THE PRAJNA-PARAMITA-HRIDAYA SUTRA
(the sutra of the kernel of Transcendental Wisdom)
When the Boddhisattva Avalokitesvara was engaged in the practice of the deep prajnaparamita.
he perceived the emptiness of all the five skandhas, and was delivered from all Suffering and misery
(Addressing himself to sariputra, he said) :
“O Sariputra, from is not different from emptiness, nor is emptiness different from form, form is emptiness, emptiness is form, The same Can be said of Sensation, thought, confection, and consciousness.”
“O Sariputra, when things are Seen in the light of emptiness, they are neither born nor extinguished, they are neither tainted nor immaculate, they neither increase nor decrease.
Therefore, in the realm of emptiness there is no form, no sensation, no thought, no Confection, no consciousness ; no eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, mind ; no form, sound order, taste, objects, There is no Dehatu of vision, nor of Consciousness.
There is no igmorance, nor extinction of ignorance,
There is no old age and death. nor extinction of old age and death.
There is no Suffering, no acumulation of suffering, no annihilation of Suffering, no path leading to the annihilation of suffering.
There is no knowledge and no attainment, as there is nothing to be attained.“
“The mind of the Boddhisattva who realies on the prajnaparamita is free of all obstacles; and because there are no obstacles in his mind, he has no fear, and, going beyond all perverted views, reachs final Nirvana.
All the Buddhas of the past, present, and future, depending on the prajnaparamita, attain to the highest perfect enlightenment.“
“Hence, we know that the prajnaparamita is the great Mantram, the Mantram of great wisdom, the highest Mantram, the peerless Mantram, which can truly and effectively heal all sufferings.”
Therfore, he recited the Mantram of the prajnaparamita, as follows.
Gate, gate paragate, parasamgate, bodhi, svaha
(O Bodhi, gone, to the other shore, landed at the other shore, Hail !)