Heart Sutra
	well on the Kuan Yin Path, practice is a moment-to-moment affair from the day that they have accepted Kuan Yin into their hearts till the day enlightenment is won. However, beginners of the path are advised to practise as best as they can, aiming for gradual progress and refraining from over-commit ment, to spiritual development unless they have experienced teachers to guide them. Devotion and faith in Kuan Yin cannot be acquired hurriedly but can be won over a period of time. is chapter on Kuan Shih Yin P'usa can hardly be completed without the inclusion of the Heart Sutra and the Dharani of Great Compassion, both of which are daily recited by those who are commit ed to the Kuan Yin Path of Great Wisdom and Compassion. e eart utra (THE PRAJNA PARAMITA HRIDAYA SUTRA) When the Bodhisat va Avalokitesvara was practising the pro- found Prajna Paramita, he il uminated the five aggregates, and saw in their own being to be empty. "Sariputra, form is here emptiness, Emptiness is form; form is no other than emptiness, emptiness is no other than form. at which is form is emptiness, that which is emptiness is form. e same is true of feelings, perception, mental formations and consciousness. Sariputra, all things are marked with emptiness: they are not born or destroyed; they are not pure or impure, nor do they wax or wane. erefore, Sariputra, in emptiness, there is no form, no feeling, no perception, no mental formation, no consciousness; no eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, mind; no form, sound, smel , taste, touch, or objects; no eye-element, and so forth up to mind-consciousness element. ere is no knowledge, no ignorance, no extinction of know- ledge, no extinction of ignorance and so forth up to no old age and death, no extinction of old age and death; there is no suf- fering, no cause, no end, no path; there is no knowledge, and no attainment. erefore, Sariputra, because nothing is attained, the Bodhi- sat va who relies on Prajna Paramita has his mind free from obstacles. With the mind free from obstacles, He overcomes fear and goes beyond perverted views, and attains to Nirvana! All the Buddhas of the three periods of time, through reli- ance on the Prajna Paramita, attain to the Perfect and Highest Enlightenment! erefore, one should know that Prajna Paramita as the great supernatural Mantra, the great bright, unsurpassed and un- equal ed Mantra which can truly and without fail wipe out all sufferings. ¡ûBACK¡û |INDEX| ¡úNEXT¡ú