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When Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara was practicing the profound
Prajna Paramita, he illuminated the Five Aggregates and
saw that they are all empty, and he crossed beyond all suffering.
He taught to Shariputra:
Shariputra, form does not differ from emptiness; emptiness
does not differ from form. Form itself is emptiness; emptiness
itself is form. So too are feeling, cognition, formation,
and consciousness.
Shariputra, all Dharmas (phenomena) are empty of characteristics.
They are not produced, not destroyed, not defiled, not pure;
and they neither increase nor diminish. Therefore, in emptiness
there is no form, feeling, cognition, formation, or consciousness;
no eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, or mind; no sights, sounds,
smells, tastes, objects of touch, or Dharmas; no field of
the eyes up to and including no field of mind consciousness;
and no ignorance or ending of ignorance, up to and including
no old age and death or ending of old age and death. There
is no suffering, no accumulating, no extinction, and no
Way, and no understanding and no attaining.
Because nothing is attained, the Bodhisattva through reliance
on Prajna Paramita is unimpeded in his mind. Because there
is no impediment, he is not afraid, and he leaves distorted
views far behind. Ultimately Nirvana! All Buddhas of the
three periods of time attain enlightenment through reliance
on Prajna Paramita. Therefore know that Prajna Paramita
is a Great Spiritual Mantra, a Great Bright Mantra, a Supreme
Mantra, an Unequalled Mantra. It can remove all suffering;
it is genuine and not false. That is why the Mantra of Prajna
Paramita was spoken. Recite it like this:
Gaté Gaté Paragaté Parasamgaté
Bodhi Svaha!
End of The Heart of Prajna Paramita Sutra
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