Heart

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!