Then, through the power of the Buddha, Venerable Shariputra said
to noble Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva mahasattva, "How should a
son or daughter of noble family train, who wishes to practice the
profound prajnaparamita? "
Addressed in this way, noble Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva
majasttva, said to Venerable Shariputra, "O Shariputra, a son or
daughter of noble family who wishes to practice the profound
prajnaparamita should see in this way: seeing the five skandhas to
be empty of nature. Form is emptiness; emptiness also is form.
Emptiness is no other than form; form is no other than
emptiness.
In the same way, feeling, perception, formation, and consciousness
are emptiness. Thus, Shariputra, all dharmas are emptiness. There
are no characteristics. There is no birth and no cessation. There
is no impurity and no purity. There is no decrease and no increase.
Therefore, Shariputra, in emptiness, there is no form, no feeling,
no perception, no formation, no consciousness; no eye, no ear, no
nose, no tongue, no body, no mind; no appearance, no sound, no
smell, no taste, no touch, no dharmas, no eye dhatu up to no mind
dhatu, no dhatu of dharmas, no mind consciousness dhatu; no
ignorance, no end of ignorance up to no old age and death, no end
of old age and death; no suffering, no origin of suffering, no
cessation of suffering, no path, no wisdom, no attainment, and no
non-attainment.
Therefore, Shariputra, since the bodhisattvas have no attainment,
they abide by means of prajnaparamita.
- Heart Sutra
