Unlike scholarly translations, this “contemplative expansion” of forty passages from the Prajnaparamita Sutra in 8,000 Lines -- the basic scripture of all schools of Mahayana Buddhism -- yields a text of devotional beauty that is poetic and uplifting. Through dramatic conversations between the Buddha and his disciples Shariputra, Subhuti, and Ananda, the Bodhisattva path to enlightenment is revealed. This spiritually inspiring book features a foreword by renowned American Buddhist scholar Dr. Robert A. F. Thurman on the historical background of the radical Mahayana teachings on the nature of Reality.