Heart Sutra: Discussion

There is a preface to the Heart Sutra below but an interfaith discussion is required.

There are parallels between the Avalokitesvara and Sakyamuni (Buddha) mentioned in the Heart Sutra to Jesus and John the Baptist in the Bible.

A pure birth as translated in the Heart Sutra and the statement in the Bible “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’” are similar in intent.