Buddhist Heart Sutra Prajñāpāramitāhṛdaya Chanted in Sanskrit: Profound merit and benefits

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According to Lama Zopa Rinpoche, based on the Vinaya text Treasure of Quotations and Logic, “karmic results are multiplied one hundred million times.” (For example Saga Dawa Duchen, this year May 23, 2024).

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Sutra in Sanskrit, English and Devanagari below:

Oṁ! Namo Bhagavatyai Ārya-Prajñā pāramitāyai!

Hail! Reverence to the Fortunate and Noble Perfection of Wisdom

Heart Sutra

Ārya-Avalokiteśvaro Bodhisattvo,

The Noble Buddha-to-be Avalokiteśvara,

gambhī rāṁ prajñā pāramitā caryāṁ caramāṇo,

while dwelling deep in the practice of the perfection of wisdom,

vyavalokayati sma panca-skandhā

beheld these five constituent groups (of mind and body)

tāṁś ca svabhā vaśūnyān paśyati sma.

and saw them empty of self-nature.

Iha, Śāriputra, rūpaṁ śūnyatā, śūnyata iva rūpaṁ;

Here, Śāriputra, form is emptiness, emptiness is surely form;

rūpān na pṛthak śūnyatā, śunyatāyā na pṛthag rūpaṁ;

emptiness is not different from form, form is not different from emptiness;

yad rūpaṁ, sā śūnyatā; ya śūnyatā, tad rūpaṁ;

whatever form there is, that is emptiness; whatever emptiness there is, that is form.

Evam eva vedanā-saṁjñā-saṁskāra-vijñā nāni

the same for feelings, perceptions, volitional processes and consciousness.

Iha, Śāriputra, sarva-dharmāḥ śūnyatā-lakṣaṇā,

Here, Śāriputra, all things have the characteristic of emptiness,

anut pannā, ani ruddhā; amalā, na vimalā; nūnā, na paripūrṇāḥ.

no arising, no ceasing; no purity, no impurity; no deficiency, no completeness.

Tasmāc Śāriputra, śūnyatā yāṁ

Therefore, Śāriputra, in emptiness

na rūpaṁ, na vedanā, na saṁjñā, na saṁskārāḥ, na vijñānami;

there is no form, no feeling, no perception, no volitional processes, no consciousness;

na cakṣuḥ-śrotra-ghrāna-jihvā-kāya-manāṁsi;

there are no eye, ear, nose, tongue, body or mind;

na rūpa-śabda-gandha-rasa-spraṣ ṭavya-dharmāḥ;

no forms, sounds, smells, tastes, touches, thoughts;

na cakṣūr-dhātur yāvan na mano vijñāna-dhātuḥ;

no eye-element (and so on) up to no mind-consciousness element;

na vidya, na avidyā, na avidyā-kṣayo, na avidyā-kṣayo, yāvan na jarā-maraṇam, na jarā-maraṇa-kṣayo;

no ignorance, no destruction of ignorance (and so on) up to no old age and death, no destruction of old age and death;

na duḥkha-samudaya-nirodha-mārgā;

no suffering, arising, cessation, path;

na jñānam, na prāptir aprāptivena.

no knowledge, no attainment, no non-attainment.

Bodhisattvasya

Therefore, Śāriputra, because of the Buddha-to-be’s non-attainments

Prajñā pāramitām āśritya, viharaty acittā varaṇaḥ,

he relies on the Perfection of Wisdom, and dwells with his mind unobstructed,

cittā varaṇa-nāstitvād atrasto,

having an unobstructed mind he does not tremble,

viparyāsa-atikrānto, niṣṭhā-Nirvāṇa.

overcoming opposition, he attains the state of Nirvāṇa.

Tryadhva-vyava sthitāḥ sarva-Buddhāḥ

All the Buddhas abiding in the three times

Prajñā pāramitām āśritya

through relying on the Perfection of Wisdom

anuttarāṁ Samyak sam bodhim abhisam buddhāḥ.

fully awaken to the unsurpassed Perfect and Complete Awakening.

