Heart Sutra

　　Ancient Buddhist Wisdom

　　in the Light of Quantum Reality

　　Commentary by Mu Soeng Sunim

　　Primary Point Press Cumberland, Rhode Island

　　Copyright 1991 by Mu Soeng Sunim

　　All rights reserved.

　　No part of this book may be reproduced without permission of

　　the publisher.

　　First edition, 1991 Second printing, 1992

　　Electronic edition 1993, distributed by DharmaNet

　　International with permission of publisher.

　　Library of Congress Cataloging-in-publication data pending.

　　ISBN 0-942795-04-0

　　Primary Point Press

　　528 Pound Road

　　Cumberland, RI 02864

　　(401) 658-1476 Fax (401) 658-1188

　　Contents [hide]

　　1 Acknowledgements

　　2 Introduction

　　2.1 A note on the English translation of the sutra:

　　3 The Heart Sutra

　　3.1 The Maha Prajna Paramita Hridaya Sutra

　　3.2 Historical Background Of The Sutra

　　3.3 The Setting

　　3.4 The Title: Maha Prajna Paramita Hridaya Sutra

　　3.5 "Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva..."

　　3.6 "...when practicing deeply the Prajnapara-mita..."

　　3.7 "...perceives that all five skandhas are empty..."

　　3.8 "...five skandhas are..."

　　3.9 "...and is saved from all suffering and distress."

　　3.10 "Sariputra, form does not differ from emptiness, emptiness does not differ from form. That which is form is emptiness, that which is emptiness form."

　　3.11 "The same is true of feelings, perceptions, impulses, consciousness."

　　3.12 "Sariputra, all dharmas are marked with emptiness."

　　3.13 "They do not appear or disappear, are not tainted or pure, do not increase or decrease."

　　3.14 "No ignorance and also no extinction of it and so forth until no old age and death and also no extinction of them."

　　3.15 "No suffering, no origination, no stopping, no path, no cognition, also no attainment with nothing to attain."

　　3.16 "The Bodhisattva depends on Prajnaparamita and the mind is no hindrance. Without any hindrance, no fears exists. Far apart from any perverted view, one dwells in Nirvana."

　　3.17 "In the three worlds all Buddhas depend on Prajnaparamita and attain Anuttara Samyak Sambodhi."

　　3.18 "So proclaim the Prajnaparamita mantra, proclaim the mantra which says: "Gate, Gate, Paragate, Parasamgate, Bodhi Svaha."

　　4 References

　　5 Bibliography

　　[edit]

　　Acknowledgements

　　Many thanks to Richard Shrobe, Adria Evans, Sam Rose, Kathy Diehl and Richard Streitfeld for reading the manuscript and their valuable comments. Special thanks to J.W. Harrington for help with typesetting and production of this book. Permissions:

　　Acknowledgement is made to the following for their kind permission to use materials from their publications:

　　Selections from The Tao of Physics, Copyright 1975

　　Frithjof Capra. Reprinted by permission of the

　　publisher.

　　Selections from The Silent Pulse, Copyright 1978 George

　　Leonard. Reprinted by permission of the author.

　　Selections from Creative Meditation and

　　Multi-Dimensional Consciousness, Copyright 1976 Lama

　　Angarika Govinda. Reprinted by permission of the

　　publisher.

　　Selections from The Buddhist Teaching of Totality,

　　Copyright 1971 The Pennsylvania State University

　　Press. Reprinted by permission of the publisher.

　　Selections from Ancient Wisdom and Modern Science,

　　Copyright 1984 State University of New York Press.

　　Reprinted by permission of the publisher.

　　Selections from The Heart of Understanding, Copyright

　　1988 Thich Nhat Hanh. Reprinted by permission of the

　　publisher.

　　[edit]

　　Introduction

　　At the heart of each of us, whatever our

　　imperfections, there exists a silent pulse of

　　perfect rhythm, a complex of wave forms and

　　resonances, which is absolutely inpidual and

　　unique, and yet which connects us to everything in

　　the universe. The act of getting in touch with

　　this pulse can transform our personal experience

　　and in some way alter the world around us.[1]

　　The convergence between sc…

《Heart Sutra: Buddhism in the Light of Quantum Reality》全文未完，請進入下頁繼續閱讀…