Heart Sutra

Maha Prajna Paramita Heart Sutra



Avalokitesvara Boddhisattva, doing deep Prajna Paramita
clearly saw emptiness of all the five conditions, thus
completely relieving misfortune and pain. O Shariputra,
form is no other than emptiness, emptiness no other
than form. Form is exactly emptiness, emptiness
exactly form. Sensation, conception, discrimination,
awareness are likewise like this. O Shariputra, all
dharmas are forms of emptiness, not born, not
destroyed, not stained, not pure; without loss, without
gain. So in emptiness there is no form, no sensation,
conception, discrimination, awareness. No eye, ear,
nose, tongue, body, mind. No colour, sound, smell,
taste, touch, phenomena. No realm of sight, no realm
of consciousness, no ignorance and no end to
ignorance. No old age and death and no end to old
age and death. No suffering, no cause of suffering.
No extinguishing, no path, no wisdom and no gain.
No gain and thus the Bodhisattva lives Prajna Paramita
with no hindrance in the mind, no hindrance, therefore
no fear; far beyond deluded thoughts, this is Nirvana.
All past, present and future Buddha's live Prajna
Paramita and therefore attain anuttara-samyak
sambodhi. Therefore know Prajna Paramita is the
greatest mantra, the vivid mantra, the best mantra,
the unsurpassable mantra, it completely clears all
pain; this is the truth, not a lie. So set forth the
Prajna Paramita mantra, set forth this mantra and
say: Gate! Gate! Paragate! Parasamgate! Bodhi
Savha! Prajna Heart Sutra!