Prajna Heart Sutra - The Origin And Meanings Of Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra.

Prajna Heart Sutra  (English: Heart Sutra - Sanskrit: Prajnaparamita Hrdaya), also known as Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra. It is the most famous text of  Mahayana Buddhism, considered to be the purest distillation of wisdom (prajna). Prajna Sutra is also one of the shortest but most important sutras in Buddhism.

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Prajna Sutra is an important part of the Great Bat Nha, a collection of about 40 Buddhist scriptures from 100 BCE to 500 AD. The exact origin of the Sutra is still a question mark. According to Red Pine, the earliest record is a Chinese translation of Sanskrit by the late Chih-ch'ien monk around the 2nd century AD.

In the 8th century, the translation appeared an introduction and conclusion. This longer version is accepted by  Tibetan Buddhism . However, in Zen and other Mahayana schools originated in China, the short version is more common.

Extending this new format to its reasonable limits, the Vajrayana School of Buddhism (Vajrayana Buddhism), developed the shortest version of all the texts of Prajna Sutra, a work titled " Perfection of Wisdom ".

Diamond Sutra Prajna Paramita  (Diamond Sutra) is a different version of the Prajna Paramita Heart Sutra, it was widely circulated in East Asia and is known as the shorter is the Diamond Sutra and the Diamond Sutra.

There is no doubt about the Prajna Sutra, the most commonly used scripture in most Mahayana Buddhist traditions, developed in Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Tibet, Mongolia, Bhutan, Central Nations, part of India and Nepal. Recently, it has also grown in the Americas and Europe.

Many people have said many different things about the Prajna Sutra, what is it, is it the heart of wisdom, a statement about the truth, the main teaching of the Mahayana, the concentration the essence of all the Buddhist sutras, or an explanation of emptiness!

Tibetan Buddhist monks chanting the Heart Sutra very nice!

Meaning of Prajna Heart Sutra

In Mahayana Buddhism, compassion is often discussed in terms of absolute and relative. Absolute compassion is the compassion in the light of  emptiness : All sentient beings are empty. All beings, due to their empty virtue, have been liberated and pure. As mentioned in the Prajna Sutra, the suffering is empty and the liberation from suffering is also empty.

Absolute compassion makes it possible for us to maintain our support and help to endless beings without thinking. Compassion is based on our broad view of the empty nature of life, in the relationship between heart and participation. It is impossible to see that myself, but the two together create a life of excellent connectivity and sustainability.

Prajñā sutra communicates the essence of the heart , of what is called "the perfection of wisdom or insight." By itself, it's not complicated, it does not give us all the details. It's like a brief memo to ponder all the elements of our spiritual life, from the perspective of what we have now, what we become when we move on to the  child. the path of enlightenment  and what we achieve (or not achieve) at the end of that path.

If we want to understand all the details, we must read the Prajnaparamita Sutra, which occupies about 21,000 pages in the Mahayana Buddhist scriptures. One hundred thousand lines, including twelve large books.

Body is nothing other than emptiness,  
emptiness is only body. 
The body is empty,  
and the emptiness is the body.

The other four aspects of human life -  
feeling, thought, will and consciousness -  
are no different from emptiness.

Everything is empty:  
Nothing is born, nothing is dead,  
nothing is pure, nothing is dyed,  
nothing increases and nothing decreases.

So, in emptiness, there is no body,  
no sense, no thought,  
no will, no consciousness. 
No eyes, no ears,  
no nose, no tongue,  
no body, no mind. 
No look, no hearing,  
no smell, no taste,  
no touching, no imagination. 
Nothing seen, nor heard,  
smelled, tasted,  
not touched, and did not imagine.

There is no ignorance,  
and no end of ignorance. 
There is no old age and death,  
not ending old age and death. 
There is no suffering, no suffering,  
no suffering, no path to follow. 
Not achieving wisdom,  
and no wisdom to achieve.

Bodhisattvas rely on the perfection of wisdom,  
and so there is no illusion,  
they feel no fear,  
and there is Nirvana here and now.

All the Buddhas,  
past, present and future, are  
based on the perfection of wisdom,  
and live in full enlightenment.

