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# The Sūtra of the Heart of Transcendent Wisdom

Translation of [བཅམ་ལྡན་འདས་མ་ཤས་རབ་ཀྱ་ཕ་རལ་ཏ་ཕྱན་པའ་སྙང་པ (བཅོམ་ལྡན་འདས་མ་ཤེས་རབ་ཀྱི་ཕ་རོལ་ཏུ་ཕྱིན་པའི་སྙིང་པོ)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531)

- **Language:** English
- **Date:** 2019 CE
- **Translator:** [Adam Pearcey](https://indike.org/pramana/person/adam-pearcey)
- **Extent:** 98 passages, 876 words
- **Text:** complete digital text
- **Source:** lotsawahouse · Adam Pearcey (tr.), The Sūtra of the Heart of Transcendent Wisdom, Lotsawa House (version 1.1-20240923) · CC BY-NC 4.0 (Lotsawa House); shown with attribution on a non-commercial site

## Contents

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## Text

### [p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p1)

Beyond words, beyond thought, beyond description, Prajñāpāramitā

### [p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p2)

Unborn, unceasing, the very essence of space

### [p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p3)

Yet it can be experienced as the wisdom of our own rigpa:

### [p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p4)

Homage to the mother of the buddhas of past, present and future!

### [p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p5)

In the language of India:

### [p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p6)

Bhagavatī prajñāpāramitā hṛdaya

### [p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p7)

In the language of Tibet:

### [p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p8)

Chomden dema sherab kyi parol tu chinpé nyingpo

### [p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p9)

In the English language: The Blessed Mother, the Heart of the Transcendent Perfection of Wisdom

### [p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p10)

In a single segment.

### [p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p11)

Homage to the Bhagavatī Prajñāpāramitā!

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Thus have I heard:

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At one time the Blessed One was dwelling in Rājgṛha at Vulture Peak mountain, together with a great community of

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monks and a great community of bodhisattvas.

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At that time, the Blessed One entered an absorption on categories of phenomena called ‘perception of the profound’.

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At the same time, noble Avalokiteśvara, the bodhisattva and great being, beheld the practice of the profound perfection of wisdom,

### [p17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p17)

And saw that the five aggregates are empty of nature.

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Then, through the Buddha's power,

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Venerable Śāriputra said to noble Avalokiteśvara, the bodhisattva and great being:

### [p20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p20)

“How should a child of noble family who wishes to practise the profound perfection of wisdom train?”

### [p21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p21)

This is what he said, and the noble Avalokiteśvara, the bodhisattva and great being, replied to venerable Śāriputra as follows:

### [p22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p22)

“O Śāriputra, a son of noble family or daughter of noble family who wishes to practise the profound perfection of wisdom should regard things in this way:

### [p23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p23)

They should see the five aggregates to be empty of nature.

### [p24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p24)

Form is empty; emptiness is form;

### [p25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p25)

Emptiness is not other than form;

### [p26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p26)

Form is not other than emptiness.

### [p27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p27)

In the same way, sensation, recognition,

### [p28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p28)

Conditioning factors and consciousness are emptiness.

### [p29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p29)

Therefore, Śāriputra, all dharmas are emptiness.

### [p30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p30)

They are without characteristics; they are unarisen and unceasing;

### [p31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p31)

They are not tainted and not untainted;

### [p32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p32)

They are not deficient and not complete.

### [p33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p33)

Therefore, Śāriputra, in emptiness, there is no form,

### [p34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p34)

No sensation, no recognition, no conditioning factors, no consciousness;

### [p35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p35)

No eye, no ear, no nose, no tongue, no body, no mind;

### [p36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p36)

No visible form, no sound, no odour, no taste, no texture, and no mental objects;

### [p37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p37)

There is no eye element up to no mind element;

### [p38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p38)

And as far as no mental consciousness element;

### [p39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p39)

There is no ignorance, no extinction of ignorance up to no old age and death,

### [p40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p40)

No extinction of old age and death;

### [p41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p41)

No suffering, no origin,

### [p42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p42)

No cessation, no path, no wisdom, no attainment,

### [p43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p43)

And no non-attainment.

