The Heart Sutra in Asian Folk Magic

This video is a deep-dive on the Heart Sutra and its applications in Buddhist folk magic. In Chinese, the Heart Sutra is called Bore Boluomiduo Xing Jing 般若波羅蜜多心經, and then “Xin Jing 心經” for short, transliterated from the Sanskrit Prajñā Pāramitā Hṛdaya.

And this supplemental blog post contains some resources to help with the practicum, additional info that I had wanted to include in the presentation but due to time constraints didn’t, and other related miscellany.

Download the Heart Sutra Study Sheet

Click on the above hyperlinked title or HERE to download a PDF print-out of the Heart Sutra, with the Traditional Chinese, pin yin for the Chinese, Davanagari Sanskrit, its romanization, and English translation.

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