In 2002, Japanese scholar Harada Waso published an annotated translation of the Heart Sutra which included many notes on why he did not b...

As I prepare material for my book on the Heart Sutra , I have been collating published responses to Jan Nattier's thesis that the text...

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Anyone familiar with the story of Kūkai will know that his journey to China in 804 began by sailing from Nagasaki out into the Sea of Japan....