devanagari

prajba-paramita-hrdaya-sutram
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prajba-, f.: wisdom (pra+jba-),

paramita-, f.: perfection, crossed (gone to the opposite shore, param "to the opposite shore" + ita, ppp. from i- "gone"),

hrdaya-, n.: heart,

sutra-, n.: thread, text,

The sutra on the heart of the perfection of wisdom.

    This sutra is supposed to be a later apocryph, created as a quintessence (or "the heart") of the whole prajbaparamita literature.
    The Mahayana Buddhism stresses the way of a bodhisattva, spiritually mature being who helps all the living entities to attain Nirvana. In order to be able to become such a being, one must constantly cultivate and practice six "perfections" (dana, giving, wila, morality, ksanti, endurance or patience, virya, energy or strength, dhyana, concentration and prajba, wisdom). Of these six, wisdom is the most important one.  

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