The Heart Sutra 心經 app for iPhone and iPad

The Heart Sutra 心經 is an app that allows you to read and write the famous Buddhist Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra.

The act of writing and copying the sacred texts known as sutras is an old and quite significant aspect of everyday monastic practice for Buddhists in East Asia. The Heart Sutra, the shortest of these sutras, is one of the most popular in the Mahayana Buddhist canon.

This application allows anyone to participate in the act of studying and copying the Heart Sutra (般若波羅蜜多心經) on the iPad. Use the app for meditation, recreation, or as the monks do (to gain spiritual merit).

FEATURES
- Read the sutra in English and Chinese, with definitions and an ancient example of 13th century Chinese calligraphy.
- Write the entire sutra stroke by stroke, with or without any previous knowledge of Chinese calligraphy.
- Turn on the "INKSTONE" feature to simulate the action of writing with traditional ink and inkstone. Re-fill your ink as you run out.
- Undo, clear, reset, or skip ahead in your progress in the sutra