Heart Sutra

The bodhisattva of compassion, when practicing the profound Perfection of Wisdom, saw that all five aggregates are empty, and so was freed from every suffering.

Sāriputra, form is no different from emptiness. Emptiness is no different from form. Form is emptiness. Emptiness is form.

Sensation, perception, formation, consciousness — all the same.

Sāriputra, all things are marked by emptiness. They are not born, not destroyed; not pure, not impure; not increasing, not decreasing.

So in emptiness there is no form, no sensation, no perception, no formation, no consciousness. No eye, no ear, no nose, no tongue, no body, no mind; no sight, no sound, no smell, no taste, no touch, no object of mind.

There is no realm of sight, no realm of consciousness. There is no ignorance, nor the end of ignorance. There is no aging and death, nor the end of aging and death.

There is no suffering, no cause of suffering, no cessation, no path. There is no wisdom, no attainment, because there is nothing to attain.

Because there is nothing to attain, the bodhisattva relies on the Perfection of Wisdom, and the mind is without hindrance. Without hindrance there is no fear. Far from all distorted views, the bodhisattva dwells in nirvāṇa.

All Buddhas of the three times, relying on the Perfection of Wisdom, attain unsurpassed, complete awakening.

Therefore know the Perfection of Wisdom is the great mantra, the unsurpassed mantra, the unequaled mantra, capable of relieving all suffering. This is true, not false.

So say the mantra of the Perfection of Wisdom — say it like this:

Gate gate pāragate pārasaṃgate bodhi svāhā.

Gone, gone, gone beyond, gone completely beyond — awakening, so be it.