Heart of Sutra


Homage to the Perfection of Wisdom, the lovely, the Holy!	Click Wheel to hear Sutra Chanted Click HERE to hear it sung Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva was moving in the deep course of wisdom which has gone beyond. He looked down from on high and saw but five skandhas* which, in their own being, were empty. Here, O Sariputra, Form is Emptiness, Emptiness is Form; Form does not differ from Emptiness, Emptiness does not differ from Form; whatever is Empty, that is Form, whatever is Form that is Empty. The same is true of feelings, perceptions, impulses and consciousness. O Sariputra all dharmas are marked with Emptiness, they have no beginning and no end, they are neither imperfect nor perfect, neither deficient nor complete. Therefore O Sariputra, in emptiness there is no form, no feeling, no perception, no name, no concepts, no knowledge. No eye, no ear, no nose, no tongue, no body, no mind; no forms, sounds, smells, tastes, touchables or object of the mind, no sight organ, no hearing organ and so forth to no mind conscousness element; no ignorance or extinction of ignorance, no decay and death, no extinction of decay and death. There is no suffering, no origination, no stopping, no path, no cognition, no attainment, nor anything to attain.There is nothing to accomplish and so Bodhisattvas can rely on the Perfection of Wisdom without trouble. Being without trouble they are not afraid, having overcome anything upsetting they attain Nirvana.
All Buddhas who appear in the three periods, fully Awake to the utmost right and perfect enlightenment because they have relied on the Perfection of Wisdom.
Therefore, one should know the Perfection of Wisdom is the great mantra, is the unequaled mantra, the destroyer of suffering.
	Because of this Truth listen to the mantra:
	Gate, Gate, Paragate, Para Samgate Bodhisvaha
	Gate, Gate, Paragate, Para Samgate Bodhisvaha
	Gate, Gate, Paragate, Para Samgate Bodhisvaha.
	Gone, Gone, Gone beyond Gone utterly beyond
	Gone, Gone, Gone beyond Gone utterly beyond
	Gone, Gone, Gone beyond Gone utterly beyond
	Oh what an Awakening
*The five skandas are the five components of any individual: body, perceptions, feelings, mental formations and consciousness.)

Prajna-paramita Hrdaya Sutram (Sanskrit Version)

Aryavalokitesvara 'Bodhisatva. Gharnbhiram Prajna-Paramita Caryaym Caramano,

Vyavalokiti Smaa Panca-skanda Asatta Sca Svabhaba Sunyam Pasyati Smaa

Iha Sariputra, Rupam Sunyam Sunyata iva Rupam.

Rupa Na. Vrtta Sunyata, 'Sunyataya Na Vrtta Sa Rupam Yad Rupam-Sa-sunyata, Yad Sunyata Sa-rupam Evam Eva. Vedana, Samjna Sam-skara Vijnanam

Iha Sariputra Sarva Dharma Sunyata-Laksana Anutpanna Aniruddha, Amala A-vimala, Anuna A-paripurna

Tasmat Sariputra Sunyatayam Na Rupam, Na Vedana, Na Samjna, Na Samskara, Na Vihnanam. Na Caksu Srotra Ghrana Jihva Kaya Manasa, Na Rupam Sabda Gandha Rasa Sparstavya Dharma

Na Cakso-dhatu Yavat Na Manovijnam-dhatu Na Avidya, Na Avidya Kasayo. Yavat Na Jara-maranam, Na Jara Marana Ksayo. Na Dukha Samudaya, Nirodha, Marga

Na Jnana, Na Prapti, Na Abhi-samaya, Tasmat Na Prapti Tva Bodhisattvanam, Prajna-paramitam Asritya Viharatya Citta Avarana, Citta Avarana Na Shitva Na Trasto, Vi-paryasa Ati Kranta Nistha Nirvanam.

Try-adhva Vyavasthita sarva, Buddha Prajna-paramitam A-sritya Anuttara-samyak-sambodhim Abhi-sambuddha.

Tasmat Jnatavyam Prajna Paramita Maha-mantra, Maha-vidhya Mantra, Anuttara Mantra, Asama-samati Mantra. Sarva Dukha Pra-samana Satyam Amithyatva

Prajna-paramita Mukha Mantra Tadyatha, Gate Gate Para-gate Para-samgate Bodhi Svaha

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