Hannya Shingyo

The Hannya Shingyô, or Mahâ Prajñâ Pâramitâ Sûtra, is the central sutra of Zen and all other schools of Buddhism. This text conveys the deeper understanding of Kû and Shiki, the teaching of the ambivalent reality between emptiness and visible form, which is one of the essential foundations of Eastern wisdom. Zen master Taisen Deshimaru makes this knowledge fully accessible to the Western reader for the first time through the detailed commentary in his main work on the Sutra of Supreme Wisdom - in a volume that harmoniously combines the original text, its translation, commentary, and numerous completed calligraphies of the Chinese original text of the highest artistic value. The Hannya Shingyô, an integral part of every Zazen practice, is the core of any engagement with Zen.