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📜 May 29, 2025 — Daily Topic THE HEART SŪTRA — THE ESSENCE OF EMPTINESS The Prajñāpāramitā Hṛdaya Sūtra, known as the Heart Sūtra, is one of the most profound and widely recited scriptures in Mahāyāna Buddhism. In just around 260 Chinese characters (or 16 lines in Sanskrit), this sūtra distills the entire wisdom of emptiness (śūnyatā) — the view that lies at the heart of awakening. ⸻ 🌿 Core Teaching: • The sūtra opens with Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva deeply observing the emptiness of the five skandhas, thereby transcending all suffering • It declares: “Form is emptiness; emptiness is form…” • It negates attachment to: • The Four Noble Truths • The Twelve Links of Dependent Origination • Even the concept of enlightenment itself
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⸻ ✨ Why is the Heart Sūtra so revered? • It is the shortest yet most profound scripture in the Prajñāpāramitā collection • Recited daily across Zen, Tibetan, and Pure Land traditions • Points directly to the letting go of all conceptual clinging, guiding the practitioner into direct realization of reality beyond form and thought ⸻ 🪷 “Relying on Prajñāpāramitā, the mind has no hindrance… and attains Nirvāṇa.”
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