I have a chance to listen to the heart sutra song (sung by ChYi and Faye) in the evening time. While reading the sutra which is drawn in comics, i also cross referenced between chinese and english translation of this sutra. The meaning of the words are amplified and becomes easier to understand than in the past. One cannot understand the meaning in a day. It takes days/years of practice and awareness to deepen the roots of the words and apply on the daily life. It is not an escape but a way to learn how to live your life beuatifully.
觀自在菩薩。行深般若波羅蜜多時。照見五蘊皆空。度一切苦厄。舍利子,色不異空。空不
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Utm24S2SbqI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLt__PSM8SA
When Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara was practicing the profound Perfection of the Wisdom (prajna paramita), he illuminated the Five Appearances (skandha) and saw that they are all empty (shunya), and he crossed beyond all suffering and difficulty.
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 teachings (dharma) 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 dream-thinking far behind. Ultimately Nirvana! All Buddhas of the three periods of time attain anuttara-samyak-sambodhi 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!
The Heart of the Perfection of Transcendent Wisdom
"When the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara."[ Commentary on above text ]
"Was Coursing in the Deep Prajna Paramita."[ Commentary on above text ]
"He Perceived That All Five Skandhas Are Empty."[ Commentary on above text ]
"Thus He Overcame All Ills and Suffering."[ Commentary on above text ]
"Oh, Sariputra, Form Does not Differ From the Void,
And the Void Does Not Differ From Form.
Form is Void and Void is Form;
The Same is True For Feelings,
Perceptions, Volitions and Consciousness."[ Commentary on above text ]
And the Void Does Not Differ From Form.
Form is Void and Void is Form;
The Same is True For Feelings,
Perceptions, Volitions and Consciousness."[ Commentary on above text ]
"Sariputra, the Characteristics of the
Voidness of All Dharmas
Are Non-Arising, Non-Ceasing, Non-Defiled,
Non-Pure, Non-Increasing, Non-Decreasing."[ Commentary on above text ]
Voidness of All Dharmas
Are Non-Arising, Non-Ceasing, Non-Defiled,
Non-Pure, Non-Increasing, Non-Decreasing."[ Commentary on above text ]
"Therefore, in the Void There Are No Forms,
No Feelings, Perceptions, Volitions or Consciousness."[ Commentary on above text ]
No Feelings, Perceptions, Volitions or Consciousness."[ Commentary on above text ]
"No Eye, Ear, Nose, Tongue, Body or Mind;
No Form, Sound, Smell, Taste, Touch or Mind Object;
No Realm of the Eye,
Until We Come to No realm of Consciousness."[ Commentary on above text ]
No Form, Sound, Smell, Taste, Touch or Mind Object;
No Realm of the Eye,
Until We Come to No realm of Consciousness."[ Commentary on above text ]
"No ignorance and Also No Ending of Ignorance,
Until We Come to No Old Age and Death and
No Ending of Old Age and Death."[ Commentary on above text ]
Until We Come to No Old Age and Death and
No Ending of Old Age and Death."[ Commentary on above text ]
"Also, There is No Truth of Suffering,
Of the Cause of Suffering,
Of the Cessation of Suffering, Nor of the Path."[ Commentary on above text ]
Of the Cause of Suffering,
Of the Cessation of Suffering, Nor of the Path."[ Commentary on above text ]
"There is No Wisdom, and There is No Attainment Whatsoever."[ Commentary on above text ]
"Because There is Nothing to Be Attained,
The Bodhisattva Relying On Prajna Paramita Has
No Obstruction in His Mind."[Commentary on above text]
The Bodhisattva Relying On Prajna Paramita Has
No Obstruction in His Mind."[Commentary on above text]
"Because There is No Obstruction, He Has no Fear,"[ Commentary on above text ]
"And He passes Far Beyond Confused Imagination."[ Commentary on above text ]
"And Reaches Ultimate Nirvana."[ Commentary on above text ]
"The Buddhas of the Past, Present and Future,
By Relying on Prajna Paramita
Have Attained Supreme Enlightenment."[ Commentary on above text ]
By Relying on Prajna Paramita
Have Attained Supreme Enlightenment."[ Commentary on above text ]
"Therefore, the Prajna Paramita is the Great Magic Spell,
The Spell of Illumination, the Supreme Spell,
Which Can Truly Protect One From All Suffering Without Fail."[ Commentary on above text ]
The Spell of Illumination, the Supreme Spell,
Which Can Truly Protect One From All Suffering Without Fail."[ Commentary on above text ]
"Therefore He Uttered the Spell of Prajnaparmita,
Saying Gate, Gate, Paragate, Parasamgate, Bodhi Svaha."[ Commentary on above text ]
Saying Gate, Gate, Paragate, Parasamgate, Bodhi Svaha."[ Commentary on above text ]
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