Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra (Xin Jing):
Thus have I heard. Once the Blessed One was dwelling in Rajagriha
at Vulture Peak mountain, together with a great gathering of the
sangha of monks and a great gathering of the sangha of
bodhisattvas. At that time the Blessed One entered the samadhi that
expresses the dharma called "profound illumination," and at the
same time noble Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva mahasattva, while
practicing the profound prajnaparamita, saw in this way: he saw the
five skandhas to be empty of nature.
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
mahasattva, 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.
Since there is no obscuration of mind, there is no fear. They
transcend falsity and attain complete nirvana. All the buddhas of
the three times, by means of prajnaparamita, fully awaken to
unsurpassable, true, complete enlightenment. Therefore, the great
mantra of prajnaparamita, the mantra of great insight, the
unsurpassed mantra, the unequaled mantra, the mantra that calms all
suffering, should be known as truth, since there is no deception.
The prajnaparamita mantra is said in this way:
OM GATE GATE PARAGATE PARASAMGATE BODHI SVAHA
Thus, Shariputra, the bodhisattva mahasattva should train in the
profound prajnaparamita.
Then the Blessed One arose from that samadhi and praised noble
Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva mahasattva, saying, "Good, good, O
son of noble family; thus it is, O son of noble family, thus it is.
One should practice the profound prajnaparamita just as you have
taught and all the tathagatas will rejoice."
When the Blessed One had said this, venerable Shariputra and noble
Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva mahasattva, that whole assembly
and the world with its gods, humans, asuras, and gandharvas
rejoiced and praised the words of the Blessed One. death. There is
no Four Noble Truth. There is neither wisdom gained nor wisdom to
be gained. Therefore, the Practitioner with Perfection Wisdom does
not experience encumbrance and fear. Being free from delusions, He
ultimately attains nirvana.
The buddhas of the past, present, and future attain
anuttara-samma-sambodhi (roughly, "the ultimate enlightenment")
because of the Perfection Wisdom. Beyond all doubts, the Perfection
Wisdom is a divine mantra, a great enlightening mantra, and a
supreme mantra, which can remove all sufferings. Thus, the
Perfection Wisdom mantra is taught to (and spoken by) the
Practitioner. The mantra states: "Go, go to the opposite shore, and
be enlightened."
