[Eagevawax]

When one examines the parallels in the Pali Canon suttas shown by Santikaro and also investigates for oneself, I quite sincerely, and not looking for conflict, cannot understand how people actually believe the the text of the Heart Sutra can be other than a fictitious add-on to the already existing words of the Buddha....especially this part from the link #1 which states that a deity bodhisattva is giving the teaching :



1. "Thus have I heard: at one time, the blessed lord was dwelling on the vulture-peak mountain near Rajagriha, with a gathering of the great community of mendicant-religious and the great community of lay-religious.


2. At that time the blessed lord was absorbed in the contemplation known as "profound radiance" wherein phenomena are examined.


3. And in a coinciding time, holy Avalokitesvara the mahasattva-bodhisattva, was engaged in observing the practice of transcendental wisdom, wherein the actuality of the five complexes (aggregates) are observed as empty.


4. Then, through the mystical-power of the Buddha, venerable Shariputra enquired of holy Avalokitesvara, the mahasattva-bodhisattva, as follows:


5. "How should a son or daughter of noble lineage, who wishes to practice the profound transcendental wisdom, train themselves"


6. Thus questioned, holy Avalokitesvara the mahasattva bodhisattva explained as follows to venerable Shariputra:



7. O Shariputra, the son or daughter of noble lineage who wishes to practice the profound transcendental wisdom, should observe thus":................

etc etc