The Heart Sutra

Avalokiteshvara
while practicing deeply with
the Insight that Brings Us to the Opposite Shore
suddenly discovered that
all of the five skandhas are equally empty,
and with this realization
he over came all ill-Being.

“Listen Sariputra,
this Body itself is Emptiness
and Emptiness itself is this Body.
This Body is not other than Emptiness
and Emptiness is not other that this Body.

Listen Sariputra
all phenomena bear the mark of Emptiness
their true nature is the nature of
no Birth no Death
no Being no Non-Being
no Defilement no Purity,
no Increasing no Decreasing.

That is why in Emptiness
Body, Feelings, Perceptions,
Mental Formations and Consciousness
are not separate self entities.

The Eighteen Realms of Phenomena
which are the six Sense Organs,
the six Sense Objects,
and the six Consciousnesses
are also not separate self entities.

The Twelve Links of Interdependent Arising
and their Extinction
are also not separate self entities.

Ill-Being, the Causes of Ill Being
the End of Ill-Being, the Path
insight and attainment,
are also not separate self entities.

Whoever can see this
no longer needs anything to attain

Bodhisattvas who practice
the Insight that Brings Us to the Other Shore
see no more obstacles in their mind
and because there
are no more obstacles in their mind,
they can overcome all fear,
destroy all wrong perceptions
and realize Perfect Nirvana

“All Buddhas in the past, present and future
by practicing
the Insight that Brings Us to the Other Shore
are all capable of attaining
Authentic and Perfect Enlightenment

“Therefore Sariputra
it should be known that
the Insight that Brings Us to the Other Shore
is a Great Mantra
the most illuminating mantra
the highest mantra
the mantra beyond compare,
the True Wisdom that has the power
to put an end to all kinds of suffering.
Therefore let us proclaim
a mantra to praise
the Insight that Brings Us to the Other Shore:

Gate, Gate, Paragate, Parasamgate, Bodhi Svaha
Gate, Gate, Paragate, Parasamgate, Bodhi Svaha
Gate, Gate, Paragate, Parasamgate, Bodhi Svaha