The Heart Sutra

• Preface#1 — Disciple Nien An
• Preface#2 — Disciple Wang K’ai
• Translator’s Introduction — Ven. Dharma Master Lok To
• Prologue — Grand Master T’an Hsu
• Commentary — Grand Master T’an Hsu

“When the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara.”
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“Was Coursing in the Deep Prajna Paramita.”
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“He Perceived That All Five Skandhas Are Empty.”
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“Thus He Overcame All Ills and Suffering.”
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“Oh, Sariputra, Form Does not Differ From the Void,
And the Void Does Not Differ From Form.
Form is Void and Void is Form;
The Same is True For Feelings,
Perceptions, Volitions and Consciousness.”
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“Sariputra, the Characteristics of the
Voidness of All Dharmas
Are Non-Arising, Non-Ceasing, Non-Defiled,
Non-Pure, Non-Increasing, Non-Decreasing.”
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“Therefore, in the Void There Are No Forms,
No Feelings, Perceptions, Volitions or Consciousness.”
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“No Eye, Ear, Nose, Tongue, Body or Mind;
No Form, Sound, Smell, Taste, Touch or Mind Object;
No Realm of the Eye,
Until We Come to No realm of Consciousness.”
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“No ignorance and Also No Ending of Ignorance,
Until We Come to No Old Age and Death and
No Ending of Old Age and Death.”
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“Also, There is No Truth of Suffering,
Of the Cause of Suffering,
Of the Cessation of Suffering, Nor of the Path.”
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“There is No Wisdom, and There is No Attainment Whatsoever.”
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“Because There is Nothing to Be Attained,
The Bodhisattva Relying On Prajna Paramita Has
No Obstruction in His Mind.”
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“Because There is No Obstruction, He Has no Fear,”
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“And He passes Far Beyond Confused Imagination.”
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“And Reaches Ultimate Nirvana.”
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“The Buddhas of the Past, Present and Future,
By Relying on Prajna Paramita
Have Attained Supreme Enlightenment.”
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“Therefore, the Prajna Paramita is the Great Magic Spell,
The Spell of Illumination, the Supreme Spell,
Which Can Truly Protect One From All Suffering Without Fail.”
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“Therefore He Uttered the Spell of Prajnaparmita,
Saying Gate, Gate, Paragate, Parasamgate, Bodhi Svaha.”
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