Upon hearing the Heart Sutra for the first time, several of the Buddha's followers are said to have suffered heart attacks and died. The basic groundlessness of existence asserted by this famous Buddhist text undercuts everything we tend to hold most dear: our troubles, the world as we know it, even the dharma itself. In The Heart Attack Sutra, Karl Brunnh delves into this radical teaching, contending that by understanding the illusory nature of everything we fear, we overcome fear.
by Karl Brunnholzl, PB, 160 pgs