Heart Sutra
short Mahayana sutra, surviving in Sanskrit, Chinese and Tibetan, expounding the Two Truths doctrine that ultimately all phenomena are sunyata
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Heart Sutra
Summary
Heart Sutra is a Mahayana sutra[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of mahayana_sutra entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,409 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Heart Sutra authored The Buddha[3].
- Heart Sutra's instance of is recorded as Mahayana sutra[4].
- Heart Sutra's instance of is recorded as written work[5].
- Heart Sutra is a type of Buddhist text[6].
- Heart Sutra's Commons category is recorded as Heart Sutra[7].
- Heart Sutra's language of work or name is recorded as Classical Chinese[8].
- Heart Sutra's has edition or translation is recorded as Longer Prajñāpāramitā Hṛdaya Sūtra[9].
- Heart Sutra's has edition or translation is recorded as Xuanzang’s translation of the Heart Sūtra[10].
- Heart Sutra's has edition or translation is recorded as Prajñā and Lìyán’s translation of the Longer Prajñāpāramitā Hṛdaya Sūtra[11].
- Heart Sutra's has edition or translation is recorded as Prajñācakra translation of the Longer Prajñāpāramitā Hṛdaya Sūtra[12].
- Heart Sutra's has edition or translation is recorded as Chos grub translation of the Longer Prajñāpāramitā Hṛdaya Sūtra[13].
- Heart Sutra's has edition or translation is recorded as Dharmacantra translation of the Longer Prajñāpāramitā Hṛdaya Sūtra[14].
- Heart Sutra's has edition or translation is recorded as The Holy Mother of Buddhas Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra[15].
- Heart Sutra's has edition or translation is recorded as Kumārajīva's translation of the Prajñāpāramitā Hṛdaya Sūtra[16].
- Heart Sutra's has edition or translation is recorded as Chinese Sanskrit Transliteration of the Perfection of Wisdom Heart Sutra[17].
- Heart Sutra's has edition or translation is recorded as Q135677390[18].
- Heart Sutra's has edition or translation is recorded as Q141245840[19].
- Heart Sutra's main subject is Śūnyatā[20].
- Heart Sutra's title is recorded as प्रज्ञापारमिताहृदय सूत्र[21].
- Heart Sutra's title is recorded as 般若波羅蜜多心經[22].
- Heart Sutra's title is recorded as 般若波羅蜜多心経[23].
- Heart Sutra's title is recorded as 반야바라밀다심경[24].
- Heart Sutra's title is recorded as བཅོམ་ལྡན་འདས་མ་ཤེས་རབ་ཀྱི་ཕ་རོལ་ཏུ་ཕྱིན་པའི་སྙིང་པོ།[25].
- Heart Sutra's title is recorded as 般若波罗蜜多心经[26].
- Heart Sutra's title is recorded as 摩訶般若波羅蜜多心經[27].
Body
Authorship and Creation
Heart Sutra authored The Buddha[3].
Publication
Heart Sutra's language of work or name is recorded as Classical Chinese[8].
Subject and Themes
Heart Sutra's main subject is Śūnyatā[20].
Why It Matters
Heart Sutra ranks in the top 6% of mahayana_sutra entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,409 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 83 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]