Wisdom transcendent heart sutra

Christopher Mulrooney

Avalokiteshvara bodhisattva
was practicing profound wisdom transcendent radiantly
when he saw the fivefold personality is nought

saw o Sariputra
being and nought are no different
nought no different from being
being no different from nought
being here nought there nought here being there
even so sensation thinking will awareness

o Sariputra all dharmas are nought
heed well unborn impure ungrowing unshrinking

hence Sariputra in nought there is
no being no sensation no thinking no will no awareness
no eye ear no nose tongue body mind
no being sound smell taste touch nor dharmas
no seeing even to the realm of vision
no brightness no brightness no brightness exhaustion no brightness exhaustion
even to age no age exhaustion
no suffering end of suffering nor way
no knowing no possessing no witnessing no possession

thus the bodhisattva in wisdom transcendent dwells
wherein thought has no obstacle brightness exhaustion no brightness exhaustion
even to age no brightness exhaustion
no suffering end of suffering nor way
no knowing no possessing no witnessing no possession

thus the bodhisattva in wisdom transcendent dwells
wherein thought has no obstacle thought has no obstacle
no existence fear terror upturn downturn separation
perfectly standing nirvana the three worlds knows as experience

all Buddhas in wisdom transcendent dwell
unsurpassed final perfect knowledge of Buddhaness
therefore come to know
wisdom transcendent the great charm the great clear charm

unsurpassed charm unequaled equal charm
all suffering cease at last in truth actual not vain
wisdom transcendent declared this charm saying

vanished vanished utterly vanished utterly totally vanished enlightened amen

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