Prajñāpāramitā Hṛdaya Sūtra

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gptkbp:instanceOf Buddhist scripture
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Heart_Sutra
gptkbp:category gptkb:Mahayana_Buddhism
gptkb:Prajñāpāramitā_texts
Buddhist mantras
gptkbp:centralTo gptkb:Śāriputra
gptkb:Avalokiteśvara
gptkbp:date circa 7th century CE
gptkbp:genre gptkb:religion
gptkbp:hasConcept emptiness (śūnyatā)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Prajñāpāramitā Hṛdaya Sūtra
gptkbp:importantFor core text for understanding Mahayana philosophy
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:East_Asian_Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism
gptkbp:language gptkb:Chinese
gptkb:Sanskrit
gptkb:Tibetan
gptkbp:length about 16 Sanskrit sentences
about 260 Chinese characters
shortest of the major Prajñāpāramitā texts
gptkbp:mantra Gate Gate Pāragate Pārasamgate Bodhi Svāhā
gptkbp:partOf Prajñāpāramitā literature
gptkbp:preservedIn gptkb:Tibetan_Kangyur
gptkb:Taishō_Tripiṭaka
Sanskrit manuscripts
gptkbp:recitedBy gptkb:Mahayana_Buddhists
gptkbp:significance widely chanted in Zen, Pure Land, and Tibetan traditions
gptkbp:structure dialogue between Avalokiteśvara and Śāriputra
gptkbp:subject emptiness
perfection of wisdom
Bodhisattva path
gptkbp:theme form is emptiness, emptiness is form
gptkbp:translatedInto gptkb:Kumārajīva
gptkb:Xuanzang
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:text
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