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The Nonsense End of the Heart Sutra?

Some commentators and translators of the Heart Sutra, leave the mantra at the end untranslated. So sometimes we find:

“The mantra of the perfection of wisdom is stated thus: gate gate pāragate pārasamgate bodhi svāhā.”

and sometimes we … Read the rest

Author andy dibblePosted on October 21, 2020January 9, 2021Tags Buddhism, Religion, Translation

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