The full text of the Heart Sutra "The Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra" Xuanzang's Translation Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, walking in the deep Prajnaparamita for a long time, saw that the five aggregates are empty, and survived all the hardships. Relics, color is not different from emptiness, emptiness is not different from color, color is emptiness, emptiness is color, and the same is true for feelings, thoughts, and awareness. Relics are all dharmas that are empty, neither born nor destroyed, neither dirty nor pure, neither increasing nor decreasing. That is why it is colorless in the air, no feelings, thoughts, and knowledge, no eyes and ears, nose, tongue, body and mind, colorless sound, fragrance, and touch, no vision, or even unconscious world. There is no ignorance, no end of clarity, no old age and death, no old age and death. There is no suffering, no wisdom and no gain. Because there is nothing to gain, Bodhisattva, and because of Prajna Paramita, there is no hindrance in the heart, there is no worry, there is no fear, and we stay away from upside-down dreams, and finally achieve nirvana. The Buddhas of the three generations, according to Prajnaparamita, achieved Anuttarasamyaksambodhi. Therefore, we know that Prajna Paramita is a great divine mantra, a great enlightenment mantra, a supreme mantra, and an infinite mantra, which can eliminate all suffering and is true and true. So Prajna Paramita mantra, that is to say, the mantra says: uncover the secret, uncover the secret, paramita reveals, bodhisattva.

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The general meaning of the entire passage is "the fundamental way to transcend worldly hardships through broad-minded wisdom." "Maha": boundless and vast, with a vast mind[1]. It is a metaphor for the laws and characteristics of nature among all things in the universe, which is roughly equivalent to Tao and fate in a broad sense in traditional Chinese culture. "Prajna" is the transliteration of Sanskrit, which means to have access to wonderful wisdom; "Polo" is the transliteration of Sanskrit, which means reaching the other shore (neither birth nor death, nor dirt nor purity), which means getting rid of obstacles; "Mita" is the transliteration of Sanskrit, which means Promise. Think of it like bees collecting flowers to make nectar, which can combine ingredients from many different sources into one. "Heart": fundamental, core, essence. On the one hand, it indicates the main focus of the content, and on the other hand, it also indicates the importance of the entire content. "Jing": The meaning of the word is line, path, path, which is extended to the classic. It represents the path traveled by predecessors, unique and in-depth experiences or insights, and is passed down to future generations through narrative language or written records for people to use as reference guidance.

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The text of the Heart Sutra begins with "Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva" and ends with "Bodhisattva Bodhisattva" (Savasi is originally a blessing, and also means Avalokitesvara, echoing the beginning of the sutra). "Relic" is one of the key words in the entire text of the Heart Sutra. Origin: When Shakyamuni Buddha first turned the wheel of Dharma, he first preached the Four Noble Truths, namely the path to the origin of suffering. Nirvana is mentioned in the truth of cessation. In order to explain the connotation and significance of Nirvana, the Buddha further explained the principle of emptiness. The second turn of the formless Dharma wheel proves that troubles can be eradicated through the recognition of emptiness. From form to all-pervading wisdom and emptiness, all dharmas have no inherent nature. Some commentators did not understand the deep emptiness, so the Buddha explained the self-nature again. The Third Transmutation of Discriminating the Dharma Wheel’s "The Interpretation of the Deep Tantric Sutra", "The Tathagata Sutra", and the Bodhisattva Cishi's "The Sutra of the Continuing Mother" , explaining in detail that the nature of the mind is only clear and knowing, with the original light of nature.

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The "Prajna Sutra" and other prajna chapters were preached by the Buddha when he turned the wheel of the formless Dharma for the second time. They are the profound teachings of Mahayana Buddhism. It is often mentioned in Tibetan sutras and treatises: "Among the eighty-four thousand Dharma gates taught by the Buddha, Prajna Dharma is the most extraordinary." Obtain Hinayana Nirvana, that is, the Bodhisattva status of Sravakas and Solitary Enlightenments; and through the understanding of emptiness, coupled with the perfection of merit and merit, we can completely eliminate obstacles to knowledge and obtain Mahayana Nirvana, that is, there is nothing. The highest level of Bodhi. Because the understanding of emptiness runs through the three vehicles, the understanding of emptiness is called the mother of the three vehicles, and the Prajna Sutra that explains it is also called the mother Prajna. The Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra is the core of the Mahaprajna Sutra. All the essence of Prajna is contained in this sutra [2], so it is called the Heart Sutra.​

