Heart Sutra (Sanskrit) by Imee Ooi

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Aaryaavalokiteshvara-bodhisattvo
gambhiiraayaam prajnaapaaramitaayaam
caryaam caramaano vyavalokayati sma:
panca skandhaah; taamshca
svabhaava-shuunyaan pashyati sma.

Iha Shaariputra ruupam
shuunyataa shuunyataiva ruupam,
ruupaan na prithak shuunyataa,
shuunyataayaa na prithag ruupam,
yad ruupam saa shuunyataa,
yaa shuunyataa tad ruupam.

Evem eva vedanaa-samjnaa-samskaara-vijnaanaani.

Iha Shaariputra sarva-dharmaah
shuunyataa-lakshanaa, anutpannaa,
aniruddhaa, amalaa,
na vimalaa, nonaa,
na paripuurnaah.

Tasmaac Chaariputra shuunyaayaam
na ruupam na vedanaa na samjnaa
na samskaaraa na vijnaanaani.

Na cakshuh-shrotra-ghraana-jihvaa-kaaya-man­aamsi.

Na ruupa-shabda-gandha-rasa-sprashtavya-dha­rmaah.

Na cakshurdhaatur yaavan
na mano-vijnaana-dhaatuh.

Na vidyaa, naavidyaa, na vidyaa-kshayo,
naavidyaa-kshayo, yaavan na jaraa-maranam
na jaraamarana-kshayo,
na duhkha-samudaya-nirodha-maargaa,
na jnaanam, na praaptir apraaptitvena.

Bodhisattvasya prajnaapaaramitaam
aashritya viharaty acittaavaranah.
Cittaavarana-naastitvaad atrasto,
viparyaasaatikraanto
nishtha-nirvaanah.

Tryadhva-vyavasthitaah sarvabuddhaah
prajnaapaaramitaam aashrityaanuttaraam
samyaksambodhim abhisambuddhaah.

Tasmaaj jnaatavyo prajnaapaaramitaa-mahaamantro
mahaavidyaa-mantro 'nuttara-mantro 'samasama-mantrah,
sarvadukha-prashamanah, satyam amithyatvaat,
prajnaapaaramitaayaam ukto mantrah.

-When Holy Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva performed the deep practice in the Perfection of Transcendent Wisdom, he contemplated that there were five aggregates but observed that they were devoid of essential nature.

-In this case, Shaariputra, form is voidness and voidness is itself form; voidness is not different from form, and form is not different from voidness; that which is form is voidness, and that which is voidness is form.

-So it is for perception, conception, volition and consciousness.

-In this case, Shaariputra, all things have the characteristics of voidness; they neither arise nor perish; they are neither defiled nor pure, neither deficient nor complete.

-Therefore, Shaariputra, within the voidness, there is no form, no perception, no conception, no volition, nor consciousness.

-Neither is there eye, ear, nose, tongue, body or mind.

-Neither is there form, sound, smell, taste, touch nor concepts.

-Neither is there realm of sight, etc., until we come to the non-existence of realm of consciousness.

-Neither is there wisdom, nor ignorance, nor extinction of wisdom, nor extinction of ignorance, etc., until we come to the non-existence of old age and death and the non-extinction of old age and death. Neither is there suffering, cause of suffering, extinction of suffering, nor the path leading to extinction of suffering. Neither is there wisdom nor acquisition because there is no grasping.

-Depending on the bodhisattva's Perfection of Transcendent Wisdom, one dwells without any mental hindrance. Because of the absence of mental hindrance, one is fearless; freed from delusory thoughts, one will reach Nirvana.

-All Buddhas dwelling in the three periods realize the highest, perfect enlightenment depending on the Perfection of Transcendent Wisdom.

-For this reason, know that the Great Mantra of the Perfection of Transcendent Wisdom is the Great Wisdom Mantra, the Unsurpassed Mantra, and the Unequaled Mantra. It extinguishes all suffering, and is true and real because it is not false. It is the Mantra proclaimed in the Perfection of Transcendent Wisdom.

-Namely, "Gone, gone, gone to the other shore;
Gone completely to the other shore.
Svaha."