By Alvin Alexander. Last updated: March 9, 2020
This image is part of a new Heart Sutra translation by Thich Nhat Hanh. “New” is a relative term, because it looks like this translation happened in 2014, but it was just released in 2020 by Plum Village. Here’s a link to the complete translation, and here’s a letter that describes why this translation was made. The first paragraph of the letter begins:
“Thay needs to make this new translation of the Heart Sutra because the patriarch who originally compiled the Heart Sutra was not sufficiently skilful enough with his use of language. This has resulted in much misunderstanding for almost 2,000 years.”
I don’t know many sutras, but the Heart Sutra is my favorite, so it’s interesting to see this new translation.
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