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The origin of the Buddha's teaching of the "Heart Sutra" was in the middle of Lingjiu Mountain, surrounded by Bodhisattva's voice-hearing disciples. At that time, Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva was meditating on the Prajna Paramita. He concentrated on meditating and meditating, and saw that the five aggregates are all empty in nature. The main content of the Heart Sutra is the question and answer between Relic and Avalokitesvara about emptiness. After the Buddha emerged from concentration, he recognized what the Bodhisattva said and praised him with joy. The connotation of the Heart Sutra can be divided into two types, explicit meaning and implicit meaning. The explicit meaning is the right view of emptiness, which is explained by Nagarjuna Bodhisattva's "Middle Theory". The hidden meaning is the stage of the path of manifestation, which indirectly shows the dharma on which emptiness is based. It is explained in the "Appreciation Ornament" created by Maitreya Bodhisattva. Some scholars believe that the origin of the structure of the text in the Heart Sutra comes mostly from the third chapter of the second chapter of the Mahaprajna Sutra, that is, the third chapter of the Mahaprajna Sutra. "Prajnaparamita is a great divine mantra..." This paragraph comes from the 32nd merit chapter of the second session of the Mahaprajna Sutra, which is the 34th persuasion chapter of the Great Prajna Sutra. The mantra comes from the third volume of "The Buddha's Dharani Collection Sutra" and the sixteenth volume of Prajna Dharani. Therefore, the "Heart Sutra" is derived from the essence of the "Prajna Sutra", with the addition of secret mantras and mantras. At the same time, Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva was invited to speak as its master, thus completing the current organizational structure of the "Heart Sutra" [3].

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The Prajna Dharma taught in the Mahaprajna Sutra is specifically preached to bodhisattvas who have developed bodhicitta. Its most important concept is to use the wisdom of emptiness to realize the reality of all dharmas (that is, the names and forms of all external things are just false distinctions of the mind). Without realizing or entering Nirvana, one can voluntarily reincarnate and save all sentient beings. , whose behavior seems to go against the commonly understood concept of escape from reincarnation, but in fact this is the purpose of the enlightened Bodhisattva in the Mahaprajna Sutra. Because rescuing all sentient beings equally with a heart of compassion, joy and generosity is the true act of a Bodhisattva, and escaping from the cycle of life and death but abandoning all sentient beings without a care goes against the original intention of the Bodhisattva to save others. In the Mahaprajna Sutra, the words "Bodhisattva Mahasattva benefits all sentient beings and seeks the supreme enlightenment" and "Observe that all dharmas are empty and do not give up all sentient beings" appear several times. This means that without compassion and salvation for all living beings, the meaning of all practice will be greatly reduced, and the ultimate attainment of the supreme bodhisattva will not be achieved.

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Version "Heart Sutra" is the most translated of all Buddhist scriptures, translated into the most diverse languages, and the most commonly recited. There are two kinds of books: broad version and abbreviated version. The Guangben version has sequence points, authentic points, and circulation points. The abbreviated version has only the authentic version. New translations are still emerging today, and some important versions are listed below. No. Sanskrit text. Two shell-leaf manuscripts in the collection of Horyu-ji Temple in Japan [4] The shell-leaf manuscripts of Japan’s Horyu-ji Temple are the oldest known Sanskrit texts of the Heart Sutra. The originals are now in the Tokyo Museum. According to legend, this manuscript was originally handwritten by the Venerable Kassapa, and was later passed on to Zen Master Huisi by Bodhidharma, and then introduced to Japan through Ono Meiko in the 17th year of Emperor Suiko (AD 609) [5]. It was handwritten and copied in Sanskrit Siddhant style by the monk Jingyan in 1694. Max Muller transcribed it into Devanagari and Roman Pinyin in 1884, and spread it to European and American countries. In 1957 and 1967, Kong Rui revised the Sanskrit text. Sanskrit Heart Sutra collected by Pelliot [6] Sanskrit text revised by H. L. Feer, Paris. Originally stored in the Imperial Library in Paris, France, Catalog No. 967 is a comparative version of five Sanskrit, Tibetan, Chinese, Mongolian and Manchu volumes, with the Sanskrit written in lan-dza font.

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