Explanation of Heart Sutra 心经

1st Phrase of Heart Sutra(心经):

开   经   偈
Verse for Opening a Sutra


无  上   甚  深  微  妙  法  
The unsurpassed; profound; wonderful Dharma/teaching,


百  千  万  劫  难  遭  遇  
Is difficult to encounter in hundreds of millions of eons


我 今 见   闻  得  受 持
I now see and hear it, receive and uphold it


愿   解  如  来  真 实  义
And I vow to fathom the Buddha’s or Tathagata’s true meaning.


南  无  般 若 波 罗 密  多  心  经 (3x)
Homage to Prajna Paramita Heart Sutra

Sutra 经文:
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观   自  在  菩  萨 , 行  深    般  若  波  罗  蜜  多  时 ,

The Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara/GuanShiYin, while practicing the deep/profound course of Prajna(wisdom) Paramita(perfection),

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Explanation:
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观自在菩萨=Avalokitesvara/GuanShiYin PuSa(Bodhisattva)

行=Practice/cultivate, 修行

深=deep/profound, is the opposite of superficial, 是对浅而言深

般 若=Prajna (in Sanskrit, an ancient Indian language); meaning Wisdom 智慧;

波罗蜜多=Paramita(also in Sanskrit, an ancient Indian language); meaning Perfection/completion, 到彼岸

时=At The Time. (at which time?, At The Time, when GuanShiYin PuSa IS practicing the Deep/Profound Prajna Paramita,)
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Verse (From Master XuanHua):

Practice the Way, cultivate yourself, and do not search outside.

行道修身莫外寻


The prajna of your own nature is the deep and secret cause. .....
自性般若深密因

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Commentary(By Master XuanHua):

The word practicing in the sutra is simply what we understand as cultivation. As to profound it is the opposite of superficial. Prajna means wisdom, and paramita means to reach the other shore. The text says that Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara cultivates profound, not superficial, prajna.

What is profound and what is superficial?

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观自在菩萨

现在讲这“观自在”，你笑，你观自在了吗？这观自在才可以笑；不观自在就不可以笑，要观自在了。“观自在菩萨”，“观”就是观想，“自在”就是一切一切都很快乐的，也无忧也无愁，也无挂也无碍。无挂碍就是观自在，有挂碍就不是观自在。



行深般若波罗蜜多时

“行”就是修行。“深”是对浅而言深。“般若”就是智慧。“波罗蜜多”就是到彼岸。“时”就是这个时候。这是说观自在菩萨他所修行的是深般若，不是浅般若。什么叫深般若？



For more explanation please refer to:
http://www.cttbusa.org/heartsutra/hs6.htm (in english英文)
http://www.drbachinese.org/online_reading/sutra_explanation/Heart/Heart_Sutra.htm (in chinese中文)

Just some Questions about the Heart Sutra:-)😊
Have you wonder WHY is it name as the Heart Sutra?
为什么叫"般若波罗蜜多心经"?
Also have you wonder WHY GuanShiYin PuSa choose to practice "The Deep/Profound Prajna(wisdom) Paramita", and not other type of Paramita?
At what age did the Buddha speaks the Heart Sutra?
Have you wonder who translated this Heart Sutra and when it is translated?



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