It carried yuantsang through the gobi desert,l was reproduced, in writing, on stones, in recitation throughout asia from kabul to nara,2 and formed one of the main inspirations of the zen school, occupying in buddhist. Full text of maha prajnaparamita sastra full by nagarjuna see other formats. The heart of prajna paramita sutra buddhist text translation society. Aaryaavalokiteshvarabodhisattvo gambhiiraayaam prajnaapaaramitaayaam caryaam caramaano vyavalokayati sma. Wheatmark unabridged english translation of xuanzangs chinese rendition fascicles 2140 2018 naichen chen the great prajna paramita sutra, volume 3, isbn 9781627877473. The lengths specified by the titles are given below. The heart sutra in sanskrit prajnaparamita hrdaya sutra om namo bhagavatyai aryaprajnaparamitayai aryavalokitesvaro bodhisattvo gambhiiram. The heart sutra as a translation kansas zen center. The heart of prajna paramita sutra huntington archive. The heart sutra every day for nine days, yet the heart sutra itself was never mentioned.
Full text of maha prajnaparamita sastra full by nagarjuna. The master lectured in mandarin, and upasaka wang kai translated into cantonese, making the cantonese people very happy. Dharma and analogy comprise its title, which transcends the relative. In english a mere sixteen sentences, and a mere 262 characters in chinese, the heart sutra, as it is called in brief, is nothing less than a summation of the wisdom of the buddha. The most well known of the wisdom sutras are the diamond sutra also called the perfection of. The heart sutra is one of the best known, most chanted, of all sutras. The heart sutra, or mahaprajnaparamitahridayasutra as written in sanskrit, means the great heart of perfect wisdom or the heart of great transcendent wisdom. Paramita is a sanskrit word, which means to cross over to the other shore. The prajnaparamita sutras, the ornament of clear realization, and its commentaries in the tibetan kagyu tradition brunnholzl, karl on. The date of its composition can be inferred to some extend from the chinese translations. See also my essay the seed syllable of perfect wisdom mantra siddha. So, one is the perfection of wisdom in 25,000 lines. Prajnaparamitahridayam hridaya means heart the most condensed recension of the sutra was rendered into chinese in the year 400 ad by the famous indian scholar and buddhist missionary, the venerable kumarajiva, and even today is used as a protective spell or charm by all buddhists of tibet, china, and japan, monks and laymen alike. Prajnaparamitasutra adhyardhasatika prajnaparamitasutra.
Prajnaparamita means the perfection of transcendent wisdom in mahayana buddhism. The full title of the heart sutra in sanskrit is bhagavati pragyanaparamita hridaya sutra. Malaysian imee ooi sings the short version of the heart sutra in sanskrit accompanied by music entitled the shore beyond, prajna paramita hrdaya sutram, released in 2009. The prajnaparamita sutras, the ornament of clear realization, and its commentaries in the tibetan kagyu tradition.
The heart sutra is of mahayana buddhism, and is often cited as a most popular buddhist scripture. After more than 2 years, i have recorded the complete version of the prajnaparamita hridaya sutra. If you go to you can find an awesome storehouse of sutras in many languages set up by rulu. It exists in a longer and a shorter form the calligraphy here is of the shorter version. Again, i have used the indian traditional pronunciation of. The word prajnaparamita combines the sanskrit words prajna wisdom with paramita perfection. Sanskrit alphabets origin from maheswara sutras mantra. Homage to the perfection of wisdom, the lovely, the holy. However, a fuller translation of this title is the heart of the perfection of wisdom. Mahaprajnaparamitahridaya sutra the heart sutra when avalokiteshvara bodhisattva was practicing the profound prajna paramita, he investigated and perceived the five skandhas and saw that they were all nonexistent, thus securing his deliverance from all suffering and difficulty.
This sutra, the heart of the larger prajna paramita perfection of wisdom sutra in sanskrit. Sunim quotes the sutra a sermon of only nine verses, attributed to the buddha line for line with a detailed explanation of its meaning. The diamond sutra in sanskrit and english translated from the. The prajna paramita heart sutra translated from sanskrit into chinese by tripitaka master hsuan tsang commentary by grand master tan hsu translated into english by venerable dharma master lok to edited by kun li, shih and dr. Prajna means wisdom, and prajna paramita stands for wisdom acquired experientially, by means of intuitive insight, and perfected through cultivation to the level of transcendental knowledge. The vajracchedika prajna paramita sutra the diamond sutra this is what i heard one time when the buddha was staying in the monastery in anathapindikas park in the jeta grove near shravasti with a community of 1,250 bhikshus, fully ordained monks. The heart of the perfection of wisdom a sanskrit and english line by line interlinear version of this famous text summaring the heart of wisdom teachings in the mahayana. The several sutras of the prajnaparamita sutras vary from very long to very short and are often named according to the number of lines it takes to write them.
