Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index The Heart Sutra (Sanskrit: Hridaya Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra) is a well known Mahāyāna Buddhist text of the Perfection_of_Wisdom class. It was probably composed in China and back translated into Sanskrit. It is said to contain the heart of the Perfection of Wisdom, hence its name. The Heart Sutra is frequently chanted by Mahayana Buddhists. The Heart Sutra has an associated mantra or dharani: Gate gate pāragate pārasamgate bodhi svāhā (ga-tay ga-tay pah-ra-gah-tay pah-ra-sung-gah-tay bo-d'-hi swah-hah) External Links Heart Sutra in romanised Sanskrit. Heart Sutra translated into English by Edward Conze. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.