By: Bob Zeglovitch
In the last post, we introduced the Heart Sutra. The Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara’s instructions on wisdom beyond wisdom are given to the Buddha’s chief disciple Shariputra. Prajanaparamita is the principle of wisdom beyond wisdom and is also personified in the Mahayana tradition as “the mother of all Buddhas.” Here are images of Shariputra (first image from Bodh Gaya India, the site of the Buddha’s awakening; second image a gilded statute from Burma), Avalokiteshvara, and Prajnaparamita.
