Contents

• Brief Introduction
• Full Text of the Heart Sutra
• Chapter One: Brief Explanation of the Title of the Sutra
• Chapter II: The True Meaning of Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
• Section 1: Being-in-Itself and Not-Being-in-Itself
• Section Two: How to Attain Great Wisdom through Contemplation and Practice
• Chapter 3 The Specific Connotation of the Emptiness of the Five Aggregates
• Chapter IV: The True Meaning of "Form and Emptiness Are Not Two"
• Chapter 5: The Middle Way Nature of Tathāgatagarbha
• Chapter Six: The True Mind's Nirvana and Ultimate Emptiness
• Section One: The True Mind Is Empty and Quiescent Without the Five Aggregates
• Section II: The True Mind, Empty and Quiescent, Transcending the Eighteen Realms
• Section Three: The True Mind is Empty and Still, Free from Ignorance
• Section Four: The True Mind, Void and Serene, Free from Aging and Death
• Section 5: The Genuine Mind Is Empty and Quiescent — Free from Suffering, Cause of Suffering, Cessation, and the Path
• Section VI: The Original Mind is Void and Tranquil, Devoid of Wisdom and Attainment
• Chapter 7: The Nirvana Attained by Mahayana Saints
• Section One: How to Realize the Mind Essence of Tathagatagarbha with Non-Attainment
• Section Two: Only by Relying on the Tathagatagarbha Without Birth and Death Can Bodhisattvas Gradually Attain Non-Attachment
• Section III: The Bodhisattva Attains Nirvana Through Right Knowledge and Enlightenment
• Section 4: All Buddhas of the Past, Present, and Future Attain Perfect Enlightenment by Relying on the Essential Nature of Suchness
• Chapter 8: Comprehensive Guidance on Buddhist Practice and Realization
• Appendix: Verses Spoken by Bodhisattva Juelin in the Avatamsaka Sutra