Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara,
while
deeply immersed in prajna paramita,
clearly
perceived the empty nature of the five skandhas,
and transcended all suffering.
Sariputra!
Form is not different from emptiness,
emptiness is not different from form.
Form
is emptiness, emptiness is form.
So it is with
feeling, conception, volition, and
consciousness.
Sariputra! All dharmas are empty
in character;
neither arising nor ceasing,
neither impure nor pure,
neither
increasing nor decreasing.
Therefore, in
emptiness, there is no form;
there is no
feeling, conception, volition, or consciousness;
no eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, or mind;
no form, sound, smell, taste, touch, or
dharmas;
no realm of vision, and so forth, up
to no realm of mind-consciousness;
no
ignorance or ending of ignorance, and so forth,
up to no aging and death or ending of aging
and death.
There is no suffering, no cause, no
extinction, no path.
There is no wisdom and no
attainment.
There is nothing to be attained.
By way of prajna paramita,
the
bodhisattva's mind is free from hindrances.
With no hindrances, there is no fear;
freed from all distortion and delusion,
ultimate nirvana is reached.
By way of prajna paramita,
Buddhas of the past, present,
and future,
attain anuttara-samyak-sambodhi.
Therefore, prajna paramita
is the great
powerful mantra,
the great enlightening
mantra,
the supreme and peerless mantra.
It can remove all suffering.
This is the
truth beyond all doubt.
And the prajna paramita mantra is spoken thus:
Gate gate
paragate parasamgate bodhi svaha
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