The only salient feature of the Sanskrit Heart Sutra, at any level, is that it is *Sanskrit*.
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The details of what it actually says are irrelevant as long as believers accept it as Indian.
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Then as now, only a handful of people could read Sanskrit. The vast majority treat translations as close enough.
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The Sanskrit was forged, In China, to legitimize a Chinese digest text. One of hundreds of the type.
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This was achieved by attributing it to a pilgrim and translator, Xuanzang. The likelihood is that he never knew about it.
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So, I've wasted 6 years polishing a turd. A famous turd, a cosmic, mystical turd, worshipped by millions, but still, a turd. Such is life.
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