Heart Sutra
Introduction
When a person has perfected his wisdom he can see that the five
classes of common sense entities have no real existence.
The emptiness of thought objects and events
The wise person sees that:
- form and no-form are two sides of the same coin, there cannot be
one without the other. So with feelings, perceptions, impulses and
consciousness.
- these entities, being non-existent, cannot be created or
destroyed, cannot be pure or impure, cannot increase or
decrease.
- the following entities
do not exist of themselves but rather are creations of the
unenlightened mind:
- forms, feelings, perceptions, impulses and
consciousness
- sense organs, bodies and minds
- objects sensed or thought
- ignorance and the extinction of ignorance
- old age and death and the extinction of old age and death
- suffering, accumulation, annihilation
- the path to enlightenment
- attainment of perfection and non-attainment of
perfection
The enlightened
state
After the perfection of wisdom the mind has no hindrances or
obstacles and therefore has no fear. Having gone beyond troublesome
thoughts the mind is at peace.
The essence of
wisdom
In the past, present and future it is the same, the person who
perfects his wisdom finds peace of mind.
Open to all
It is open to all people to perfect their wisdom and to transcend
suffering. All that is required is going beyond common sense. The
catch phrase for this is GONE BEYOND.
Avalokitesuara
Bodisattva
when practicing deeply the Prashna Paramita
perceive that all five skandas are empty
and was safe from all suffering and distress
Know then:
form does not differ from emptiness
emptiness does not differ from form
that which is form is emptiness, that which
is emptiness form, these same is true of
feelings, perceptions, impulses, consciousness;
all dhamas are marked with emptiness
they do not appear or disappear, are not
tainted or pure, do not increase or
decrease, therefore in emptiness, no form,
no feeling, no impulses, no perception,
no consciousness, no eyes, no ears
no nose, no tougue, no body, no mind
no colour, no sound, no smell, no taste,
no touch, no object of mind, no realm of sensing,
go forth until no realm of consciousness
no ignorance and no extinction of it, and
so forth until no death, no holding,
no extinction of them, no suffering,
no origination, no stopping, no path,
no cognition, also no attainment with nothing to attain.
the bohdisattva deepens on Prashna Paramita
and the mind is no hindrance
without any hindrance, no fears exist,
for apart from every perverted view
the bodisatva dwells in nivana, in
the three worlds, all Buddhas deepens on
Prashna Paramita and attain the unsurpassed
complete perfect enlightmentmant
Therefore know the Prashna Paramita is
the great transcendent mantra, is the great
bright mantra, is the utmost mantra, is
the supreme mantra which is able to release
all suffering and pain, so proclaim
the Prashna Paramita mantra, proclaim
the matra
ga-te ga-te para ga-te, para sum ga-te
bodhi savra
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