般若波罗密多心经

Traditional form:

般若波羅密多心經

Pinyin (reading):

bōrěbōluómìduōxīnjīng

Definitions:

• the Heart Sutra

Characters:

• 般 - sort, manner, kind, class
• 若 - if, supposing, assuming; similar
• 波 - waves, ripples, breakers; undulations
• 罗 - gauze, net; to collect, to display
• 密 - secret, confidential; intimate, close; dense, thick
• 多 - much, many, multi-; more than, over
• 心 - heart; mind; soul
• 经 - the classics; to experience, to undergo

Traditional characters:

• 般 - sort, manner, kind, class
• 若 - if, supposing, assuming; similar
• 波 - waves, ripples, breakers; undulations
• 羅 - gauze, net; to collect, to display
• 密 - secret, confidential; intimate, close; dense, thick
• 多 - much, many, multi-; more than, over
• 心 - heart; mind; soul
• 經 - the classics; to experience, to undergo