Maha Prajña Paramita Heart Sutra
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Maha Prajna Paramita Heart Sutra Maha Prajña Paramita Heart Sutra Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva, doing deep Prajña Paramita, Clearly saw emptiness of all the five conditions, Thus, completely relieving misfortune and pain. Oh Shariputra, form is no other than emptiness Emptiness no other than form; Form is exactly emptiness, emptiness exactly form. Sensation, conception, discrimination, awareness are likewise like this. Oh Shariputra, all Dharmas are forms of emptiness: Not born, not destroyed; not stained, not pure, without loss, without gain. So in emptiness there is no form, no sensation, conception, discrimination, awareness. No eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, mind; no color, sound, smell, taste, touch, phenomena. No realm of sight, no realm of consciousness, no ignorance and no end to ignorance, No old age and death and no end to old age and death, No suffering, no cause of suffering, no extinguishing, no path, no wisdom and no gain. No gain and thus the Bodhisattva lives Prajña Paramita, with no hindrance in the mind. No hindrance, therefore no fear. Far beyond deluded thoughts, this is Nirvana. All past, present and future Buddhas live Prajña Paramita And therefore attain Añutara-Samyak-Sambodhi. Therefore know Prajña Paramita is the great mantra, The vivid mantra, the best mantra, the unsurpassable mantra It completely clears all pain. This is the truth not a lie. So set forth the Prajña Paramita mantra, 1 Maha Prajna Paramita Heart Sutra Set forth this mantra and say: Gate Gate Paragate! Parasamgate! Bodhi Svaha! Prajna Heart Sutra! 2 Identity of Relative and Absolute Identity of Relative and Absolute The mind of the Great Sage of India was intimately conveyed from West to East. Among human beings are wise ones and fools But in the Way there is no northern or southern ancestor. The subtle source is clear and bright; the tributary streams flow through the darkness. To be attached to things is illusion; to encounter the absolute is not yet enlightenment. Each and all the subjective and objective spheres are related, and at the same time independent. Related and yet working differently. Though each keeps its own place, form makes the character and appearance different. Sounds distinguish comfort and discomfort. The dark makes all words one; the brightness distinguishes good and bad phrases. The four elements return to their true nature as a child to its mother. Fire is hot, wind moves, water is wet, earth hard. Eyes see, ears hear, nose smells, tongue tastes the salt and sour. Each is independent of the other. Cause and effect must return to the great reality. The words high and low are used relatively. Within light there is darkness, but do not try to understand that darkness. Within darkness there is light, but do not look for that light Light and darkness are a pair like the foot before and the foot behind in walking. Each thing has its own intrinsic value and is related to everything else in function and position. Ordinary life fits the absolute as a box and its lid. 3 Identity of Relative and Absolute The absolute works together with the relative like two arrows meeting in mid air. Reading words you should grasp the great reality. Do not judge by any standards. If you do not see the Way, you do not see it even as you walk on it. When you walk the Way, it is not near; it is not far. If you are deluded, you are mountains and rivers away from it. I respectfully say to those who wish to be enlightened, Do not waste your time by night or day! 4 Buddhist Patriarchs Lineage Buddhist Patriarchs Lineage Past Seven Buddha Gayashata ▲ Vipasyin Buddha* Kumarata ▲ Shikhn Buddha Jayata ▲ Visvabhu Buddha Vasubandhu ▲ Krakucchanda Buddha ▲ Kanakamuni Buddha Manorhita ▲ Kasyapa Buddha Haklenayashas ▲ Shakyamuni Buddha Aryasimha Indian Patriarchs Basiasita Mahakashyapa Punyamitra Ananda Prajnatara Sanavasa Bodhidharma Upagupta Chinese Patriarchs and Ancestors Daizu Huike Dhritaka (Dai-Dzoo Hway-Kuh) Micchaka Jianzhi Sengcan Vasumitra (Jien-Jih Sung-Tsan) Dayi Daoxin Buddhanandi (Da-Ee Dow-Shin) Buddhamitra Daman Hongren (Da-Mun Hong-Run) Parshva Dajian Huineng Punyayasas (Da-Jien Hway-Nung) Ashvaghosa Qingyuan Xingsi (Ching-Yuu-En Shing-Sih) Kapimala Shitou Xiqian Nagarjuna (Shih-Toh Shi-Chi-En) Kanadeva Rahulata Yaoshan Weiyan (Yow-shan Way-yen) Sanghanandi 5 Buddhist Patriarchs Lineage Yuntan Tansheng Gasan Joseki (Yuen-taan Taan-shung) Taigen Soshin Dongshan Liangjie (Dong-shan Li-ang ji-eh) Baizan Monpon Yunju Daoying Nyochu Tengin (Yuen-joo Dow-ying) Kisan Shosan Tongan Daopi Morin Shihan (Tong-aan Dow-pee) Taishi Sotai Tongan Guanzhi Kenchu Hantetsu (Tong-aan Guan-jih) Daiju Soko Liangshan Yuanguan Kinpo Jusen (Li-ang-shan Yuu-an-guan) Kajin Sochin Dayang Jingxuan (Da-yang Jing-shu-an) Tetsuei Seiton Touzi Yiqing Shukoku Choton (To-tzz I-ching) Ketsuzan Tetsuei Furong Daokai (Fuu-wrong Dow-kai) Hoshi Soon Danxia Zichun Goho Kainon (Dan-shia Dzz-chwan) Tenkei Denson Zhenxie Qingliao Zozan Monko (Juhn-shi-eh Ching-li-ow) Niken Sekiryo Tiantong Zongjue (Tien-tong Zong-jueh) Reitan Roryu Xuedou Zhijian Kakujo Tosai (Shueh-doe Jih-jien) Kakuan Ryogu Tiantong Rujing Ryoka Daibai (Tien-tong Ruu-jing) Ungan Guhaku Japanese Ancestors Baian Hakujun Eihei Dogen Taizan Maezumi Koun Ejo American Ancestors Tetsu Gikai Bernie Baisan Tetsugen Glassman Keizan Jokin 6 Buddhist Women Ancestors Buddhist Women Ancestors ▲ Prajnaparamita ▲ Maya ▲ Ratna-vati ▲ Shri-mala ▲ Maha Paja-pati ▲ Khe-ma ▲ Pata-cara Ut-tama Bhad-da Dhamma-dina Sakhula Ubbiri Sumana Punnika Subha Uppalavanna Zong Chi (Zong Chih) Shih-chi (Shih-Chee) Ling Xingpo (Ling Shingpoh) Lingzhoa (Ling Jaow) Liu Tiemo (Lee-oo Tieh-moh) Moshan Liaoran (Mohshan Lee-aow-ran) Miaoxin (Meow-shin) Wujin Cang (Woo-jeen Tsang) Daoshen (Daow-shuhn) Huiguang (Huey-gooang) Gongshi Daoren (Gongshih Dowrun) Yu Daopo (Yoo Dow-po) Huiwen (Huey-wen) Fadeng (Fa-dung) Wenzhao (Wen-jaow) Miaodao (Meow-daow) Zenshin Satsu 7 Buddhist Women Ancestors Zenzō Ohashi E-zen Shōtaku Kōmyō Bunchi Eshin Ryonen Shōgaku Tei-jitsu Ryōnen Jōrin E-gi Mistu-jō Jō-a Ko-kan Mugai Dōkai E-kan Sozen Shidō Kendo Shō-zen Eshun Mokufu Sonin Soshin Ekyū Myo-on Myōsho Gesshin Sōitsu Houn Jiyu E-shun Antoku Inden Kasho Myokei Zenni 8 Enmei Jukku Kannon Gyo ENMEI JUKKU KANNON GYO KAN ZE ON NA MU BUTSU YO BUTSU U IN YO BUTSU U EN BUP PO SO EN JO RAKU GA JO CHO NEN KAN ZE ON BO NEN KAN ZE ON NEN NEN JU SHIN KI NEN NEN FU RI SHIN 9 Sho Sai Myo Kichijo Dharani SHO SAI MYO KICHIJO DHARANI (Auspicious Dharani for Averting Calamity) NO MO SAN MAN DA MOTO NAN OHA RA CHI KOTO SHA SONO NAN TO JI TO EN GYA GYA GYA KI GYA KI UN NUN SHIU RA SHIU RA HARA SHIU RA HARA SHIU RA CHISHU SA CHISHU SA CHISHU RI CHISHU RI SOWA JA SOWA JA SEN CHI GYA SHIRI EI SOMO KO 10 Gate of Sweet Nectar Gate of Sweet Nectar (Kan Ro Man) Invocation for the Manifestation of the Ten Buddhas (Everyone in Gassho) Buddham Saranam Gacchami Dhammam Saranam Gacchami Sangham Saranam Gacchami Buddham Saranam Gacchami Dhammam Saranam Gacchami Sangham Saranam Gacchami Being One with the Buddhas in the Ten Directions Being One with the Dharma in the Ten Directions Being One with the Sangha in the Ten Directions Being One with the all the Formless Forms throughout space and time Being One with the great Manjusri Bodhisattva Being One with the great compassionate Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva Being One with our original teacher Shakyamuni Buddha Being One with our lineage from Mahakashyapa Sonja Being One with the Mahayana Saddharma Pundarika Sutra Being One with Maha Prajna Paramita 11 Gate of Sweet Nectar Supplication for the Raising of the Bodhi Mind (Chant Leader) Attention! Attention! Vow to Feed the Hungry Spirits (All–spoken) Raising the Bodhi Mind, the supreme meal is offered to all the hungry spirits throughout space and time, filling the smallest particle to the largest space. All you hungry spirits in the ten directions please gather here. Sharing your distress, I offer you this food, hoping it will resolve your thirsts and hungers. Prayer for Food Sharing (All–sung) I pray that all who receive this offering will return its merits to all Buddhas and to all creations throughout space and time: in this way they will be thoroughly satisfied. Prayer for Raising the Bodhi Mind (All–spoken) I further pray that in receiving this meal all your sufferings will be eliminated, and that you will be liberated, so that being joyously reborn you will play freely in the fields of the Pure Land. Raising the Bodhi Mind and practicing the Enlightened Way, you become the future Buddhas without any further regress. Those who realize the Way first, please vow to liberate all others throughout all space and time. Prayer for Fulfilling these Vows (All–sung) I further beseech you to sustain me day and night and give me courage to fulfill my vows. 12 Gate of Sweet Nectar Prayer for Transferring the Merits of this Practice (All spoken) In offering this meal, I pray that you give its merits equally to all creations in the Dharma worlds. Please transfer the merits of this offering to the Dharma world of True Reality, to unsurpassable enlightenment and to all the Buddha wisdoms. Repeated Prayer to Attain the Enlightened Way (All-sung) With all our love, with all our spirit and with all our might, inviting misery and suffering no longer we vow to accomplish the Way. May all creations in the Dharma world swiftly accomplish the Buddha Way together. Dharani for the Invitation for the Manifestation of all the Gods and Demons (All) NO BO BO HO RI GYA RI TA RI TA TA GYA TA YA Being one with the Unconditioned Tathagata.