Summary
s.1In this famous scripture, known popularly as The Heart Sūtra, the Buddha Śākyamuni inspires his senior monk Śāriputra to request instructions from the bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara on the way to practice the perfection of wisdom. Avalokiteśvara then describes how an aspiring practitioner of the perfection of wisdom must first understand how all phenomena lack an intrinsic nature, which amounts to the realization of emptiness. Next, Avalokiteśvara reveals a brief mantra that the practitioner can recite as a method for engendering this understanding experientially. Following Avalokiteśvara’s teaching, the Buddha offers his endorsement and confirms that this is the foremost way to practice the perfection of wisdom.
s.1在這部著名的經典中，被廣泛稱為《心經》，釋迦牟尼佛陀啟發他的資深弟子舍利子向菩薩觀自在菩薩請求關於如何修行般若波羅蜜多的教導。觀自在菩薩隨後描述了一位有志於修行般若波羅蜜多的修行者如何必須首先理解所有現象都缺乏自性，這等同於對空性的體悟。接著，觀自在菩薩揭示了一個簡短的咒，修行者可以通過誦持它來作為體驗性地產生這種認識的方法。在觀自在菩薩的教導之後，佛陀表示同意並確認這是修行般若波羅蜜多的最殊勝之道。