The Heart Sutra

The Heart Sutra is the most familiar of all the originall teachings of the Buddha. Buddhists recite it daily all over the world. The Heart Sutra contains Buddhism's most direct, most concise teaching about the true nature of our own being and of all reality. The Heart Sutra reveals the entire secret of truth of the universe and life. The teachings in the sutra are based on the perfection of ultimate wisdom. Knowledge and wisdom …

…always believed to be the truth, we would not have to experience the suffering involved with hearing the actual truth. The Heart Sutra is a very simple way to follow the Buddha. The most important thing in its teachings is to have an open mind, and not think in one particular way, or be one-sided. To fully understand yourself you have to clear your perceptions; and in order to follow Buddhism you must understand yourself.