Heart sutra is available in two versions a shorter and a longer version. in shorter version Avalokitesvar is explaining the sutra to Sariputra ending with the dharini mantra “gate gate” while Tathagata entered in Samadhi. After returning from deep Samadhi he praises Avalokitesvar thus consenting to the sutra taught by him. In longer versions there are 7 thousend, 10 thousand and 25 thousand lines in which prologue is different. Heart sutra with seven thousand lines is central doctrine to the development of Vajrayana Buddhism.
Heart Sutra And The Lineage Of Tathagata
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