We have gone over and over this inadequacy of the Heart Sutra. Infant Johnny is completely different (body and mind) than teenage Johnny, is completely different than middle aged Johnny, and is completely different than old man Johnny. Yet no one can truthfully say that infant Johnny is NOT old man Johnny. This thread through which Johnny remains "Johnny" is the Middle Way. How much more different is Johnny, life after life, even regarding "name", yet "Johnny" retains some aspects of Johnnie's appearance (Temporary Existence), nature or mind which non-substantial, and the thread that links Johnnies mind and body throughout the Three Existences, or the Middle Way. The Heart Sutra goes no further than the Two Truths while the Lotus Sutra, Tientai, and Nichiren teach Three Truths. The Lotus Sutra is superior than the Heart Sutra.
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