般若波羅蜜多心經序
Preface to the Heart Sutra of the Perfection of Wisdom
唐釋慧忠撰
Composed by the Tang Dynasty Monk Huizhong
夫法性無邊，豈藉心之所度；真如非相，詎假言之所詮。是故眾生浩浩無窮，法海茫茫何極。若也廣尋文義，猶如鏡裏求形，更乃息念觀空，又似日中逃影。茲經喻如大地，何物不從地之所生，諸佛唯指一心，何法不因心之所立。但了心地，故號總持，悟法無生，名為妙覺。一念超越，豈在繁論者爾。
The Dharma-nature is boundless, how could it be measured by the mind? True Suchness is without form, how could it be described by words? Thus, sentient beings are vast and endless, the ocean of Dharma is wide and without limit. If one broadly seeks textual meanings, it is like seeking forms within a mirror; if one further ceases thoughts and contemplates emptiness, it is again like fleeing from a shadow in broad daylight. This sutra is like the great earth— what thing is not born from the earth? All Buddhas point solely to the One Mind— what dharma is not established by the mind? Simply realize the mind-ground, thus it is called the great dhāraṇī; awaken to the unproduced nature of dharmas, this is named wondrous enlightenment. A single thought transcends— why dwell in elaborate discussions?
般若波羅蜜多心經
The Heart Sutra
唐三藏法師玄奘譯
Translated by the Tripitaka Master Xuanzang.
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。
Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva, while practicing the profound Prajñāpāramitā, clearly perceived that the five aggregates are all empty, and thus crossed beyond all suffering and affliction.
「舍利子！色不異空，空不異色，色即是空，空即是色；受、想、行、識，亦復如是。
Shariputra, form is not different from emptiness, emptiness is not different from form; form itself is emptiness, emptiness itself is form. Sensation, perception, mental formations, and consciousness are also like this.
「舍利子！是諸法空相，不生不滅，不垢不淨，不增不減。是故，空中無色，無受、想、行、識；無眼、耳、鼻、舌、身、意；無色、聲、香、味、觸、法；無眼界，乃至無意識界；無無明亦無無明盡，乃至無老死亦無老死盡；無苦、集、滅、道；無智，亦無得。
Shariputra, all dharmas are marked by emptiness; they do not appear nor disappear, are not defiled nor pure, do not increase nor decrease. Therefore, in emptiness there is no form, no feeling, no perception, no volition, no consciousness; no eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, mind; no form, sound, scent, taste, touch, dharma; no realm of sight, up to no realm of consciousness; no ignorance nor end of ignorance, up to no old age and death nor end of old age and death; no suffering, no origin, no cessation, no path; no wisdom, and no attainment.
「以無所得故，菩提薩埵依般若波羅蜜多故，心無罣礙；無罣礙故，無有恐怖，遠離顛倒夢想，究竟涅槃。三世諸佛依般若波羅蜜多故，得阿耨多羅三藐三菩提。
Because there is nothing to attain, the bodhisattva, relying on the perfection of wisdom, has no obstructions in mind. Having no obstructions, there is no fear; far removed from inverted views and illusory dreams, one ultimately reaches nirvana. All buddhas of the past, present, and future, relying on the perfection of wisdom, attain anuttarā-samyak-saṃbodhi.
「故知般若波羅蜜多是大神咒、是大明咒、是無上咒、是無等等咒，能除一切苦，真實不虛，故說般若波羅蜜多咒。」
Therefore, know that Prajñāpāramitā is the great divine mantra, the great luminous mantra, the supreme mantra, the unequalled mantra. It can remove all suffering; it is true and not false. Thus, the Prajñāpāramitā mantra is spoken.
即說咒曰：
Then he spoke the mantra, saying:
「揭帝 揭帝般羅揭帝般羅僧揭帝菩提莎婆訶」
Gate gate pāragate pārasaṃgate bodhi svāhā.
般若波羅蜜多心經
The Heart Sutra of the Perfection of Wisdom