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home go back to Zen Commentaries & Teishos thezensite  On the Maka Hanya Haramita Sutra Shodo Harada Roshi July, 1993 From today through the three days which we are gathered here I will do Dharma lectures on the Heart Sutra. This Heart Sutra in a mere 261 words puts together totally the essence of the Buddha's teaching, his wisdom and understanding. This very experience of the Buddha is manifested in this sutra. Of course, this is an impossible task to do in just three days and we will have to abbreviate it greatly and won't be able to cover it all. It is a sutra which should be read by each of us every day, but do not end it's study here please.  The title itself,  Maka Hanya Haramita Sutra , was added later and could be called extra but in fact the essence of this sutra is all put together in this one title, so I shall begin by talking about that one title.  The first word  maka , this word means great, superior, plentiful, all rolled into one. We have to see