罽宾国三藏般若共利言等译

　　如是我闻,一时佛在王舍城耆阇崛山中,与大比丘众及菩萨众俱。时佛世尊即入三昧,名广大甚深。尔时众中有菩萨摩诃萨，名观自在，行深般若波罗蜜多时，照见五蕴皆空，离诸苦厄。即时舍利弗承佛威力，合掌恭敬白观自在菩萨摩诃萨言：“善男子！若有欲学甚深般若波罗蜜多行者，云何修行？”如是问已，尔时观自在菩萨摩诃萨告具寿舍利弗言：“舍利子！若善男子、善女人，行甚深般若波罗蜜多行时，应观五蕴性空。舍利子！色不异空，空不异色，色即是空，空即是色，受想行识亦复如是。舍利子！是诸法空相，不生不灭，不垢不净，不增不减。是故空中无色，无受想行识；无眼耳鼻舌身意；无色声香味触法；无眼界乃至无意识界；无无明亦无无明尽；乃至无老死，亦无老死尽；无苦集灭道；无智亦无得。以无所得故，菩提萨埵，依般若波罗蜜多故，心无挂碍。无挂碍故，无有恐怖，远离颠倒梦想，究竟涅槃。三世诸佛依般若波罗蜜多故，得阿耨多罗三藐三菩提。故知般若波罗蜜多是大神咒，是大明咒，是无上咒，是无等等咒，能除一切苦，真实不虚。故说般若波罗蜜多咒。即说咒曰：糵谛，糵谛，波罗糵谛，波罗僧糵谛，菩提娑婆诃。如是舍利弗，诸菩萨摩诃萨于甚深般若波罗蜜多行，应如是行。”如是说已，即时世尊从广大甚深三摩地起，赞观自在菩萨摩诃萨言：“善哉善哉！善男子，如是如是！如汝所说，甚深般若波罗蜜多行，应如是行。如是行时，一切如来皆悉随喜。”尔时世尊说是语已，具寿舍利弗大喜充遍，观自在菩萨摩诃萨亦大欢喜。时彼众会天人阿修罗乾闼婆等，闻佛所说皆大欢喜，信受奉行。

The Heart of the Perfection of Wisdom Sutra

translated by Ven. Thubten Tsultrim (George Churinoff)  

Colophon:

The Heart of the Perfection of Wisdom Sutra has been translated from the Tibetan, consulting the Indian and Tibetan commentaries and previous good translations, by Gelong Thubten Tsultrim (George Churinoff), the first day of Saka Dawa, 1999, at Tushita Meditation Centre, Dharamsala, India. Amended March 8, 2001, in the New Mexico desert.

The Heart of the Perfection of Wisdom Sutra

(Ärya-bhagavatï-prajñäpäramitä-höidaya-sütra)

Thus did I hear at one time. The Bhagavan was dwelling on Mass of Vultures Mountain in Rajagriha together with a great community of monks and a great community of bodhisattvas. At that time, the Bhagavan was absorbed in the concentration on the categories of phenomena called“Profound Perception.”

Also, at that time, the bodhisattva mahasattva arya Avalokiteshvara looked upon the very practice of the profound perfection of wisdom and beheld those five aggregates also as empty of inherent nature.

Then, through the power of Buddha, the venerable Shariputra said this to the bodhisattva mahasattva arya Avalokiteshvara: “How should any son of the lineage train who wishes to practice the activity of the profound perfection of wisdom?”

He said that and the bodhisattva mahasattva arya Avalokiteshvara said this to the venerable Sharadvatiputra. “Shariputra, any son of the lineage or daughter of the lineage who wishes to practice the activity of the profound perfection of wisdom should look upon it like this, correctly

and repeatedly beholding those five aggregates also as empty of inherent nature.

“Form is empty. Emptiness is form. Emptiness is not other than form; form is also not other than emptiness. In the same way, feeling, discrimination, compositional factors, and consciousness are empty.

“Shariputra, likewise, all phenomena are emptiness; without characteristic; unproduced, unceased; stainless, not without stain; not deficient, not fulfilled.

“Shariputra, therefore, in emptiness there is no form, no feeling, no discrimination, no compositional factors, no consciousness; no eye, no ear, no nose, no tongue, no body, no mind; no visual form, no sound, no odor, no taste, no object of touch, and no phenomenon. There is no eye element and so on up to and including no mind element and no mental consciousness element. There is no ignorance, no extinction of ignorance,

and so on up to and including no aging and death and no extinction of aging and death. Similarly, there is no suffering, origination, cessation, and path; there is no exalted wisdom, no attainment, and also no nonattainment.

“Shariputra, therefore, because there is no attainment, bodhisattvas rely on and dwell in the perfection of wisdom, the mind without obscuration and without fear. Having completely passed beyond error, they reach the end-point of nirvana. All the buddhas who dwell in the three times also manifestly, completely awaken to unsurpassable, perfect, complete enlightenment in reliance on the perfection of wisdom.

“Therefore, the mantra of the perfection of wisdom, the mantra of great knowledge, the unsurpassed mantra, the mantra equal to the unequaled, the mantra that thoroughly pacifies all suffering, should be known as truth since it is not false. The mantra of the perfection of wisdom is declared:

TADYATHA [OM] GATE GATE PARAGATE PARASAMGATE BODHI SVAHA

“Shariputra, the bodhisattva mahasattva should train in the profound perfection of wisdom like that.”

Then the Bhagavan arose from that concentration and commended the bodhisattva mahasattva arya Avalokiteshvara saying:“Well said, well said, son of the lineage, it is like that. It is like that; one should practice the profound perfection of wisdom just as you have indicated; even the tathagatas rejoice.”

The Bhagavan having thus spoken, the venerable Sharadvatiputra, the bodhisattva mahasattva arya Avalokiteshvara, those surrounding in their entirety along with the world of gods, humans, asuras, and gandharvas were overjoyed and highly praised that spoken by the Bhagavan.

(This completes the Ärya-bhagavatï-prajñäpäramitä-höidaya-sütra.)