prajna-paramita hridaya sutran

the perfection of wisdom heart sutra

arya avalokitesvara bodhisattvo

noble avalokiteshvara bodhisattva

gambhiran prajna-paramita caryan caramano

while practicing the deep practice of prajnaparamita

vya-avaloka-yati sma panca skandhas

looked upon the five skandhas

tansh ca svabhava shunyan pashyati sma

and seeing they were empty of self-existence, said:

iha sariputra rupan shunyata shunyataiva rupan

“here, sariputra, form is emptiness, emptiness is form;

rupan na prithak shunyata sunyataya na prithag rupan

emptiness is not separate from form, form is not separate from emptiness;

yad rupan sa shunyata ya shunyata tad rupan

whatever is form is emptiness, whatever is emptiness is form.

evam eva vedana sanjna sanskara vijnanam

the same holds for feeling, perception, mental formations and consciousness.

iha sariputra sarva dharmah shunyata lakshana

here, sariputra, all dharmas are defined by emptiness

anutpanna aniruddha amala avimala anuna aparipurnah

not birth or destruction, purity or defilement, completeness or deficiency.

tasmac sariputra shunyatayan

therefore, sariputra, in emptiness there is

na rupan na vedana na sanjna na sanskarah na vijnanam

no form, no feeling, no perception, no mental formations, no consciousness;

na cakshuh shrotra ghrana jihva kaya manansi

no eye, no ear, no nose, no tongue, no body, and no mind;

na rupa shabda gandha rasa sprashtavya dharmah

no shape, no sound, no smell, no taste, no feeling, and no thought;

na cakshur-dhatur yavan na mano-vijnanan-dhatuh

no element of perception, from eye to conceptual consciousness;

na avidya na avidya kshayo

no ignorance and no end to ignorance,

yavan na jaramaranan na jaramarana kshayo

no causal link, from ignorance to old age and death, and

no end of causal link, from ignorance to old age and death;

na dukkha samudaya nirodha marga

no suffering, no source, no relief, no path;

na jnanan na praptir na-apraptih

no knowledge, no attainment, and no non-attainment.

tasmac sariputra apraptivad

therefore, sariputra, without attainment

bodhisattvo prajna-paramitam ashritya

bodhisattvas take refuge in prajnaparamita

viharaty acitta-avaranah

and live without walls of the mind.

citta-avarana nastitvad atrasto

without walls of the mind and thus without fears,

viparyasa atikranto nishtha nirvanah

they see through delusions and finally nirvana.

tryadhva vyavasthitah sarva-buddah

all buddhas past, present and future

prajna-paramitam ashritya

take refuge in prajnaparamita

anuttaran samyak sambodhim abhisambuddhah

and realize unexcelled perfect enlightenment.

tasmaj jnatavyan prajna-paramita maha-mantro

you should therefore know the great mantra of prajnaparamita

maha-vidya mantro, anuttara mantro

the mantra of great magic, the unexcelled mantra,

asama-sama mantrah

the mantra equal to the unequalled,

sarva-dukkha prashamanah satyam amithyatvat

which heals all suffering and is true, not false,

prajna-paramitayam ukto mantrah tadyatha

the mantra in prajna-paramita spoken thus:

gate gate paragate parasaṁgate bodhi svaha

into the Gone, the Gone Beyond, the Gone Completely Beyond, the Awake, yes