Tasmāj jñāta vyo Prajñā pāramitā mahā-mantro,

Therefore one should know the Perfection of Wisdom is a great mantra,

mahā-vidyā mantro, ‘nuttara-mantro, samasama-mantraḥ,

a great scientific mantra, an unsurpassed mantra, an unmatched mantra,

sarva duḥkha praśa manaḥ, satyam, amithyatvāt.

the subduer of all suffering, the truth, not falsehood.

Prajñā pāramitā yām ukto mantraḥ tad-yathā:

In the Perfection of Wisdom the mantra has been uttered in this way:

gate, gate, pāragate, pārasaṁgate, Bodhi, svāhā!

gone, gone, gone beyond, gone completely beyond, Awakening, blessings!

Opening praise:

ओṃ नमो भगवत्यै āर्यप्रज्ñāप्āरमित्āयै ओṃ नमो नमḥ सर्वज्ñāय

Sutra:

āर्यलोकितेśवरबोधिसत्त्वो गṃभ्īर्āय्āṃ प्रज्ñāप्āरमित्āय्āṃ कर्य्āṃ करमṇओ व्यवलोकयती स्म
पṃक स्कन्ध्āḥ
त्āṃस्का स्वभ्āवśūन्य्āन पśयती स्म

इहा śāरिपुत्र र्ūपṃ śūन्यत्ā śūन्यतैव र्ūपṃ र्ūप्āन्ना प्ṛथक्śūन्यत्ā śūन्यत्āय्ā न प्ṛथग्र्ūपṃ यद्र्ūपṃ स्ā śūन्यत्ā
य्ā śūन्यत्ā तद्र्ūपṃ
एवमेव वेदनसṃज्ñāसṃस्क्रविज्ñāन्āनि

इहा śāरिपुत्र सर्वधर्म्āḥ śūन्यत्āलक्ṣअṇā अनुत्पन्न्ā अनिरुद्ध्ā अ्अल्ā अविमला नोन्ā न परिप्ūर्ṇāḥ
तस्म्āक्च्āरिपुत्र śūन्यत्āय्āṃ न र्ūपṃ न वेदन्ā न सṃज्ñā न सṃस्क्āरो न विज्ñāन्āṃ ना कक्ṣउर न śरोत्रṃ न घ्र्āṇअṃ न जिह्व्ā न क्āयो न मनḥ

ना र्ūपṃ न śअब्दओ न गन्धो न रसो स्प्रṣṭअव्य न धर्म्āḥ
ना कक्ṣउर न ध्āतुर य्āवन्न मनो विज्ñāनध्āतुर्न विद्य्ā
न्āविद्य्ā न विद्य्āक्ṣāयो न्āविद्य्āक्ṣअयो य्āवन्न जर्āमरṇअṃ न जर्āमरṇअक्ṣअयो
न दुḥखो न समुदयो न निरोधो न म्āर्ग्ā न ज्ñāनṃ न प्र्āप्तिस्तस्म्āक्च्āरिपुत्र अप्र्āप्तित्व्āद् बोद्धिसत्त्व्āन्āṃ
प्रज्ñāप्āरमित्āम्āśरित्य विहरत्यकित्त्ā वरṇअḥ
कित्त्āवरṇअन्āस्तिव्āदत्रस्तो विपर्य्āस्āतिक्र्āन्तो निṣṭहनिर्व्āṇअḥ त्र्यध्वव्यवस्थित्āḥ सर्वबुद्ध्āḥग्
प्रज्ñāप्āरमित्āम्āśरित्य्āनुत्तर्āṃ सम्यक्सṃबोधिमभिसṃबुद्ध्āḥ
तस्म्āज्ज्ñāतव्यṃ प्रज्ñāप्āरमित्āमह्āमन्त्रो मह्āविद्य्āमम्त्रो नुत्त्तरमन्त्रो समसममन्त्र सर्वदुḥखप्रśअ्अनḥ सत्यममिथ्यत्व्ā प्रज्ñāप्āरमित्āय्āमुक्तो मन्त्रḥ तद्यथ्ā
गते गते परगते परसम्घते बोधी स्वहा

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