks and died when they first heard its assertion of the basic groundlessness of our existence—hence the title of this book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOvercoming fear, the Buddha teaches, is not to be accomplished by shutting down or building walls around oneself, but instead by opening up to understand the illusory nature of everything we fear—including ourselves. In this book of teachings, Karl Brunnhölzl guides practitioners through this ‘crazy’ sutra to the wisdom and compassion that lie at its core.\"With lively humor and deep scholarly knowledge, Mitra Karl Brunnhölzl brilliantly unpacks the profundity of the \u003ci\u003eHeart S\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e ū \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003etra\u003c\/i\u003e here for modern readers. In practical and accessible ways, he invites us to join the great practitioners of India and Tibet in contemplating the \u003ci\u003eHeart Sūtra\u003c\/i\u003e's wisdom. We are fortunate to have teachers of Karl's acumen among the growing body of inspiring Western Buddhist teachers.\"—Dzogchen Ponlop author of \u003ci\u003eRebel Buddha\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMind Beyond Death\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"When the Buddha revealed the Prajñaparamita sutras, teaches Karl Brunnhölzl, the arhats in attendance were so shocked by what they were hearing that they died on the spot. \u003ci\u003eThe Heart Attack Sutr\u003c\/i\u003ea seeks to preserve this same spiritual shock for Western minds (but perhaps without the grim consequences that Buddha’s earlier students had to face!) by presenting and commenting in detail on the Heart Sutra, arguably the most well-known sutra in the Mahayana tradition.\"—\u003ci\u003eMandala Magazine\u003c\/i\u003eKarl Brunnhölzl, MD, was trained as a physician and also studied Tibetology. He received his systematic training in Tibetan language and Buddhist philosophy and practice at the Marpa Institute for Translators, founded by Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche. Since 1989 he has been a translator and interpreter from Tibetan and English. He is presently involved with the Nitartha Institute as a teacher and translator.","brand":"Snow Lion","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303063408869,"sku":"NP9781559393911","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781559393911.jpg?v=1767739742","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-heart-attack-sutra-isbn-9781559393911","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}