The Lankavatara Sutra

This is a seriously profound study by a great man and imminent teacher.

on time. Good quality. Great price. Thank you very much for spreading this teachings. Not available in my country. Etc.

Indian Reprint of a classic work, which is important in the relationship between Indian Mahayana and the Zen Buddhism of Bodhidharma. By the 20th Century Master Dr. DT Suzuki

I had kept coming across references to this text, so I thought, rather than read what others said about it, I would read the original. The setting completely put me off, for the setting contextualises it as a piece of anti-Hindu/Vedanta propaganda, with all the allusions to Rama and Sri Lanka. It probably would not bother confirmed Buddhists who think Shankara was wrong.

Reading this won't take long but to understand and digest this stuff it may take a life round about for sure. Very prominent if you want to understand yourself

DT goes through everything you need to know about this Sutra within this one Book. There is a very educational foundation laid downin the Introduction to get us up to speed on many facets of thisSutra to prepare the way, if you will. Very good Introduction for anyone.This book will give you the Mission to Lanka in all its nuances. Not a beginners text translation, yet you will get up to speed in no time if you are determined. Please take note that this Sutra is Very repetitive, so that can be a bit if a challenge to get thru.I see now that the Guru would recite the stanzas for contmplation, and the reiteration was expected. Not a one sit read, slow and savor the Revelations.One of the Best representations of Mahayana there is imho, out side of the Gelukpa tradition.A teaching more accepted by non Tibetan schools.A great bridge between Nagarjuna and Asanga. Emptiness with Consciousness. Without the embellishments of Asanga's later overly complicated speculations imho.Not a fluffy text, just the straight forward Mind.This specific publisher's quality is unsurpassed;Routledge & Kegan Paul Hardcover is perfect.Mine appears to be the 1978 reprint.You may want to ask the seller if that is the edition they are selling, as other publishers' quality may be far from extraordinary.

Nice book

As other reviewers have noted, this is a core text for Zen Buddhists (its influence was later somewhat superceded by the Diamond, Heart, and Vimilakirti Sutras, but much of its language and teachings crop up all the time). Suzuki's translation is classic, but the contemporary reader may find it a slog, mostly because of the technical terminology (much of it embedded in the various names and labels). Unfortunately, no one had the sense to take the Glossary from Suzuki's companion book ("Studies in the LS") and attach it to the translation itself. To really get the most out of the translation, you need the Glossary. The Cleary translation (from 2012 only on Kindle) is a help, but I don't see it as making an radical restatements (and in fact I prefer the Suzuki because the Cleary translation is less "tight".) Once you get into the swing of it, the Suzuki translation is readable (in part because so much of it is repetition). I haven't read the Red Pine translation.

very comprehendive