{"id":715,"date":"2014-09-29T15:08:17","date_gmt":"2014-09-29T19:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/embodyingcompassion\/?p=715"},"modified":"2015-04-02T10:25:52","modified_gmt":"2015-04-02T14:25:52","slug":"practice-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/embodyingcompassion\/2014\/09\/29\/practice-21\/","title":{"rendered":"21. Sumidera Heart Sutra (Sumidera shingyo)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Japan, Nara period, 710\u2013794; handscroll, ink on paper; 9 x 16 11\/16 in.; Princeton University Art Museum, Museum purchase, Fowler McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund, 2012-99, photo: Princeton University Art Museum\/Art Resource, NY.<\/p>\n<p>The <b><i>Heart<\/i><\/b><i> <\/i><b><i>Sutra<\/i><\/b> is one of the central scriptures of <b>Mahayana Buddhism<\/b>; \u201c<b>Sumidera<\/b>\u201d indicates the location of a temple in Kyoto where it was transcribed. In this text, <b>Avalokiteshvara<\/b> recounts the <b>Buddha<\/b>\u2019s realization of the interconnectedness and boundlessness of all things. Japanese Buddhists often recite this <b><i>sutra<\/i><\/b> daily as a method of meditation and contemplation. The repetition of the sounds enables insight into the meaning of the scripture. Furthermore, practitioners often copy the text in order to imbibe an understanding of the teachings. This practice reflects the idea of calligraphy as an elevated art form, serving as the gateway to spiritual awakening. BO<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japan, Nara period, 710\u2013794; handscroll, ink on paper; 9 x 16 11\/16 in.; Princeton University Art Museum, Museum purchase, Fowler McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund, 2012-99, photo: Princeton University Art Museum\/Art Resource, NY.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3579,"featured_media":972,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[158],"tags":[69148],"class_list":["post-715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-practice","tag-practice_2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/embodyingcompassion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/embodyingcompassion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/embodyingcompassion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/embodyingcompassion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3579"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/embodyingcompassion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=715"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/embodyingcompassion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/715\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1743,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/embodyingcompassion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/715\/revisions\/1743"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/embodyingcompassion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/embodyingcompassion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/embodyingcompassion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/embodyingcompassion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}