Heart Sutra

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Buddhist scripture Mahayana sutra Prajnaparamita text

The Heart Sutra is a brief but foundational Mahayana Buddhist scripture that distills the doctrine of emptiness and is widely chanted and studied across East Asian and Tibetan Buddhist traditions.

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Label Occurrences
Heart Sutra canonical 11
Buddhist Heart Sutra 1
Bát-nhã Tâm Kinh 1

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Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist scripture ⓘ
Mahayana sutra ⓘ
Prajnaparamita text ⓘ
associatedLanguage Japanese ⓘ
Korean ⓘ
Mongolian ⓘ
Tibetan ⓘ
Vietnamese ⓘ
coreDoctrine dependent origination ⓘ
emptiness ⓘ
non-self ⓘ
prajnaparamita ⓘ
linked to: perfection of wisdom (prajñāpāramitā)

suchness ⓘ
denies inherent existence of phenomena ⓘ
famousLine form is emptiness, emptiness is form ⓘ
features dialogue between Avalokiteshvara and Shariputra ⓘ
teaching delivered in presence of the Buddha ⓘ
function doctrinal summary ⓘ
liturgical chant ⓘ
meditation text ⓘ
genre philosophical scripture ⓘ
goal liberation from suffering ⓘ
realization of wisdom ⓘ
importance concise expression of Mahayana philosophy ⓘ
one of the most widely known Buddhist texts in East Asia ⓘ
includes mantra ⓘ
keyFigure Avalokiteshvara ⓘ
linked to: Avalokiteśvara

Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ
Shariputra ⓘ
linked to: Śāriputra
language Classical Chinese ⓘ
Sanskrit ⓘ
length short ⓘ
mantraText Gate gate pāragate pārasaṃgate bodhi svāhā ⓘ
mentions eighteen elements ⓘ
five aggregates ⓘ
four noble truths ⓘ
no attainment and no non-attainment ⓘ
twelve sense bases ⓘ
philosophicalSchool Madhyamaka ⓘ
philosophicalTheme emptiness of all dharmas ⓘ
practicedIn Chinese Buddhism ⓘ
Japanese Buddhism ⓘ
Korean Buddhism ⓘ
Mongolian Buddhism ⓘ
linked to: Vajrayana

Tibetan Buddhism ⓘ
Vietnamese Buddhism ⓘ
religiousTradition Buddhism ⓘ
Mahayana Buddhism ⓘ
linked to: Mahayana
teachesNegationOf five aggregates as inherently existing ⓘ
textFamily Prajnaparamita sutras ⓘ
linked to: Prajñāpāramitā sūtras
titleInChinese 心經 ⓘ
linked to: Heart Sutra
titleInJapanese 般若心経 ⓘ
linked to: Heart Sutra
titleInKorean 반야심경 ⓘ
linked to: Heart Sutra
titleInSanskrit Prajñāpāramitāhṛdaya ⓘ
linked to: Prajñāpāramitā sūtras
titleInVietnamese Bát-nhã Tâm Kinh ⓘ
linked to: Heart Sutra

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Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Guanyin → textualSource → Heart Sutra ⓘ
Mahayana sutras → includesText → Heart Sutra ⓘ
Japanese Buddhism → coreText → Heart Sutra ⓘ
Kannon → associatedWithText → Heart Sutra ⓘ
Śāriputra → featuredIn → Heart Sūtra ⓘ
linked to: Heart Sutra
Gwan-eum → importantText → Heart Sutra ⓘ
Heart Sutra → titleInChinese → 心經 ⓘ
linked to: Heart Sutra
Heart Sutra → titleInJapanese → 般若心経 ⓘ
linked to: Heart Sutra
Heart Sutra → titleInKorean → 반야심경 ⓘ
linked to: Heart Sutra
Heart Sutra → titleInVietnamese → Bát-nhã Tâm Kinh ⓘ
linked to: Heart Sutra
Perfection of wisdom (prajñāpāramitā) → formsFoundationOf → Heart Sutra ⓘ
subject linked to: perfection of wisdom (prajñāpāramitā)
Perfection of wisdom (prajñāpāramitā) → scripturallyAttestedIn → Prajñāpāramitāhṛdaya Sūtra (Heart Sutra) ⓘ
subject linked to: perfection of wisdom (prajñāpāramitā)
linked to: Heart Sutra
interbeing → articulatedIn → Thich Nhat Hanh’s book "The Heart of Understanding" ⓘ
linked to: Heart Sutra
La Koro Sutro → textAuthor → Buddhist Heart Sutra ⓘ
linked to: Heart Sutra
La Koro Sutro → basedOn → Heart Sutra ⓘ
La Koro Sutro → titleTranslation → The Heart Sutra ⓘ
linked to: Heart Sutra
Avalokiteśvara → associatedWith → Heart Sutra ⓘ
Lili Boulanger → notableWork → Vieille prière bouddhique ⓘ
linked to: Heart Sutra
Kanjizai → mentionedIn → Heart Sutra ⓘ
Sutra → hasNotableExample → Heart Sutra ⓘ
subject linked to: Sutta (Sutra)
Harmony of Difference and Sameness → relatedWork → Heart Sutra ⓘ
Prajñāpāramitā sūtras → textualFamily → Prajñāpāramitāhṛdaya Sūtra (Heart Sūtra) ⓘ
linked to: Heart Sutra