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| The thousand arms represent the uncounted ways Compassion may be expressed. |
The
Regarder of the Cries of the World Bodhisattva
from
the deep practice of the Perfection of Wisdom
perceived
the emptiness of all Five Skandhas*
and
transcended all ill-being.
Listen,
Shariputra,
form
is no other than emptiness,
emptiness
no other than form,
form
is emptiness,
emptiness
form.
The
same is true of feeling, thought, memory, and consciousness.
Listen,
Shariputra,
all
dharmas are empty.
They
are not born or annihilated.
They
are not defiled or immaculate.
They
do not increase or decrease.
So
in emptiness,
no
feeling, no thought, no memory, no consciousness.
No
eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, mind;
no
form, sound, smell, taste, touch, or objects of mind,
no
realm of sight, no realm of consciousness.
No
ignorance, or extinction of ignorance,
no
old age and death, nor extinction of them.
No
ill-being, no cause of ill-being, no end of ill-being,
no
path to lead out of ill-being,
no
knowledge, no attainment, no realization,
no
non-attainment, for there is nothing to attain.
The
Bodhisattva holds on to nothing but the
Perfection
of Wisdom,
and
finds no obstacles in the mind.
Without
obstacles, there is no fear,
away
from illusion, one realizes
perfect
Nirvana.
All
Buddhas of past, present, and future,
through
faith in the Perfection of Wisdom,
attain
to the Highest Perfect Awakening.
You
should know then the
Great
Mantra of the Perfection of Wisdom
is
the highest perfect mantra,
the
unequaled mantra,
the
destroyer of ill-being, the incorruptible truth.
The
mantra of the Perfection of Wisdom should
therefore
be proclaimed.
Gone,
gone, gone beyond, gone beyond the beyond. Awake. So it is.
Gone,
gone, gone beyond, gone beyond the beyond. Awake. So it is.
Gone,
gone, gone beyond, gone beyond the beyond. Awake. So it is.
---Translation by Hung Su---
*The Five Skandhas
Form (Our environment)
Feelings (Sensations)
Perception (Awareness)
Response (Mental constructs)
Consciousness
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