A short journey through one of the foundational texts of Mahayana Buddhism…
“Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva”
“Doing deep prajnaparamita…”
“Clearly saw emptiness in all the five conditions…”
“Clearly saw emptiness in all the five conditions…”
“…thus completely releiving misfortune and pain. O Shariputra…”
“…form is no other than emptiness; emptiness no other than form…”
“Form is exactly emptiness, emptiness exactly form. Sensation, conception, discrimination, awareness are likewise like this.”
“O Shariputra, all dharma are forms of emptiness; not born, not destroyed; not stained, not pure; without loss, without gain.“
“So in emptiness there is no form, no sensation, conception, discrimination, awareness;”
“No eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, mind; no color sound, smell, taste, touch, phenomena; no realm of sight, no realm of consciousness;”
“No ignorance, and no end to ignorance; no old age and death, and no end to old age and death;”
“No suffering, no cause of suffering, no extinguishing, no path;”
“…no wisdom, and no gain.”
“No gain and thus the Bodhisattva lives prajna paramita,…”
“…with no hindrance in the mind; no hindrance, therefore no fear.”
“Far beyond deluded thoughts, this is nirvana.”
“All past, present, and future Buddhas live prajna paramita and therefore attain anuttara-samyak-sambodhi.”
“Therefore know, prajna paramita is the great mantra, the vivid mantra, the best mantra, the unsurpassable mantra.”
“It completely clears all pain. This is the truth — not a lie.”
“So set forth the prajna paramita mantra. Set forth this mantra and say: Gate! Gate! Paragate parasamgate! Bodhi Svaha! Prajna Heart Sutra.”
Closing Thoughts on the Heart Sutra Journey…
“Maha Prajna Paramita Heart Sutra”