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  1. Heart Sutra (般若波羅蜜多心經)
  1. The Sūtra on Delivering the Heart of Transcendental Discernment (般若波羅蜜多心經)
  2. Heart Sutra (般若波羅蜜多心經)

The Sūtra on Delivering the Heart of Transcendental Discernment (般若波羅蜜多心經)

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The Heart Sutra of Prajñāpāramitā is a core concise scripture of Mahāyāna Buddhism, translated into Chinese by the eminent Tang dynasty monk Xuanzang under imperial decree. Belonging to the Prajñāpāramitā category, this sutra condenses the essence of the Mahāprajñāpāramitā Sūtra, expounding the philosophy of dependent origination and emptiness with the teaching that "form is emptiness, emptiness is form," revealing the prajñā wisdom that all five aggregates are empty and capable of delivering from all suffering. Though merely 260 characters in length, the sutra comprehensively encompasses the Buddhist view of emptiness and the outline of bodhisattva path practice, honored as the "King of Sutras." As one of the most widely circulated Buddhist scriptures, its "Prajñāpāramitā" refers to reaching the far shore through wisdom. It is an essential recitation in the daily morning and evening services of Chinese Buddhism, exerting profound influence on schools such as Chan and Tiantai, holding an irreplaceable authoritative status within East Asian Buddhist culture.

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般若波羅蜜多心經
罽賓國三藏般若共利言等譯
如是我聞:
一時佛在王舍城耆闍崛山中,與大比丘眾及菩薩眾俱。時佛世尊即入三昧,名廣大甚深。
爾時眾中有菩薩摩訶薩,名觀自在,行深般若波羅蜜多時,照見五蘊皆空,離諸苦厄。即時舍利弗承佛威力,合掌恭敬白觀自在菩薩摩訶薩言:「善男子!若有欲學甚深般若波羅蜜多行者,云何修行?」如是問已。
爾時觀自在菩薩摩訶薩告具壽舍利弗言:「舍利子!若善男子、善女人行甚深般若波羅蜜多行時,應觀五蘊性空。舍利子!色不異空,空不異色。色即是空,空即是色。受、想、行、識亦復如是。舍利子!是諸法空相,不生不滅、不垢不淨、不增不減。是故空中無色,無受、想、行、識,無眼、耳、鼻、舌、身、意,無色、聲、香、味、觸、法,無眼界乃至無意識界。無無明亦無無明盡,乃至無老死亦無老死盡。無苦、集、滅、道,無智亦無得。以無所得故,菩提薩埵依般若波羅蜜多故心無罣礙。無罣礙故,無有恐怖,遠離顛倒夢想,究竟涅槃。三世諸佛依般若波羅蜜多故,得阿耨多羅三藐三菩提。故知般若波羅蜜多是大神呪、是大明呪、是無上呪、是無等等呪,能除一切苦,真實不虛。故說般若波羅蜜多呪。」
即說呪曰:
「櫱諦櫱諦 波羅櫱諦 波羅僧櫱諦 菩提娑(蘇紇反)婆訶
「如是,舍利弗!諸菩薩摩訶薩於甚深般若波羅蜜多行,應如是行。」如是說已。
即時,世尊從廣大甚深三摩地起,讚觀自在菩薩摩訶薩言:「善哉,善哉!善男子!如是,如是!如汝所說。甚深般若波羅蜜多行,應如是行。如是行時,一切如來皆悉隨喜。」
爾時世尊說是語已,具壽舍利弗大喜充遍,觀自在菩薩摩訶薩亦大歡喜。時彼眾會天、人、阿修羅、乾闥婆等,聞佛所說,皆大歡喜,信受奉行。
般若波羅蜜多心經

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