The Heart Sutra
July 27, 2008
The Heart Sutra is the most beloved sutra in the Buddhist canon. Many, many Buddhists chant it every morning in one translation or another. It’s a good way to start the day. Below is a version which you are likely to hear at an English-speaking Soto Zen Temple.
Avalokiteshvara, Bodhisattva
Doing deep Prajna Paramita, clearly saw emptiness of all the five conditions.
Oh, Shariputra, form is not other than emptiness; emptiness no other than form.