### [p44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p44)

Therefore, Śāriputra, since bodhisattvas have no attainment,

### [p45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p45)

They rely on and abide by the perfection of wisdom.

### [p46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p46)

Since their minds are unobscured, they have no fear.

### [p47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p47)

They completely transcend error and reach the ultimate nirvāṇa.

### [p48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p48)

All the buddhas throughout the three times

### [p49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p49)

Fully awaken to unsurpassable, true, complete enlightenment by means of the perfection of wisdom.

### [p50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p50)

Therefore, the mantra of the perfection of wisdom—

### [p51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p51)

The mantra of great insight, the unsurpassed mantra,

### [p52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p52)

The mantra that equals the unequalled, the mantra that pacifies all suffering—

### [p53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p53)

Is not false and should be understood as true.

### [p54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p54)

The mantra of the perfection of wisdom is proclaimed as follows:

### [p55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p55)

tadyathā | oṃ gate gate pāragate | pārasaṃgate | bodhi svāhā

### [p56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p56)

Śāriputra, a bodhisattva and great being should train in the profound perfection of wisdom in this way.”

### [p57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p57)

Thereupon, the Blessed One arose from that absorption

### [p58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p58)

And commended Avalokiteśvara, the bodhisattva and great being:

### [p59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p59)

“Excellent, excellent, O son of noble family, that is how it is. That is just how it is.

### [p60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p60)

One should practise the profound perfection of wisdom just as you have taught

### [p61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p61)

And then even the tathāgatas will rejoice.”

### [p62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p62)

When the Blessed One had said this,

### [p63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p63)

Venerable Śāriputra, and

### [p64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p64)

Noble Avalokiteśvara, the bodhisattva and great being,

### [p65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p65)

Together with the whole assembly and the world of gods, human beings,

### [p66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p66)

Asuras and gandharvas rejoiced and praised

### [p67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p67)

The speech of the Blessed One.

### [p68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p68)

Thus concludes the Mahāyāna Sūtra of the Blessed Mother, the Heart of the Transcendent Perfection of Wisdom.

### [p69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p69)

Namo! Homage to the Guru!

### [p70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p70)

Homage to the Buddha!

### [p71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p71)

Homage to the Dharma!

### [p72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p72)

Homage to the Saṅgha!

### [p73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p73)

Homage to the Great Mother, Prajñāpāramitā!

### [p74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p74)

Through the power and strength of paying homage to you,

### [p75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p75)

May these words of ours come true!

### [p76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p76)

Just as, long ago, the king of the gods Indra, by the power and strength of contemplating the profound meaning of the perfection of wisdom, the Great Mother, and reciting its words,

### [p77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p77)

Was able to avert the demonic forces of negativity, so in the very same way, may we too, through the power and strength of contemplating the profound meaning of the Perfection of Wisdom, the Great Mother, and reciting its words,

### [p78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p78)

Avert all the negative influences which prevent us and those around us from accomplishing the Noble Dharma!

### [p79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p79)

May they be annihilated!

### [p80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p80)

May they be rendered harmless!

### [p81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p81)

May they be completely pacified!

### [p82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p82)

Everything that arises interdependently

### [p83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p83)

Is unceasing and unborn,

### [p84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p84)

Neither non-existent nor everlasting,

### [p85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p85)

Neither coming nor going,

### [p86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p86)

Neither multiple nor single.

### [p87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p87)

To this teaching that pacifies all concepts and duality,

### [p88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p88)

The most sacred speech of the fully enlightened Buddha,

### [p89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p89)

We pay homage!

### [p90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p90)

May all obstacles,

### [p91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p91)

Outer and inner,

### [p92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p92)

To our attaining complete enlightenment,

### [p93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p93)

Be totally pacified!

### [p94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p94)

Also, in this very life,

### [p95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p95)

May everything inharmonious be pacified, and

### [p96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p96)

May we always enjoy peace and happiness, long life,

### [p97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p97)

Good health, prosperity and success!

### [p98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.hrdaya*bo-d531~en-pearcey-2.p98)

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