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A review by britlovestoread
The Heart of Understanding: Commentaries on the Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra by Thích Nhất Hạnh
3.0
Really appreciated the parts about impermanence and emptiness and nondualism. However, I was very uncomfortable with the analysis on the prostitute vs the lady and the idea that we can free the prostitute from shame by simply saying something like, "We are One," or "We can only exist because each other exists."
This is the first I've read of Hanh's work, and I want to love Buddhist thought and a lot of it is beautiful, but I cannot shake the feeling that it is lacking when it comes to justice, and even though compassion is supposed to be central when it comes to Buddhism, I struggled to see the compassion when regarding the prostitute (or rather, the symbolism of the prostitute), but at least he had that pretty nailed down with the trees and clouds.
This is the first I've read of Hanh's work, and I want to love Buddhist thought and a lot of it is beautiful, but I cannot shake the feeling that it is lacking when it comes to justice, and even though compassion is supposed to be central when it comes to Buddhism, I struggled to see the compassion when regarding the prostitute (or rather, the symbolism of the prostitute), but at least he had that pretty nailed down with the trees and clouds.