Heart Sutra Copying Made Easier with ‘A Kanji Stroke Order Manual for Heart Sutra Copying’

With my book A Kanji Stroke Order Manual For Heart Sutra Copying I provide the Western reader with a practical guide for the actual copying of the Heart Sutra in Japanese kanji in regular script.

From the Back Cover

Through a copy of the Heart Sutra in kaisho in large size characters, brushed by the artist herself, the Heart Sutra copying manual teaches the stroke order for each of the 276 kanji of the Heart Sutra. Knowing the stroke order of the kanji is an invaluable key to smooth and easy sutra copying. Each of the calligraphies comes with a table that shows the romanization and translation of each of the Heart Sutra characters.

A Kanji Stroke Order Manual for Heart Sutra Copying is dedicated to beginners of Japanese calligraphy and to all Dharma Zen students with a keen interest in studying and copying the Heart Sutra in Japanese kanji.

As the manual approaches the copying of the Heart Sutra as a creative tool for body and mind integration, it also introduces some techniques which will allow you to find the right balance and mindset for a creative and meditative Heart Sutra session.

Even if you don’t know any Japanese or Japanese calligraphy, you can take a ballpoint pen and start drawing the kanji and enter the meditation of Heart Sutra copying right now.

Artist calligrapher Nadja Van Ghelue has dedicated a large part of her Dharma and artistic life to the practice of copying the Heart Sutra. Much of her artwork is inspired by the Buddhist Prajnaparamita, the Perfection of Wisdom teachings. She is also the author of The Heart Sutra in Calligraphy: A Visual Appreciation of the Perfection of Wisdom, a compelling artistic copy of the Heart Sutra in seal script, brushed and introduced by the artist herself.

What you will find in A Kanji Stroke Order Manual For Heart Sutra Copying

Model for Heart Sutra copying: A copy of the entire Heart Sutra in standard script in large-size characters that I myself brushed specially for this book.

Stroke order for each of the 276 kanji of the Heart Sutra. What makes this book unique is that each character features the corresponding stroke order. You no longer have to worry about the sequence when brushing the different strokes and dots. It is all there in the book. For non-Japanese this is an invaluable aid for smoother copying (if I say so myself).

Each of the Heart Sutra calligraphy pages has a table with

a small printed version of the kanji
the Romanization of the Japanese and
a word for word translation of the Japanese kanji.

A sentence by sentence English translation of the Heart Sutra.

109 pages of inspiring calligraphy for meditative Heart Sutra copying practice.

Examples from the Kanji Stroke Order Manual

See two examples of my calligraphies with the stroke order and the corresponding table with the transliteration and translation.

Buying a Copy of A Kanji Stroke Order Manual for Heart Sutra Copying

If what you have read and seen on this page has inspired you to copy the Heart Sutra, please click on the image below to buy your copy. I hope the Heart Sutra will become as much a companion for you as it has become for me.

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