Its sanskrit name is prajnaparamita hridaya the word sutra is not present in known sanskrit manuscripts. The heart of prajna paramita sutra wonderful wisdom can reach the other shore right now. Tasmaj jnatavyam prajnaparamita mahamantro, therefore one should know the perfection of wisdom is a great mantra, mahavidya mantro, nuttaramantro, samasamamantra. Another is the perfection of wisdom in 20,000 lines, and then 8,000 lines, and so on. She is depicted with four arms and seated in the vajra posturecross legged. Transcription 5 dec 2012 an important sanskrit manuscript of the heart sutra. The great prajna paramita sutra, volume 2, isbn 9781627875820. The prajnaparamitahrdaya sutra p prajnapdramitdhrdaya smra is a religious document x of the first importance. The two first chapters of the dasasahasrika prajnaparamita. Often cited as perhaps the bestknown mahayana buddhist sutra, the heart sutra has been chanted daily in buddhist monasteries in asia for more than a thousand years. Imee ooi prajna paramita hrdaya sutram sanskrit lyrics. In english a mere sixteen sentences, and a mere 262 characters in chinese, the heart sutra, as it is called in br ief, is nothing less than a summation of the wisdom of the buddha. Another theory in modern times has been presented by several schools, that mans destiny is to go on always improving, always struggling towards, and never.
So in the middle, we see the word prajnaparamita, and prajna is a sanskrit word that means wisdom, and paramita means perfection, so prajnaparamita is the perfection of wisdom. Ebook the heart of prajna paramita sutra buddhist text. French sutra translation committee of the united states and canada. The texts may have other sanskrit titles as well, or different variations which may be more descriptive.
Because the term bhagavati has a strong connotation of goddess or mother principle, prajnaparamita is often referred to as the mother of all buddhas, and is given the form of a female deity. The prajnaparamita sutra is the most important text of mahayana buddhism, which emphasizes the doctrines of emptiness and bodhicitta. Hong kong pop singers, such as the four heavenly kings sang the heart sutra to. Prajnaparamita is a central concept in mahayana buddhism and its practice and understanding are taken to be indispensable elements of the bodhisattva path. Prajna means wisdom, and prajna paramita stands for wisdom acquired experientially, by means of intuitive insight, and perfected through cultivation to the level of. This index of sanskrit documents categorized as sutra is available in devanagari, bengali, gujarati, kannada, malayalam, odia, punjabi, tamil and telugu scripts and also as transliterated in roman script using the itrans and iast encoding schemes. Interpretations of mahaprajnaparamitahadayasutra, 1there currently exists totally 18 kinds of brahman and chinese translations including chinese translations, chinese transliteration, sanskrit. Ive prepared a pdf of the three essays on form is emptiness combined. Empty of the attributes of all dharmas is this substance beyond words. Click on the languagescript names to view the index in a different language.
Translated by tripitaka master hsuan tsang commentary by. Because of these lectures many of them now understand the heart sutra. From these 14 verses, a total of 281 pratyaharas can be formed. The text is often represented and personified by a female deity. The name denotes the female personification of the literature or of wisdom, sometimes called the mother of all buddhas. The true mind itself is capable of merging with enlightenments source. This is the best cover of prajna paramita heart sutra mantra sanskrit or prajna paramita. Perfection of wisdom body of sutras and their commentaries that represents the oldest of the major forms of mahayana buddhism, one that radically extended the basic concept of ontological voidness. At the core of this book is the heart of prajna paramita sutra itself. Here the word prajnaparamita is transliterated as boruoboluo miduo. Clearly this mantra is not translatable into english as it is composed entirely of seed syallables taking svaha as a bija. Prajnaparamitahrdayam the heart of the perfection of wisdom. The sanskrit alphabet sequence is known as the varnamala.
Meditation on the prajnaparamita sutra isbn 0835606899 quest selected verses from the prajnaparamita in 8000 lines 1993 r. The heart sutra in sanskrit prajnaparamita hrdaya sutra. Heart sutra 1 sanskritenglish translated by zuio h. Identity of relative and absolute the mind of the great sage of india was intimately conveyed from west to east, among human beings are wise ones and fools, but in the way there is no northern or southern ancestor. It distills perfectly the teaching of nonattachment, which is the doctrine of emptiness.
The longest is the satasahasrika prajnaparamita sutra, composed of 100,000 lines. The heart sutra online three versions the gold scales. Sanskrit, word by word and then rewritten according to chinese grammar, and finally polish the. From the large perfection of wisdom by edward conze thru the 8000 verses of the prajnaparamita and so many more, into the various translations of the heart sutra and even the diamond sutra galore. There are a number of standard commentaries on this sutra, which look at it from a variety of traditional view points. The title of the prajna paramita heart or hrdaya sutra combines dharma, i. This is the heart mantra that can help to cleanse the body and mind to. The name shariputra is also transliterated as shelizi, and so on. Wheatmark unabridged english translation of xuanzangs chinese rendition fascicles 4160 2019. The heart sutra of the perfection of wisdom or the heart sutra of great wisdom.
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