Hakuin's commentary on the Heart Sutra is another of those classic Zen texts that it's difficult to say anything useful about. It has the same irreverent and acerbic tone that seems to increasingly characterize later Zen writings (eg. it's much less marked in The Platform Sutra). Hakuin spends a lot of his time making fun of Kanjizai/Kannon/Kuanyin/Avalokitesvara (Bodhisattva of compassion) who preaches the "Great Wisdom Perfection Heart Sutra". He also lays into the Buddha's right hand man, Sariputra. Naturally, his point, the point of all Zen literature as far as I can see, is basically to shock your brain into stopping. Stop holding even something like the wisdom of the Heart Sutra to be the final word. Go out there and experience it for yourself.
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