Heart Sutra - Wikipedia
In the sutra, Avalokiteśvara addresses Śariputra, explaining the fundamental emptiness (śūnyatā) of all phenomena, known through and as the five aggregates of human existence (skandhas): form (rūpa), feeling (vedanā), volitions (saṅkhāra), …
Heart Sutra - Encyclopedia of Buddhism
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. It is said to present the heart , or the essence , of the Prajnaparamita teachings, which are the definitive teachings on the Mahayana view of the interdependent ...
Translations of the The Heart Sutra - Dharmanet
The mantra of the perfection of wisdom is proclaimed: tayata gate gate paragate parasamgate bodhi soha! “Shariputra, this is how a bodhisattva, a great being, should train in the profound perfection of wisdom.”
New Heart Sutra translation by Thich Nhat Hanh | Plum Village
On 11th September Thay completed a profound and beautiful new English translation of the Heart Sutra, one of the most important sutras in Mahayana Buddhism. This new English translation is based on the new Vietnamese translation that Thay began working on three weeks ago at the European Institute of Applied Buddhism in Germany.
At the core of this book is the Heart of Prajna Paramita Sutra itself. In English a mere sixteen sentences, and a mere 262 characters in Chinese, the Heart Sutra, as it is called in br ief, is nothing less than a summation of the wisdom of the Buddha. It distills perfectly the teaching of non-attachment, which is the doctrine of emptiness. As
Heart Sūtra - Lotsawa House
The mantra of the perfection of wisdom is proclaimed as follows: [oṃ] gate gate pāragate pārasaṃgate bodhisvāhā. Śāriputra, a bodhisattva and great being should train in the profound perfection of wisdom in this way.”
1 Heart Sutra. The short title of this most popular and important sutra. It contains the very essence of the vast body of wisdom teachings (prajna-paramita sutras) in Buddhism. 2 sutra. A Buddhist scripture containing the dialogues or discourses of the Buddha.
The Heart Sutra | Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive
This sutra belongs to the class of texts called the Perfection of Wisdom Sutras. It is translated from the Tibetan, consulting the Indian and Tibetan commentaries and previous good translations, by Gelong Thubten Tsultrim (George Churinoff), the first day of Saka Dawa, 1999, at Tushita Meditation Centre, Dharamsala, India.
The Great Wisdom Heart Sutra Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva, when practicing deeply the Prajna Paramita, perceived that all five skandhas are empty and was saved from all suffering and distress. “Shariputra, form does not differ from emptiness; emptiness does not differ from form. That which is form is emptiness, that which is emptiness, form.
The Heart Sutra in English Translated by Gerhard Herzog When the holy Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara had truly grasped the transcendent wisdom, he realized that visible form is only illusion. The same applies to its perception, to its names and categories, to discriminative intellect and finally even to our consciousness. They are all illusion.