Heart Sutra

English-language translations of
Prajñāpāramitāhṛdaya (Heart Sutra)
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A famous sutra in Mahāyāna Buddhism; its Sanskrit title means "The Heart of the Perfection of Understanding". The text is very short, and it is generally believed to be Buddhist apocrypha written in China using excerpts of a translation of the Mahaprajnaparamita Sutra. The earliest extant text of the Heart Sūtra is the palm-leaf manuscript found at the Horyuji Temple, and dated to 609 CE. Warning: template has been deprecated.

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English-language translations of Prajñāpāramitāhṛdaya include:

Longer Heart Sutra edit

Longer Prajñāpāramitā Hṛdaya Sūtra, translated by Lapis Lazuli Texts
Translation:The Longer Heart Sutra, translated by Wikisource

Shorter Heart Sutra edit

Shorter Prajñāpāramitā Hṛdaya Sūtra, translated by Lapis Lazuli Texts
Translation:Shorter Heart Sutra, translated by Wikisource