Studying The Heart Sutra (Prajñāpāramitā Hṛdaya)
Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2013 7:39 pm
I'm sure it's been talked about before, but get an active thread going for studying the Heart Sutra together! I'd love to participate in a group study and share thoughts, observations, lessons, and insights on this essential sutra. I'd like to understand it better, and here's what I've found so far:
Overview:
The Prajñāpāramitā Hṛdaya or "The Heart of the Perfection of Transcendent Wisdom" or "Heart Sutra"
is said to be the best-known and most popular Mahayana Buddhist scripture of all. In only sixteen English sentences or 260 Chinese characters it summarises the essence of Buddhist teachings.
Online resources:
Translation by Ken McLeod: http://www.unfetteredmind.org/the-sutra ... -of-wisdom
NTC translation: http://www.shambhala.org/teachers/pema/shtk.php
Translation by George Churinoff: http://www.lamayeshe.com/index.php?sect=article&id=375
Commentary by Grand Master T'an Hsu & Chinese-English Translation by Lok To
http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/heartstr.htm
http://www.buddhanet.net/pdf_file/heart_s2.pdf (pdf version)
Commentary by Hsuan Hua:
http://www.fodian.net/World/ps.heart.02 ... .print.pdf
Commentary by Khenpo Chodrak Rinpoche: http://www.purifymind.com/HeartSutraInt.htm
Commentary by Geshe Lama Konchog: http://www.lamayeshe.com/index.php?sect=article&id=889
Overview:
The Prajñāpāramitā Hṛdaya or "The Heart of the Perfection of Transcendent Wisdom" or "Heart Sutra"
is said to be the best-known and most popular Mahayana Buddhist scripture of all. In only sixteen English sentences or 260 Chinese characters it summarises the essence of Buddhist teachings.
Online resources:
Translation by Ken McLeod: http://www.unfetteredmind.org/the-sutra ... -of-wisdom
NTC translation: http://www.shambhala.org/teachers/pema/shtk.php
Translation by George Churinoff: http://www.lamayeshe.com/index.php?sect=article&id=375
Commentary by Grand Master T'an Hsu & Chinese-English Translation by Lok To
http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/heartstr.htm
http://www.buddhanet.net/pdf_file/heart_s2.pdf (pdf version)
Commentary by Hsuan Hua:
http://www.fodian.net/World/ps.heart.02 ... .print.pdf
Commentary by Khenpo Chodrak Rinpoche: http://www.purifymind.com/HeartSutraInt.htm
Commentary by Geshe Lama Konchog: http://www.lamayeshe.com/index.php?sect=article&id=889