The Maha Prajna Paramita Hrdaya Sutra

Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva when practicing deeply the Prajna Paramita perceives that all five skandhas are empty and is saved from all suffering and distress Shariputra form does not differ from emptiness emptiness does not differ from form That which is form is emptiness that which is emptiness form The same is true of feelings, perceptions, impulses, consciousness Shariputra all dharmas are marked with emptiness they do not appear or disappear are not tainted or pure do not increase or decrease Therefore, in emptiness no form, no feelings, perceptions, impulses, consciousness No eyes, no ears, no nose, no tongue, no body, no mind no color, no sound, no smell, no taste, no touch no object of mind no realm of eyes and so forth until no realm of mind consciousness No ignorance and also no extinction of it and so forth until no old age and death and also no extinction of them No suffering, no origination no stopping, no path, no cognition, also no attainment with nothing to attain The Bodhisattva depends on Prajna Paramita and the mind is no hindrance; without any hindrance no fears exist Far apart from every perverted view one dwells in Nirvana. In the three worlds all Buddhas depend on Prajna Paramita and attain Anuttara Samyak Sambodhi Therefore know that Prajna Paramita is the great transcendent mantra, is the great bright mantra, is the utmost mantra, is the supreme mantra which is able to relieve all suffering and is true, not false So proclaim the Prajna Paramita mantra, proclaim the mantra which says: gate gate paragate parasamgate bodhi svaha


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