Heart Sutra, Readily Understood

The Heart Sutra tells the story of what one of the Buddha's wisest disciples, Avalokiteshvara, saw and understood at the very moment in which he obtained "Enlightenment" or, in other words, when he had reached "Nirvana".. The original Sutra ("Telling") is very short, only 12 lines or so and the language used is highly condensed. Thus it is necessary to expand the work into modern English before the full import of the journey undertaken can be readily understood......