MAKA HANNYA HARAMITA SHIN GYŌ
The Great Prajñā Pāramitā Heart Sutra
KAN JI ZAI BO SA GYŌ JIN HAN-NYA HA RA MI TA JI
Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva, practicing deep Prajñā Pāramitā,
SHŌ KEN GO ON KAI KU DO IS-SAI KU YAKU
clearly saw that all five skandhas are empty, transforming anguish and distress
SHA RI SHI SHIKI FU I KU KU FU I SHIKI
Shariputra, form is no other than emptiness, emptiness no other than form;
SHIKI SOKU ZE KU KU SOKU ZE SHIKI
form is exactly emptiness, emptiness exactly form;
JU SO GYŌ SHIKI YAKU BU NYO ZE
sensation, perception, formulation, consciousness are also like this.
SHA RI SHI ZE SHŌ HO KU SO FU SHŌ FU METSU
Shariputra, all things are essentially empty – not born, not destroyed;
FU KU FU JO FU ZO FU GEN
not stained, not pure; without loss, without gain.
ZE KO KU CHU MU SHIKI MU JU SO GYŌ SHIKI
Therefore in emptiness there is no form, no sensation, perception, formulation,
consciousness;
MU GEN-NI BI ZES-SHIN I
no eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, mind,
MU SHIKI SHŌ KO MI SOKU HO
no color, sound, scent, taste, touch, thought;
MU GEN KAI NAI SHI MU I SHIKI KAI
no seeing and so on to no thinking;
MU MU MYO YAKU MU MU MYO JIN
no ignorance and also no ending of ignorance,
NAI SHI MU RO SHI YAKU MU RO SHI JIN
and so on to no old age and death, and also no ending of old age and death;
MU KU SHU METSU DO
no anguish, cause of anguish, cessation path;
MU CHI YAKU MU TOKU I MU SHŌ TOK'KO
no wisdom and no attainment. Since there is nothing to attain,
BO DAI SAT-TA E HAN-NYA HA RA MI TA KO
the Bodhisattva lives by Prajñā Pāramitā,
SHIM-MU KEI GE MU KEI GE KO MU U KU FU
with no hindrance in the mind; no hindrance and therefore no fear;
ON RI IS-SAI TEN DO MU SO KU GYŌ NE HAN
far beyond delusive thinking, right here is Nirvana.
SAN ZE SHŌ BUTSU E HAN-NYA HA RA MI TA KO
All Buddhas of past, present, and future live by Prajñā Pāramitā
TOKU A NOKU TA RA SAM-MYAKU SAM-BO DAI
attaining Anuttara-samyak-sambodhi.
KO CHI HAN-NYA HA RA MI TA
Therefore know that Prajñā Pāramitā
ZE DAI JIN SHU ZE DAI MYO SHU
is the great sacred mantra, the great vivid mantra,
ZE MU JO SHU ZE MU TO TO SHU
the unsurpassed mantra, the supreme mantra,
NO JO IS-SAI KU SHIN JITSU FU KO
which completely removes all anguish. This is truth not mere formality.
KO SETSU HAN-NYA HA RA MI TA SHU
Therefore set forth the Prajñā Pāramitā mantra,
SOKU SETSU SHU WATSU
set forth this mantra and proclaim:
GYA TEI GYA TEI HA RA GYA TEI HARA SO GYA TEI
Gaté gaté paragaté parasamgaté
BO JI SOWA KA HAN-NYA SHIN GYŌ
Bodhi Svaha!
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