"The “secret” in secret mantra entails many layers of meaning. The buddhas and bodhisattvas themselves do not have the intention of keeping something secret, so the difference between exotericism and esotericism depends on the practitioner instead of the teaching itself. The same teaching might be understood by some people but not by others. To those… Continue reading “NEVER JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER”: Review of new published commentary “On the Heart Sutra” by the 17th Karmapa produced by an unknown translator and the Hwayue Foundation, Taiwan