Heart Sutra and Guan Yin Pusa in Calligraphy and Painting

The Heart Sutra, or completely known as the Prajnaparamita Hrdaya Sutra (in Sanskrit, Prajna mean wisdom, and Prajnaparamita stands for wisdom acquired experientially, by means of intuitivge insight, and prefected through cultivation to the level of transcendental knowledge; it is the original wisdom of the mind, or the True Mind, and Hrdaya means heart).

The Heart Sutra was composed of excerpts from the Mahaprajnaparamita Sutra, and simple words were carefully employed to convey profound meanings. Although the Chinese version contains only 260 single characters, nevertheless it embodies the entire Prajna literature in all its depth and subtlety.

Here then is my calligraphic expression of the Heart Sutra, which I have written for my Mom back home to recite everyday.


Also, the Heart Sutra is seen through the eyes of Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara who is known in Chinese Buddhism as Guan Yin Pusa, as can be seen from the first line of the Heart Sutra, When the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara was coursing in the deep Prajna Paramita ...

And below is my painting of Guan Yin Pusa.

The above Italicized text are taken directly from the booklet, The Prajna Paramita Heart Sutra translated by Master Lok To, published by Sutra Translation Committee of the US and Canada (1995), and printed by The Corporate Body of the Buddha Educational Foundation, Taiwan.