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By Mu Soeng

shape is vacancy; vacancy is form.

This is the daring and fascinating statement of the guts Sutra, a textual content of seminal value to the Buddhist culture made much more interesting through its deep resonance with the slicing edges of quantum physics and cognitive technological know-how. In spare and approachable language, The center of the Universe deftly explores this gem of global spiritual literature from various perspectives--historical, religious, linguistic, and scientific--each helping interdependently remove darkness from the other.

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