The Bodhisattva of compassion,noble Avalokiteshvara,
while practicing the
profound prajnaparamita, saw in this way:
he saw the five skandhas to be empty of nature, released all sufferings.
he saw the five skandhas to be empty of nature, released all sufferings.
O Shariputra, (a son or daughter of noble family who wishes to practice
the profound prajnaparamita should see in this way: seeing the five skandhas to
be empty of nature.) Form is emptiness; emptiness also is form. Emptiness is no
other than form; form is no other than emptiness. In the same way, feeling,
perception, formation , and consciousness are emptiness. Thus, Shariputra, all
dharmas are emptiness. There are no characteristics. There is no birth and no
cessation. There is no impurity and no purity. There is no decrease and no
increase. Therefore, Shariputra, in emptiness, there is no form, no feeling, no
perception, no formation, no consciousness; no eye, no ear, no nose, no tongue,
no body, no mind; no appearance, no sound, no smell, no taste, no touch, no
dharmas; no eye dhatu up to no mind dhatu, no dhatu of dharmas, no mind
consciousness dhatu; no ignorance, no end of ignorance up to no old age and
death, no end of old age and death; no suffering, no origin of suffering, no
cessation of suffering, no path, no wisdom, no attainment, and no
nonattainment. Therefore, Shariputra, since the bodhisattvas have no
attainment, they abide by means of prajnaparamita. Since there is no
obscuration of mind, there is no fear. They transcend falsity and attain
complete nirvana. All the buddhas of the three times, by means of
prajnaparamita, fully awaken to unsurpassable, true, complete enlightenment.
Therefore, the great mantra of prajnaparamita, the mantra of great insight, the
unsurpassed mantra, the unequalled mantra, the mantra that calms all suffering,
should be known as truth, since there is no deception. The prajnaparamita
mantra is said in this way:
OM GATE GATE PARAGATE PARASAMGATE BODHI SVAHA
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