I have been pondering the great Heart Sutra for some time now. My understanding is that millions of people chant this scripture daily around the world. The Heart Sutra is “the single most commonly recited, copied and studied scripture in East Asian Buddhism.”[4][2][note 2] [note 3] It is recited by adherents of Mahayana schools of Buddhism regardless of sectarian affiliation. from Wikipedia. The earliest extant dated text of the Heart Sutra is a stone stele dated to 661 CE lo