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English version It is the wonderful enlightenment. A single thought transcends, how could it be in verbose discussions? The Heart Sutra of the Perfection of Wisdom Translated by the Tripitaka Master Xuanzang of the Tang Dynasty When Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva practiced the profound Prajñāpāramitā (perfection of wisdom), he illuminated the emptiness of the five skandhas (aggregates of existence: form, feeling, perception, mental formations, and consciousness) and thus transcended all suffering and distress. 'Śāriputra! Form (rūpa) is not different from emptiness (śūnyatā), and emptiness is not different from form; form is emptiness, and emptiness is form. Feeling (vedanā), perception (saṃjñā), mental formations (saṃskāra), and consciousness (vijñāna) are also like this.' 'Śāriputra! All dharmas (phenomena) are characterized by emptiness; they are neither produced nor destroyed, neither defiled nor pure, neither increasing nor decreasing. Therefore, in emptiness, there is no form, no feeling, no perception, no mental formations, no consciousness; no eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, or mind (the six sense organs); no form, sound, smell, taste, touch, or dharma (the six sense objects); no realm of the eye, up to and including no realm of consciousness; no ignorance (avidyā), nor the cessation of ignorance, up to and including no old age and death, nor the cessation of old age and death; no suffering, no origination, no cessation, no path (the Four Noble Truths); no wisdom, and no attainment.' 'Because there is nothing to be attained, Bodhisattvas, relying on Prajñāpāramitā, have no mental hindrances; because there are no hindrances, they have no fear, are far from distorted dreams, and ultimately attain Nirvana (liberation). All Buddhas of the three times, relying on Prajñāpāramitā, attain Anuttarā-samyak-saṃbodhi (supreme perfect enlightenment).' 'Therefore, know that Prajñāpāramitā is the great divine mantra, the great bright mantra, the supreme mantra, the unequaled mantra, which can remove all suffering, is true and not false. Therefore, the Prajñāpāramitā mantra is spoken.' Then the mantra is spoken: 'Gate, gate, pāragate, pārasaṃgate, bodhi, svāhā!' The Heart Sutra of the Perfection of Wisdom --------------------------------------------------------------------------------