HEART SUTRA
Hyunmee Kim


‘HEART SUTRA’ is a typography book written with scripture that explains the core beliefs of Buddhism. Prajna Paramita Hrdaya Sutra was translated from Sanskrit to Chinese during the Tang dynasty by the Chinese Buddhist monk, Tripitaka Master Hsuan Tsang. She would recite the 260 Chinese characters of the Sutra without fully grasping their meaning, because she was only taught to phonate the words of the prayer rather than the meaning of each character. In order to get closer to the contents of the prayer, the book is designed with a Korean translation and explanation of key concepts, along with an English translation to see how it is expressed in another language. It is a book that interweaves three writing systems around the prayer, which has been recited for more than 2,000 years to gain enlightenment. ‘HEART SUTRA’, which was awarded the Grand title by the Korean Society of Typography, is produced as the third edition in a limited quantity of 60 books containing Hyunmee Kim's autograph.


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Third Edition, 60 copies
2015 / 2019
21 × 14.8 cm
22 pages
Hardcover / Perfect binding with French folding

1st edition of 30 copies, 2015
2nd edition of 10 copies, 2017
3rd edition of 60 copies, 2019

* The bookmaking process was carried out with exquisite craftsmanship by Datz Books.