Heart Sutra-Buddhist?

Question

Does anyone pray this? what are the benefits??

thanks !!

Answer 1

Buddhism is a path of practice and spiritual development leading to Insight into the true nature of life. Buddhist practices such as meditation are means of changing oneself in order to develop the qualities of awareness, kindness, and wisdom. The experience developed within the Buddhist tradition over thousands of years has created an incomparable resource for all those who wish to follow a path - a path which ultimately culminates in Enlightenment or Buddhahood.Buddhism does not include the idea of worshipping a creator God, some people do not see it as a religion in the normal, Western sense. The basic tenets of Buddhist teaching are straightforward and practical: nothing is fixed or permanent; actions have consequences; change is possible.
the 'devotion' used in Buddhism is not one based on emotion, but one based on reason.
A Buddha is not omnipotent or all-powerful; otherwise the Buddha would have ended all suffering in the universe....
He did not claim that he was a god, the child of a god or even the messenger from a god.
When we bow, we express our gratitude to the Buddha for what his teachings have given us. This is the nature of Buddhist worship.
When someone worships a god, they praise him or her, making offerings and ask for favours, believing that the god will hear their praise, receive their offerings and answer their prayers. Real Buddhists do not indulge in this kind of worship.

hence, the benefits of heart sutra is to understand our realities, not to 'pray' or 'worship' the words in the sutra.