The perfection of wisdom is the greatest mantra. 
It is the most obvious  
mantra, the highest mantra,  
the mantra eliminating all suffering.

The Perfection of Wisdom - Wisdom of Wisdom

As with most Buddhist sutras, simply simply "believing" what Prajna Sutra says is not the correct one. But we also have to admit that we can not fully understand the content of the canon based only on the limited understanding of the present.

Although the analysis is helpful, people still keep the words in their hearts so that understanding opens up through individual practice.

In this sutra,  Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara  is talking to Shariputra, an important disciple of  the Buddha . The first lines of the class discuss the  Five Aggregates , feelings, stigma and consciousness:

Shariputra, form is no different from emptiness, emptiness is no different form. Sacredness is the total emptiness, the absolute emptiness. Feeling, stigma and consciousness are the same.

The central idea of ​​Bat Nha wisdom is to liberate completely from the world of existence. It goes beyond previous Buddhist teachings, focusing only on the rise and fall of phenomena to assert that there is no increase and fall.

Wisdom says that there is no diversity, all is just one, even the existence of  samsara  and  nirvana  is also fundamental.

In the context of emptiness, the wisdom of the Prajna is given as a way to enlighten. It represents the formal introduction of Buddhist thought to a practical ideal - the ideal of a bodhisattva, unlike an  arahant , who attains  enlightenment  but can not Use the means of enlightenment to help others.

Bodhisattvas must practice six perfection: moral, moral, patience, vitality, contemplation and wisdom. Wisdom is the most important thing because it dispels the darkness of the sensory illusion and allows everything to be seen as they really are.

Like stars, like an optical illusion, like a light bulb, like a mysterious illusion, tears, or a bubble, like a dream, a lightning strike or a halo. clouds, so all that is created will be seen.

Stars can not be captured. Things with faulty visions do not really exist. Lights burn only as long as they have fuel. A false show is a magical illusion, it is not it seems. Dew drops fly in the heat of the sun. Balloons are short-lived and have no real nature to them. Dreams are not real, though it seems at the time. Clay is shorter and faster. Clouds always change shape. By recognizing the transient nature of things, we easily break away from them and attain Nirvana.

The music of Bat Nha Kinh Kinh by singer Imee Ooi expressed very inspirational.

What is emptiness?

Śūnyatā  (Sanskrit: shunyata) is a fundamental theory of Mahayana Buddhism. It could also be the most misunderstood theory in Buddhism. Often, it is assumed that it means that nothing exists. But this is not the correct explanation.

 "Things and events are not intrinsic and have no personal identity except in our minds," said the 14th Dalai Lama .

The Dalai Lama also teaches that "existence can only be understood in terms of  dependent origination ." Dependent Origination is a teaching about the relationship between the universe and no being or existence. with other beings.

In the  Four Noble Truths , the Buddha taught, our suffering arises from thinking that we are beings independent of an intrinsic "I". To comprehend thoroughly this intrinsic nature is illusion and liberates us from suffering.

Audacity - No Worries

What does this mean? Sacred here is understood as material or form, what we feel through the five senses. It does not mean that the feet are not or formless. We must know when "colors" when "not" to be free from suffering in life.

In the Prajñā Sutra, the Bodhisattva explains that all phenomena are emanations of emptiness, empty of inherent qualities. Because phenomena have no inherent properties, they are neither born nor destroyed, impure, not unclean, not come or go.

"There is no point where the eyes start or end, either in time or in space or in concept. The eye is connected to the face bone, and the face bone is connected to the head bone, and the head bone is connected to the neck bone, and thus it goes down to the toes, skeletons, skeletons, worms, butterflies. . Therefore, what we call the eye is a very large set of bubbles in the sea foam. "

What is the Bodhisattva saying here? Since all phenomena do not exist independently of other phenomena, all the differences we create are arbitrary.

Prajna Sutra is the insight that  helps us to overcome all opposing pairs, such as samsara, ego and  non-self , defilements and  ignorance , increase and decrease ... All phenomena are The product of dependence is the main point of the Sutra. This helps us communicate with the true nature of birth: There is no death, no existence ... that is the true nature of all phenomena.END=NAM MO SAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.THE MIND OF ENLIGHTENMENT.VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.19/2/2018.