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The Great Heart of Wisdom Sutra
This version of The Great Heart of Wisdom Sutra was prepared by Zengaku Soyu Matsuoka-roshi. You will want to listen to the mp3 provided here; it will show you how he taught us to chant it. (Left-click to listen; to download right click and choose “save target as”. Use the same method to download the PDF here.)
When-Kan-non-the-Bo-dhi-satt-va-of-com-pas-sion,
was-prac-tic-ing-the-deep-est-wis-dom-he-clear-ly-saw,
that-the-five-ag-gre-gates-are-emp-ty-thus-tran-scend-ing-dis-tress-and-suf-fer-ing.
O-Sha-ri-pu-tra, form-is-no-o-ther-than-emp-ti-ness, emp-ti-ness-no-o-ther-than-form,
form-is-ex-act-ly-emp-ti-ness, emp-ti-ness-ex-act-ly-form. Feel-ing, thought,
im-pulse-and-con-scious-ness are-like-wise-like-this.
O-Sha-ri-pu-tra, re-mem-ber,
Dhar-ma-is-fun-da-men-tal-ly-emp-ti-ness-no-birth-no-death.
Noth-ing-is-pure-noth-ing-is-de-filed. Noth-ing-can-in-crease, nothing-can-de-crease.
Hence-in-emp-ti-ness-no-form-no-feel-ing-no-thought-no-im-pulse,
no-con-scious-ness-no-eye-no-ear-no-nose-no-tongue, no-body-no-mind,
no-see-ing-no-hear-ing-no-smell-ing-no-tast-ing, no-touch-ing-no-think-ing,
no-realm-of-sight, no-realm-of-thought, no ig-nor-ance-and-no-end-of-ig-nor-ance,
no-old-age-and-death-and-no-end-to-old-age-and-death.
No-suf-fer-ing-no-cra-ving-no-ex-tinc-tion, no-path, no-wis-dom-no-at-tain-ment.
In-deed-there-is-no-thing-to-be-at-tained;
the-Bo-dhi-satt-vas-live-this-deep-est-wis-dom-with-no-hin-drance-in-the-mind.
No-hin-drance-there-fore-no-fear.
Far-be-yond-de-lu-sive-think-ing-they-fin-al-ly-a-wa-ken-to-com-plete-nir-va-na.
All-Bud-dhas, Bo-dhi-satt-vas, of-past-pres-ent-and-fu-ture,
live-this-deep-est-wis-dom-and-there-fore-reach-the-most-su-preme-en-light-en-ment.
There-fore-know-that-this-wis-dom-be-yond-wis-dom-is-the-great-est-Dha-ra-ni,
the-bright-est-Dha-ra-ni, the-high-est-Dha-ra-ni, the-peer-less-Dha-ra-ni.
It-com-plete-ly-ends-all-suf-fer-ing. Know-this-as-truth-and-do-not-doubt.
So-set-forth-this-pro-found-wis-dom-Dha-ra-ni. Set-forth-this-Dha-ra-ni-and-de-clare:
Gone, gone, gone-to-the-oth-er-shore, at-tained-the-oth-er-shore,
to-be-yond-the-oth-er-shore-hav-ing-nev-er-left. Wis-dom-Heart-Su-tra-aaaaaaaaa.
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