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Heart Sutra

Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva, doing deep Prajna Paramita Clearly saw emptiness of all the five conditions Thus completely relieving misfortune and pain Oh Shariputra, form is no other than emptiness Emptiness no other than form Form is exactly emptiness, emptiness exactly form sensation, conception, discrimination, awareness Are likewise like this Oh Shariputra, all dharmas are forms of emptiness Not born, not destroyed, not stained, not pure Without loss, without gain So in emptiness there is no form No sensation, conception, discrimination, awareness No eye, ear, tongue, body, mind No color, sound, smell, taste, touch, phenomena No realm of sight, no realm of consciousness No ignorance and no end to ignorance No old age and death and no end to old age and death No suffering, no cause of suffering No extinguishing, no path No wisdom and no gain No gain and thus the Bodhisattva lives Prajna Paramita With no hindrance in the mind No hindrance therefore no fear Far beyond deluded thoughts, this is Nirvana All past, present, and future Buddhas live Prajna Paramita And therefore attain anuttara-samyaksambodhi Therefore know Prajna Paramita is the great mantra The vivid mantra, the best mantra The unsurpassable mantra It completely clears all pain; this is the truth not a lie So set forth the Prajna Paramita mantra Set forth this mantra and say Gate! Gate! Paragate! Parasamgate! Bodhi Svaha! Prajna Heart Sutra.