Maha Prajna Paramita Hrdaya Sutra | Heart Sutra
Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva,
practicing deep Prajna Paramita
clearly saw that all five skandhas are empty,
transforming all suffering and distress.
Shariputra, form is no other than emptiness,
emptiness no other than form;
form is emptiness, emptiness is form;
feeling, perception, mental reaction, consciousness
are also like this.
Shariputra, all dharmas are essentially empty:
not born, not destroyed;
not stained, not pure, without loss, without gain.
Therefore in emptiness there is no form, no feeling,
no perception, mental reaction, consciousness;
no eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, mind;
no color , sound, smell, taste, touch, objects of mind;
no seeing and so on to no thinking;
no ignorance and also no ending of ignorance
and so on to no old age and death,
and also no ending of old age and death;
no suffering, cause of suffer ing, cessation, path;
no wisdom and no attainment.
Since there is nothing to attain,
the Bodhisattva lives by Prajna Paramita
with no hindrance in the mind; no hindrance, thus no fear:
far beyond delusive thinking right here is Nirvana.
All Buddhas past, present, and future
live by Prajna Paramita,
attaining AnuttaraSamyakSambodhi.
Therefore know that Prajna Paramita is
the great mantra, the wisdom mantra,
the unsurpassed mantra, the supreme mantra,
which completely removes all suffering.
This is truth, not mere formality.
Therefore set forth the prajna paramita mantra,
Set forth this mantra and proclaim:
Gaté, Gaté, Paragaté, Parasamgaté,
Bodhi Svaha.
Notes:
Avalokiteshwara: the bodhisattva who embodies the compassion of all Buddhas
The five skandhas: are the five aggregates through which the functioning and experience of an individual is created according to Buddhist phenomenology (form, feeling, perception, volition, consciousness)
Shariputra: was one of two principal disciples of the Buddha
Dharmas: here: the religious and moral doctrine of the rights and duties of each individual, Dharma therefore can generally refer to religious duty, as also mean social order, right conduct, or simply virtue
Anuttara Samyak Sambodhi: utmost, right and perfect enlightenment
Prajnaparamita: transcendent wisdom
Gaté, gaté, paragaté, parasamgaté, bodhi svaha: means something like "Go, go, go beyond, go far beyond - awaken - Hail!"