Heart Sutra Copying: A Guide to Copying the Heart Sutra in Japanese Semi-Cursive Script, (Paperback)

<b>Practical Guide for Practicing Shakyo, Sutra Copying of the Heart Sutra in Semi-Cursive Script</b> <p>With her new book <i>Heart Sutra Copying: A Guide to Copying the Heart Sutra in Semi-Cursive Script</i>, artist-calligrapher Nadja Van Ghelue provides the Western reader with a unique guide for copying the Heart Sutra in gyosho, the semi-cursive style of Japanese calligraphy. </p><p>The copy of the Heart Sutra in semi-cursive script, brushed by the artist herself, shows each of the 276 kanji characters of the Heart Sutra in their semi-cursive form. The artist encourages the shakyo practitioner to make a leap from Heart Sutra copying in regular script to a more vivid copying of the Heart Sutra in a dynamic semi-cursive style. To many, this might sound like too big a challenge. This is where the book comes to your aid. </p><p><i>Heart Sutra Copying: A Guide to Copying the Heart Sutra in Semi-Cursive Script</i> is a practical reference guide for this newly inspired shakyo practice. It guides you through this dynamic practice by means of clear original semi-cursive calligraphy and accompanying illustrative diagrams that show you how to move the brush and draw the successive kanji characters. Additional tables provide you with the romanized Japanese readings and the translation into English. </p><p>If you have already copied the Heart Sutra in regular script, you might want to try copying the Heart Sutra in semi-cursive script right away. However, this manual might also appeal to those Dharma students who have no experience copying the Heart Sutra but wish to engage in this creative way of studying the Heart Sutra. </p><p>Now that you have this manual for copying the Heart Sutra in semi-cursive script, you simply need to grab a brush, a pen, or even a pencil, and start writing the Heart Sutra in this invigorating style of Japanese calligraphy. </p><p>(The reader will notice immediately that no part of this book has been created with AI.)</p>

• Heart Sutra Copying: A Guide to Copying the Heart Sutra in Japanese Semi-Cursive Script, (Paperback)
• Author: Nadja Van Ghelue
• ISBN: 9798197664761
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2026-05-23
• Page Count: 206