The Heart of Perfect Wisdom Sutra or Heart Sutra or Essence of Wisdom Sutra (
Sanskrit: प्रज्ञापारमिताहृदयसूत्र Prajñāpāramitā Hṛdaya Sūtra; ,
Pinyin: Bānruòbōluómìduō Xīnjīng; , Maka Hannyaharamita Shingyō; , Banya Simgyeong, ) is a well-known
Mahāyāna Buddhist sutra that is very popular among Mahayana Buddhists both for its brevity and depth of meaning.
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One of the central sutras in
Mahayana Buddhism. It is particularly important in
Zen because of its teaching about
emptiness . The key idea of this teaching is: "Form is no other than emptiness, emptiness is no other than form." For an on-line translation of the Heart Sutra,
click here .