The Heart Sūtra[a] is a popular sutra in Mahāyāna Buddhism. In Sanskrit, the title Prajñāpāramitāhṛdaya translates as "The Heart of the Perfection of Wisdom ". The Sutra famously states, "Form is emptiness (śūnyatā), emptiness is form." It has been called "the most frequently used and recited text in the entire Mahayana Buddhist tradition." [2] .

The Heart Sutra was intended to help the Sarvāstivādins relinquish the view of no self and no dharma. The deepest teaching of Prājñāpāramitā is the emptiness of self (ātmaśūnyatā) and the emptiness of dharma (dharmanairātmya) and not the non-being of self and dharma.

2021年4月21日 · What Is the Heart Sutra? As the late Zen teacher Robert Aitken has written, “the Heart Sutra is a very brief text, abbreviated from a monumental work, the Prajnaparamita Sutra, probably the Astasahasrika edition of 8,000 lines, which …

The Heart of Transcendent Wisdom (Skt. prajñāpāramitā hṛdaya), commonly known as the Heart Sutra, is one of the most important texts within the Sanskrit Mahayana tradition.

2019年6月25日 · The Heart Sutra (in Sanskrit, Prajnaparamita Hrdaya), possibly the best known text of Mahayana Buddhism, is said to be the pure distillation of wisdom (prajna). The Heart Sutra is also among the shortest of sutras. An English translation can easily be printed on one side of …

The Heart Sutra, also known as Prajnaparamita Hridaya Sutra, is a revered text in Mahayana Buddhism that offers profound insights into the nature of reality and the human experience. It is said that even a single recitation of this sutra can bring …

The Heart Sutra is perhaps the most well-known sutra, or scripture, of Mahayana Buddhism. In just 25 verses, it describes the heart of the teachings of the Prajnaparamita, the Perfection of Wisdom Sutra. The Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra dates back to the 1st or 2nd century BCE.

Heart Sutra, in Mahayana Buddhism, an extremely brief yet highly influential distillation of the essence of Prajnaparamita (“Perfection of Wisdom”) writings, much reproduced and recited throughout East and Central Asia.

2023年12月21日 · In Sanskrit, the "Heart Sutra" is called "Prajna Paramitahrdaya," which translates as "the heart of the perfection of wisdom.” It describes the nature of emptiness, or sunyata, a principal concept in Buddhism. In the brief "Heart Sutra," the buddha of compassion, Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara, shares teachings with the monk, Shariputra.

2024年5月19日 · The Heart Sutra holds a special place in the Mahayana canon. Although it is one of the shorter sutras, its teachings are profound and far-reaching. The sutra presents the core doctrine of emptiness (śūnyatā), proposing that all phenomena are void of independent existence.