《心经》（英文版）THE HEART OF PRAJNA PARAMITA SUTRA

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<P><FONT face=Arial size=4>The Heart of Prajna Paramita Sutra</FONT></P><P><FONT face=Arial size=4>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; When Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara was practicing the profound Prajna <BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Paramita, he illuminated the Five Skandhas and saw that they are all <BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; empty, and he crossed beyond all suffering and difficulty.<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Shariputra, form does not differ from emptiness; emptiness does not differ <BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; from form. Form itself is emptiness; emptiness itself is form. So too are <BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; feeling, cognition, formation, and consciousness.<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Shariputra, all Dharmas are empty of characteristics. They are not <BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; produced, not destroyed, not defiled, not pure; and they neither increase <BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; nor diminish. Therefore, in emptiness there is no form, feeling, <BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; cognition, formation, or consciousness; no eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, <BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; or mind; no sights, sounds, smells, tastes, objects of touch, or Dharmas; <BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; no field of the eyes up to and including no field of mind consciousness; <BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; and no ignorance or ending of ignorance, up to and including no old age <BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; and death or ending of old age and death. There is no suffering, no <BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; accumulating, no extinction, and no Way, and no understanding and no <BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; attaining.<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Because nothing is attained, the Bodhisattva through reliance on Prajna <BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Paramita is unimpeded in his mind. Because there is no impediment, he is <BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; not afraid, and he leaves distorted dream-thinking far behind. Ultimately <BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Nirvana! All Buddhas of the three periods of time attain <BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Anuttara-samyak-sambodhi through reliance on Prajna Paramita. Therefore <BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; know that Prajna Paramita is a Great Spiritual Mantra, a Great Bright <BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mantra, a Supreme Mantra, an Unequalled Mantra. It can remove all <BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; suffering; it is genuine and not false. That is why the Mantra of Prajna <BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Paramita was spoken. Recite it like this: <BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Gat?Gat?Paragat?Parasamgat?<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Bodhi Svaha!<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; End of The Heart of Prajna Paramita Sutra</FONT></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><FONT face=Arial size=4>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Copyright ?1997 Buddhist Text Translation Society,<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; For permission to reproduce in any format<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; whatsoever, contact:<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The International Translation Institute<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1777 Murchison Drive<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Burlingame, CA USA, 94010-4504<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (415) 692-5912 phone<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (415) 692-5056 fax<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <A href="mailto:paramita@dnai.com">paramita@dnai.com</A><BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Back to DRBA Home / Top</FONT></P><P><BR>&nbsp;</P>