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Heart Sutra, an Uncommon card
The Heart Sūtra is a popular sūtra in Mahāyāna Buddhism. In Sanskrit, the title Prajñāpāramitāhṛdaya translates as "The Heart of the Perfection of Wisdom".
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 85
- DEF
- 89
- Power
- 174
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 140,000
Ranked #1,292 of the 2,999 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Heart Sutra quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Heart Sutra card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It is traditionally associated with the Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara, who is the ______ of the sūtra.
Answer
interlocutor. It is traditionally associated with the Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara, who is the interlocutor of the sūtra. From the Heart Sutra article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Jean-Luc Godard. Jean-Luc Godard 88 · Heart Sutra 85 · Edgar Degas 80 · Euclid 75 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Jean-Luc Godard. Jean-Luc Godard 530,000 · Euclid 310,000 · Heart Sutra 140,000 · Hindu mythology 85,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- It is traditionally associated with the Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara, who is the interlocutor of the sūtra.
- The sūtra famously states, "Form is emptiness, emptiness is form." It has been called "the most frequently used and recited text in the entire Mahayana Buddhist tradition." The text has been translated into English dozens of times from Chinese, Sanskrit, and Tibetan, as well as other source languages.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Heart Sutra article was read about 140,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 85 and blocks with 89: each hit it takes is cut by 36 %.
How to get Heart Sutra
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Heart Sutra (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : facsimile by "Autotype, London", Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
