Elaborations on Emptiness:
Uses of the Heart Sutra
Donald S. Lopez Jr.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS:

	Technical Note and Acknowledgments
	Introduction	3
1	Who Heard the Heart Sutra?	19
2	The Commentaries of Vimalamitra and Atisa	47
3	The Heart Sutra as Tantra	78
4	The Commentaries of Kamalasila and Srisimha	105
5	The Heart Sutra as Sadhana	116
6	The Commentaries of Jnanamitra and Prasastrasena	141
7	The Heart Sutra's Mantra	165
8	The Commentaries of Mahajana and Vajrapani	187
9	The Heart Sutra as Exorcism	216
10	Commentators Ancient and Postmodern	239
	Index	261

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