This is the main page for the online class: Writing the Heart Sutra

This one year class will meet online monthly on the first Saturday of the month starting on March 4, 2023.

The class meets once a month on the first Saturday of the month. After each class is completed the recording will be made available for (free) public viewing on youtube. If you want to participate in the live class, though, registration is required ($2 per month). This is handled through my Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/mindisbuddha

And here is a PowerPoint file with a preview of the class:

Heart Sutra Class Preview (PPT)

In this class you will learn how to write the Heart Sutra using Traditional Chinese characters. This is how the Heart Sutra was originally written/translated by Xuanzang almost 14 centuries ago. The practice of writing out Sutras by hand in Chinese characters is known as 寫經, which is pronounced xiě-jīng in Mandarin, and literally means “Copy Sutra”. Koreans pronounce it sag-yeong (사경). Japanese Buddhists use different characters: 写経. Don’t ask me why. In Japanese the characters are pronounced shya-kyo (しゃきょう).