Heart Sutra

Summary

Heart Sutra is a Mahayana sutra^[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of mahayana_sutra entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,006 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Heart Sutra authored The Buddha^[3].
• Heart Sutra's instance of is recorded as Mahayana sutra^[4].
• Heart Sutra is a type of Buddhist text^[5].
• Heart Sutra's Commons category is recorded as Heart Sutra^[6].
• Heart Sutra's has edition or translation is recorded as Longer Prajñāpāramitā Hṛdaya Sūtra^[7].
• Heart Sutra's has edition or translation is recorded as Xuanzang’s translation of the Heart Sūtra^[8].
• Heart Sutra's has edition or translation is recorded as Prajñā and Lìyán’s translation of the Longer Prajñāpāramitā Hṛdaya Sūtra^[9].
• Heart Sutra's has edition or translation is recorded as Prajñācakra translation of the Longer Prajñāpāramitā Hṛdaya Sūtra^[10].
• Heart Sutra's has edition or translation is recorded as Chos grub translation of the Longer Prajñāpāramitā Hṛdaya Sūtra^[11].
• Heart Sutra's has edition or translation is recorded as Dharmacantra translation of the Longer Prajñāpāramitā Hṛdaya Sūtra^[12].
• Heart Sutra's has edition or translation is recorded as The Holy Mother of Buddhas Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra^[13].
• Heart Sutra's has edition or translation is recorded as Kumārajīva's translation of the Prajñāpāramitā Hṛdaya Sūtra^[14].
• Heart Sutra's has edition or translation is recorded as Chinese Sanskrit Transliteration of the Perfection of Wisdom Heart Sutra^[15].
• Heart Sutra's has edition or translation is recorded as Q135677390^[16].
• Heart Sutra's main subject is Śūnyatā^[17].
• Heart Sutra's title is recorded as {'lang': 'sa', 'text': 'प्रज्ञापारमिताहृदय सूत्र'}^[18].
• Heart Sutra's title is recorded as {'lang': 'lzh', 'text': '般若波羅蜜多心經'}^[19].
• Heart Sutra's title is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '般若波羅蜜多心経'}^[20].
• Heart Sutra's title is recorded as {'lang': 'ko', 'text': '반야바라밀다심경'}^[21].
• Heart Sutra's title is recorded as {'lang': 'bo', 'text': 'བཅོམ་ལྡན་འདས་མ་ཤེས་རབ་ཀྱི་ཕ་རོལ་ཏུ་ཕྱིན་པའི་སྙིང་པོ།'}^[22].
• Heart Sutra's title is recorded as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '般若波罗蜜多心经'}^[23].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Heart Sutra authored The Buddha^[3].

Subject and Themes

Heart Sutra's main subject is Śūnyatā^[17].

Why It Matters

Heart Sutra ranks in the top 6% of mahayana_sutra entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,006 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[24] It is known by 58 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[25]