The Heart Sutra
Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva,
when deeply practicing prajna-paramita,
clearly saw that the five skandas
are all empty,
and was saved from all suffering and distress.
Sariputra,
form is no different to emptiness,
emptiness no different to form.
That which is form is emptiness,
that which is emptiness, form.
Sensations, perceptions, impressions, and consciousness are also like this.
Sariputra,
all things and phenomena
are marked by emptiness; they are neither appearing nor disappearing,
neither impure nor pure,
neither increasing nor decreasing.
Therefore, in emptiness,
no forms, no sensations, perceptions, impressions, or consciousness;
no eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, mind;
no sights, sounds, odors, tastes, objects of touch, objects of mind;
no realm of sight and so on up to no realm of consciousness;
no ignorance and no end of ignorance,
and so on up to no aging and death,
and no end of aging and death;
no suffering, accumulation, cessation, or path;
no wisdom and no attainment.
With nothing to attain,
bodhisattvas
rely on prajna-paramita,
and their minds are without hindrance.
They are without hindrance,
and therefore without fear.
Far apart from all confused dreams,
they dwell in nirvana.
All buddhas of the past, present and future
rely on prajna-paramita,
and attain full, complete realization.
Therefore, know that prajna-paramita
is the great transcendent mantra,
the great bright mantra,
the supreme mantra, the unequalled balanced mantra,
that can eliminate all suffering,
and is real, not false.
So proclaim the prajna-paramita mantra,
proclaim the mantra that says:
gate, gate,
paragate,
parasamgate,
bodhi, svaha!
The Heart Sutra of Prajna.
Skandas
1. rupa: bodily form;
2. vedana: sensations;
3. samjna: perceptions;
4. samskara: mental impressions or mental creations;
5. vijnana: consciousness
Prajna-paramita:
Prajna refers to a kind of intuition or intuitive ability. In Buddhism, real wisdom is based on this intuitive ability, and has nothing to do with intellectual knowledge. So prajna-paramita means complete attainment or accomplishment of real wisdom.
Sariputra:
Sariputra is the name of one of Gautama Buddha’s ten main disciples
Gate, Gate, Paragate, Parasamgate, Bodhi! Svaha!
This part at the end is Sanskrit and is usually chanted just as it is.
A literal translation is something like “gone, gone, totally
gone, completely gone, perfect wisdom, so be it!”
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Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva,
when deeply practicing prajna-paramita,
clearly saw that the five skandas
are all empty,
and was saved from all suffering and distress.
Sariputra,
form is no different to emptiness,
emptiness no different to form.
That which is form is emptiness,
that which is emptiness, form.
Sensations, perceptions, impressions, and consciousness are also like this.
Sariputra,
all things and phenomena
are marked by emptiness; they are neither appearing nor disappearing,
neither impure nor pure,
neither increasing nor decreasing.
Therefore, in emptiness,
no forms, no sensations, perceptions, impressions, or consciousness;
no eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, mind;
no sights, sounds, odors, tastes, objects of touch, objects of mind;
no realm of sight and so on up to no realm of consciousness;
no ignorance and no end of ignorance,
and so on up to no aging and death,
and no end of aging and death;
no suffering, accumulation, cessation, or path;
no wisdom and no attainment.
With nothing to attain,
bodhisattvas
rely on prajna-paramita,
and their minds are without hindrance.
They are without hindrance,
and therefore without fear.
Far apart from all confused dreams,
they dwell in nirvana.
All buddhas of the past, present and future
rely on prajna-paramita,
and attain full, complete realization.
Therefore, know that prajna-paramita
is the great transcendent mantra,
the great bright mantra,
the supreme mantra, the unequalled balanced mantra,
that can eliminate all suffering,
and is real, not false.
So proclaim the prajna-paramita mantra,
proclaim the mantra that says:
gate, gate,
paragate,
parasamgate,
bodhi, svaha!
The Heart Sutra of Prajna.
1. rupa: bodily form;
2. vedana: sensations;
3. samjna: perceptions;
4. samskara: mental impressions or mental creations;
5. vijnana: consciousness
Prajna-paramita:
Prajna refers to a kind of intuition or intuitive ability. In Buddhism, real wisdom is based on this intuitive ability, and has nothing to do with intellectual knowledge. So prajna-paramita means complete attainment or accomplishment of real wisdom.
Sariputra:
Sariputra is the name of one of Gautama Buddha’s ten main disciples
Gate, Gate, Paragate, Parasamgate, Bodhi! Svaha!
This part at the end is Sanskrit and is usually chanted just as it is.
A literal translation is something like “gone, gone, totally
gone, completely gone, perfect wisdom, so be it!”
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