Register: Red Pine
Heart of Perfect Wisdom
Zen Luminaries Series with Jon Joseph Roshi:
A Conversation with Bill Porter (Red Pine)
on the Heart Sutra
December 20, 2021
6:00 – 7:30 pm PST
Join us for a lively conversation on the great sutras, with Jon Joseph Roshi and special guest Bill Porter, also known as Red Pine.
Bill will read for us his translation of the iconic Heart Sutra, the core teaching of Chan and Zen Buddhism.
Bill Porter (Red Pine) is recognized as one of the world’s great translators of Chan poetry and Buddhist texts. His translations include 9th-century Chan poet Hanshan’s works, published as The Collected Songs of Cold Mountain, and several of the major Buddhist sutras, including the Heart Sutra, Diamond Sutra, Platform Sutra, and Lankavatara Sutra.
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