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Quotes of Heart Sutra
15 quotes
“Shariputra, form does not differ from emptiness; emptiness does not differ from form. Form is emptiness; emptiness is form.”
The Heart Sutra: Commentary by Thich Nhat Hanh
— chapter 1
shariputra
form
emptiness
heart sutra
“Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva, when practicing deeply the Prajnaparamita, perceived that all five skandhas are empty and was saved from all suffering and distress.”
The Heart Sutra: A Comprehensive Guide to the Classic of Mahayana Buddhism
— page 10
avalokiteshvara
bodhisattva
skandhas
emptiness
“Gate gate paragate parasamgate bodhi svaha.”
The Heart Sutra: Commentary by Thich Nhat Hanh
— chapter 6
mantra
prajnaparamita
enlightenment
heart sutra
“Therefore, know the Prajnaparamita as the great miraculous mantra, the great bright mantra, the supreme mantra, the incomparable mantra, which removes all suffering and is true, not false.”
The Heart Sutra: A Comprehensive Guide to the Classic of Mahayana Buddhism
— page 16
mantra
prajnaparamita
suffering
heart sutra
“All Buddhas of the past, present, and future rely on Prajnaparamita and thereby attain unsurpassed, complete, perfect enlightenment.”
The Heart Sutra: Commentary by Thich Nhat Hanh
— chapter 5
buddhas
prajnaparamita
enlightenment
heart sutra
“Therefore, he has no fear; he passes far beyond confusion and realizes perfect nirvana.”
The Heart Sutra: A Comprehensive Guide to the Classic of Mahayana Buddhism
— page 15
fearlessness
nirvana
realization
heart sutra
“Because there is no attainment, the bodhisattva, through reliance on Prajnaparamita, is unimpeded in mind.”
The Heart Sutra: Commentary by Thich Nhat Hanh
— chapter 4
bodhisattva
prajnaparamita
unimpeded
mind
“No wisdom and no attainment, with nothing to attain.”
The Heart Sutra: A Comprehensive Guide to the Classic of Mahayana Buddhism
— page 13
wisdom
attainment
emptiness
heart sutra
“No suffering, no origination, no stopping, no path;”
The Heart Sutra: A Comprehensive Guide to the Classic of Mahayana Buddhism
— page 13
suffering
origination
cessation
path
“No ignorance and also no extinction of it, and so forth until no old age and death and also no extinction of them.”
The Heart Sutra: Commentary by Thich Nhat Hanh
— chapter 3
ignorance
old age
death
emptiness
“No eye element, no ear element, no nose element, no tongue element, no body element, no mind element;”
The Heart Sutra: Commentary by Thich Nhat Hanh
— chapter 2
elements
sense faculties
emptiness
heart sutra
“Therefore, Shariputra, in emptiness there is no form, no feeling, no perception, no volition, no consciousness;”
The Heart Sutra: A Comprehensive Guide to the Classic of Mahayana Buddhism
— page 11
shariputra
emptiness
five aggregates
heart sutra