The sutras help illumine ever deeper and more expansive ways to live ones life for greater harmony and clarity. Eventually, leading us out of the labyrinth of illusion. The sutras are holographic in that they tackle self transformation (personal evolution) from several different perspectives, and in that one can always gain something no matter how many times they are read.

Due to the nature of the sutras (holographic/levels/perspectives) a single translation can be enhanced by cross referencing with several others. One translation isn’t better than another and having several different translations of the sutras is useful, I would say essential. I have about 6 different translations, and they each offer something different, together, providing a better understanding of the sutras than one translation alone would provide.

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