HEART OF PERFECT WISDOM
( Prajna Paramita Hridaya Sutra )
Translator: Truc Huy
The Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara, from the deep course of Prajna
wisdom, saw clearly that all five skandhas were empty, thus
sundered all bonds of suffering.
Sariputra, know then: form does not differ from emptiness, nor does
emptiness differ from form. Form is no other than emptiness,
emptiness no other than form. The same is true of feelings,
perceptions, impulses and consciousness.
Sariputra, all dharmas are marked with emptiness. None are born or
die, nor are they defiled or immaculate, nor do they wax or wane.
Therefore, where there is emptiness, there is no form, no feeling,
no perception, no impulse, nor is there consciousness. No eye, ear,
nose, tongue, body, or mind. No color, sound, smell, taste, touch,
or object of mind. There is no domain of sight nor even domain of
mind consciousness. There is no ignorance nor is there ceasing of
ignorance. There is no withering, no death, nor is there ceasing of
withering and death. There is no suffering, or cause of suffering,
or cease in suffering, or path to lead from suffering. There is no
cognition, nor even attainment.
So know that the Bodhisattva, indifferent to any kind of attainment
whatsoever but dwelling in Prajna wisdom, is freed of any thought
covering, get rid of the fear bred by it, has overcome what can
upset and in the end reaches utmost Nirvana. All Buddhas of past
and present, and Buddhas of future time, through faith in Prajna
wisdom, come to full and perfect Enlightenment.
Therefore, one should know the Prajna paramita as the mantra of
great knowledge, the miraculous, the utmost, the unequalled mantra,
whose words relieve all suffering. This is highest wisdom, true
beyond all doubt.
Know then and proclaim the Prajna paramita mantra. It spells like
this:
Gate, gate, paragate, parasamgate, bodhi svaha !
( Gone, gone, gone beyond, gone altogether beyond, Bodhi, rejoice !
)
