Heart Sutra of the Perfection of Wisdom 般若波罗蜜多心经

 

 

Bō rě bō luó mì duō xīng jīng

般若波罗蜜多心经

唐三藏法师玄奘译

Heart Sutra of the Perfection of Wisdom 

Guān zì zaì pú sà  xíng shēn  bō rě bō luó mì duō shí
Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva  

practicing deeply on the Perfection of Wisdom
 观自在菩萨    行深般若波罗蜜多时

zhaò jiàn wǔ yùn jiē  kōng dù yí qiè kǔ è

clearly saw that all five Skandhas are empty
passed beyond all suffering and distress
照见五蕴皆空   度一切苦厄 

 

Shè lí zǐ
Shariputra
舍利子

 

sè bú yì kōng kōng bú yì sè  sè jí shì kōng kōng jí shì sè
form does not differ from emptiness; emptiness not differ from form
form is exactly emptiness; emptiness is exactly form
色不异空      空不异色

 

shoù xiǎng xíng shì yì fù rú shì
sensation, thought, impulse and consciousness are also like this

 受想行识      亦复如是
Shè lí zǐ

Shariputra

 舍利子

shì zhū fǎ kōng xiàng
all this kind of things are empty

 是诸法空相     不生不灭

bù shēng bú miè  bú goù bú jìng  bú goù bú jìng  bù zēng bù jiǎn
they are not produced and not ceased

不生不灭     不垢不净     不增不减
not stained and not pure

 not deficient and not complete
 

shì gù kōng zhōng wú sè         wú shoù xiǎng xíng shì
therefore, in emptiness there is no form

no sensation, no thought, no impulse, no consciousness
 是故空中无色        无受想行识 

 

wú yǎn ěr bí shè shēn yì  wú sè shēng xiāng weì chù fǎ
no eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, mind
no form, sound, smell, taste, touch, knowledge

 无眼耳鼻舌身意     无色声香味触法 

wú yǎn jiè naǐ zhì wú yì shì jiè   wú wú míng yì wú wú míng jìng
no realm of sight...until we arrive to: no realm of thought
no ignorance, also no end of ignorance

无眼界 乃至无意识界    无无明 亦无无明尽

 

naǐ zhì wú laó sǐ  yì wú laó sǐ jìng   wú kǔ jí miè daò
and ...until we arrive to: no aging and death, also no end of aging and death

no suffering, no gathering, no annihilation and no path

乃至无老死   亦无老死尽  无苦集灭道
 
wú zhì yì wú dé      yǐ wú suǒ dé gùas
no wisdom, also no attainment     nothing is attained, therefore
无智亦无得   以无所得故 

pǔ tí sà duō     yī bō rě bō luó mì duō
the Bodhisattvas 

follow the Perfection of Wisdom and thereby

菩提萨陲    依般若波罗蜜多故

shīn wú guà aì    wú guà aì gù  wú yóu kōng bù
the mind is no hindrance or obstruction

as there no hindrance or obstruction   they have no fear

 心无挂碍   无挂碍故   无有恐怖
 

yuǎn lí diān daǒ mèng xiǎng  jiù jìng niè pán
far away from incoherent thought and fantasy

 And eventually reach the Nirvana

远离颠倒梦想   究竟涅盘
sān shì zhū fó   yī bō rě bō luó mì duō gù

all the Buddhas of the three generations
follow the Perfection of Wisdom and thereby

 三世诸佛   依般若波罗蜜多故
 

dé ā nù duō luō sān miaǒ sān pǔ tí  gù zhī bō rě bō luó mì duō
reach the perfect and complete enlightenment

therefore, knowledge of the Perfection of Wisdom

得阿耨多罗三藐三菩提  故知般若波罗蜜多
 

shì dà shén zhoù  shì dà míng zhoù  Shi wu shang zhou  shì wú déng děng zhoù
is the great divine mantra

is the great enlightening mantra
is the incomparable mantra

是大神咒 是大明咒 是无上咒
是无等等咒 

néng chú yí qiè kū   zhēn shí bù xū

able to eliminate all suffering 

this is all true and not in vain
能除一切苦   真实不虚
gù shuō bō rě bō luó mì duō zhoù   jí shuō zhoù yiē :

so propagate the Perfection of Wisdom mantra

set forth this mantra and say:
故说般若波罗蜜多咒  即说咒曰

jié dì jié dì bō luó jié dì  jié dì jié dì bō luó jié dì
gone, gone, gone beyond    gone, gone, gone beyond

 揭谛揭谛 波罗揭谛

bō luó sēng jié dì   pǔ tí sà bó hē
gone together beyond     glory to illumination
波罗僧揭谛 菩提娑婆诃

 

 

般若波罗密多心经 
English Translation copied from Ven. Fa Shi Chen Tao