Hannya Shingyō (般若心経)
Revered throughout Mahayana Buddhism, the Heart Sutra expresses the core of the Dharma in 261 kanji. It is used devotionally in most schools of Buddhist practice, and as a protective spell in shugendō and jujutsu. Shakyō, or sutra copying, of the Hannya Shingyō continues to be widely practiced in Japan.
Kanji Version
摩訶般若波羅蜜多心経
観自在菩薩行深般若波羅蜜多時照見
五蘊皆空度一切苦厄舎利子色不異空
空不異色色即是空空即是色受想行識
亦復如是舎利子是諸法空相不生不滅
不垢不浄不増不減是故空中無色無受
想行識無眼耳鼻舌身意無色声香味触
法無眼界乃至無意識界無無明亦無無
明尽乃至無老死亦無老死尽無苦集滅
道無智亦無得以無所得故菩提薩捶依
般若波羅蜜多故心無罣礙無罣礙故無
有恐怖遠離一切顛倒夢想究竟涅槃三
世諸仏依般若波羅蜜多故得阿耨多羅
三貘三菩提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
一切苦真実不虚故説般若波羅蜜多咒
即説咒曰掲帝掲帝波羅掲帝波羅僧掲帝菩提僧莎訶
般若心経
Kanji Version, with transliteration and translation
摩訶般若波羅蜜多心経
ma ka han nya ha ra mi ta shin gyō
The Great Heart of Wisdom Sutra:
観自在菩薩行深般若波羅蜜多時
kan ji zai bo sa gyō jin han-nya ha ra mi ta ji
Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva, while practicing deep Prajña Paramita,
照見五蘊皆空度一切苦厄
shō ken go on kai kū do is-sai ku yaku
Perceived all five skandhas were empty and was saved from suffering and distress.
舎利子色不異空
sha ri shi shiki fu i kū
“Shariputra, form is no different from emptiness.
空不異色
kū fu i shiki
Emptiness is no different from form.
色即是空
shiki soku ze kū
That which is form is emptiness.
空即是色
kū soku ze shiki
That which is emptiness is form.
受想行識亦復如是
jū sō gyō shiki yaku bu nyo ze
Feelings, perceptions, impulses, consciousness, the same is true of these.
舎利子是諸法空相
sha ri shi ze sho hō kū sō
Shariputra, all dharmas are marked with emptiness.
不生不滅
fu shō fu metsu
They do not appear or disappear,
不垢不浄
fu ku fu jō
are not tainted or pure,
不増不減
fu zō fu gen
do not increase or decrease.
是故空中無色
ze ko kū chū mu shiki
Therefore in emptiness there is no form,
無受想行識
mu jū sō gyō shiki
no feelings, perceptions, impulses, consciousness;
無眼耳鼻舌身意
mu gen ni bi zes-shin i
no eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, mind;
無色声香味触法
mu shiki shō kō mi soku hō
no color, sound, smell, taste, touch, object of mind;
無眼界乃至無意識界
mu gen kai nai shi mu i shiki kai
no realm of eyes, and so forth, until no realm of mind consciousness;
無無明亦無無明尽
mu mu myō yaku mu mu myō jin
no ignorance and also no extinction of ignorance,
乃至無老死亦無老死尽
nai shi mu rō shi yaku mu rō shi jin
and so forth, until no old age and death and no extinction of old age and death;
無苦集滅道
mu ku shū metsu dō
no suffering, origination, stopping, path;
無智亦無得
mu chi yaku mu toku
no cognition, also no attainment.
以無所得故
i mu sho tok-ko
With nothing to attain,
菩提薩捶依般若波羅蜜多故
bo dai sat-ta e han-nya ha ra mi ta ko
the Bodhisattva depends upon Prajña Paramita,
心無罣礙
shin mu ke ge
and his mind is no hindrance.
無罣礙故無有恐怖
mu ke ge ko mu u ku fu
Without any hindrance, no fear exists;
遠離一切顛倒夢想
on ri is-sai ten dō mu sō
far apart from every inverted view,
究竟涅槃
ku gyō ne han
he dwells in Nirvana.
三世諸仏
san ze shō butsu
All Buddhas in the Three Worlds
依般若波羅蜜多故
e han-nya ha ra mi ta ko
depend on Prajña Paramita
得阿耨多羅三貘三菩提
toku a noku ta ra san myaku san bo dai
and attain complete unsurpassed enlightenment.
故知般若波羅蜜多
ko chi han-nya ha ra mi ta
Therefore know the Prajña Paramita
是大神咒
ze dai jin shu
is the great transcendent mantra,
是大明咒
ze dai myō shu
is the great bright mantra,
是無上咒
ze mu jō shu
is the utmost mantra,
是無等等咒
ze mu tō dō shu
is the supreme mantra,
能除一切苦真実不虚
nō jo is sai ku shin jitsu fu ko
which is able to relieve all suffering and is true, not false.
故説般若波羅蜜多咒
ko setsu han-nya ha ra mi ta shu
So proclaim the Prajña Paramita mantra,
即説咒曰
soku setsu shu watsu
proclaim the mantra that says:
掲帝掲帝波羅掲帝
gya te gya te ha ra gya te
‘Gone, gone, gone beyond,
波羅僧掲帝菩提僧莎訶
ha ra sō gya te bo ji so wa ka
gone beyond beyond, Bodhi Svaha!’”
般若心経
han-nya shin gyō
Heart Sutra