The Light of Definitive Meaning

The Light of Definitive Meaning: A Lamp That Illuminates the Profound Perfection of Wisdom — is a concise yet profound commentary on the Heart Sūtra was composed by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo at the young age of seventeen. Heart Sūtra is one of the most celebrated Buddhist scriptures recited daily in monasteries and homes throughout the Mahāyāna world. It conveys the essence of the Buddha’s numerous discourses on the perfection of wisdom (prajñāpāramitā), providing insight into the nature of ultimate reality. In only two and a half pages, the Heart Sūtra condenses this transcendent knowledge into a series of negations based on the fundamental elements of Buddhist thought—from the five aggregates, the twelve bases of perception, and the eighteen elements of perception to the twelve links of dependent arising and the Four Noble Truths—systematically negating all notions of true existence.