The Heart Sutra
1st Edition
Published on 10. August 2005
208 pages
978-1-58243-992-1 (ISBN)
Description
The Heart Sutra is Buddhism in a nutshell. It has had the most profound and wide-reaching influence of any text in Buddhism. This short text covers more of the Buddha's teachings than any other scripture, and it does so without being superficial or hurried. Although the original author is unknown, he was clearly someone with a deep realization of the Dharma.
For this new English translation, Red Pine, award-winning translator of Chinese poetry and religious texts, has utilized various Sanskrit and Chinese versions, refining the teachings of dozens of ancient teachers together with his own commentary to offer a profound word-for-word explication. Divided into four parts and broken into thirty-five lines to make it easier to study or chant, and containing a glossary of names, terms, and texts, The Heart Sutra is a wise book of deep teaching destined to become the standard edition of this timeless statement of Mahayana truth.
For this new English translation, Red Pine, award-winning translator of Chinese poetry and religious texts, has utilized various Sanskrit and Chinese versions, refining the teachings of dozens of ancient teachers together with his own commentary to offer a profound word-for-word explication. Divided into four parts and broken into thirty-five lines to make it easier to study or chant, and containing a glossary of names, terms, and texts, The Heart Sutra is a wise book of deep teaching destined to become the standard edition of this timeless statement of Mahayana truth.
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Bill Porter (aka "Red Pine") is widely recognized as one of the world's preeminent translators of Chinese poetry and religious texts; he assumes the pen name "Red Pine" for his translations.
Writing as Red Pine, he was the first translator to ever translate the entirety of Han-shan's oeurve into English, published as The Collected Songs of Cold Mountain. Red Pine was also the first to translate into English the entirely of The Poems of the Masters. He has also translated several of the major Buddhist sutras, including the Heart Sutra, Diamond Sutra, and Platform Sutra.
Writing as Red Pine, he was the first translator to ever translate the entirety of Han-shan's oeurve into English, published as The Collected Songs of Cold Mountain. Red Pine was also the first to translate into English the entirely of The Poems of the Masters. He has also translated several of the major Buddhist sutras, including the Heart Sutra, Diamond Sutra, and Platform Sutra.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- The Heart Sutra
- Introduction
- The Heart Sutra
- Part One - Prajnaparamita
- 1. THE NOBLE AVALOKITESHVARA BODHISATTVA: arya avalokiteshvaro bodhisattvo
- 2. WHILE PRACTICING THE DEEP PRACTICE OF PRAJNAPARAMITA: gambhiran ...
- 3. LOOKED UPON THE FIVE SKANDHAS: vyaavalokayati sma panca skandhas
- 4. AND SEEING THEY WERE EMPTY OF SELF-EXISTENCE: tansh ca svabhava shunyan ...
- 5. SAID, "HERE, SHARIPUTRA: iha shariputra
- 6. FORM IS EMPTINESS, EMPTINESS IS FORM: rupan shunyata shunyataiva rupan
- 7. EMPTINESS IS NOT SEPARATE FROM FORM, FORM IS NOT SEPARATE FROM EMPTINESS: ...
- 8. WHATEVER IS FORM IS EMPTINESS, WHATEVER IS EMPTINESS IS FORM: yad rupan sa ...
- 9. THE SAME HOLDS FOR SENSATION AND PERCEPTION, MEMORY AND CONSCIOUSNESS: evam ...
- 10. HERE, SHARIPUTRA, ALL DHARMAS ARE DEFINED BY EMPTINESS: iha shariptura ...
- 11. NOT BIRTH OR DESTRUCTION, PURITY OR DEFILEMENT, COMPLETENESS OR DEFICIENCY: ...
- Part Two - Abhidharma in the Light of Prajnaparamita
- 12/13. THEREFORE, SHARIPUTRA, IN EMPTINESS THERE IS NO FORM, / NO SENSATION, NO ...
- 14. NO EYE, NO EAR, NO NOSE, NO TONGUE, NO BODY AND NO MIND: na cakshuh shrotra ...
- 15. NO SHAPE, NO SOUND, NO SMELL, NO TASTE, NO FEELING AND NO THOUGHT: na rupa ...
- 16. NO ELEMENT OF PERCEPTION, FROM EYE TO CONCEPTUAL CONSCIOUSNESS: na ...
- 17. NO CAUSAL LINK, FROM IGNORANCE TO OLD AGE AND DEATH: na avidya na avidya kshayo
- 18. AND NO END OF CAUSAL LINK, FROM IGNORANCE TO OLD AGE AND DEATH: yavan na ...
- 19. NO SUFFERING, NO SOURCE, NO RELIEF, NO PATH: na duhkha samudaya nirodha marga
- 20. NO KNOWLEDGE, NO ATTAINMENT AND NO NON-ATTAINMENT: na jnanan na praptir na-apraptih
- Part Three - The Bodhisattva Path
- 21. THEREFORE, SHARIPUTRA, WITHOUT ATTAINMENT: tasmac shariputra apraptitvad
- 22. BODHISATTVAS TAKE REFUGE IN PRAJNAPARAMITA: bodhisattvo prajnaparamitam ashritya
- 23. AND LIVE WITHOUT WALLS OF THE MIND: viharaty acitta-avaranah
- 24. WITHOUT WALLS OF THE MIND AND THUS WITHOUT FEARS: citta-avarana nastitvad atrasto
- 25. THEY SEE THROUGH DELUSIONS AND FINALLY NIRVANA: viparyasa atikranto nishtha nirvanah
- 26/27. ALL BUDDHAS PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE / ALSO TAKE REFUGE IN ...
- 28. AND REALIZE UNEXCELLED, PERFECT ENLIGHTENMENT: anuttaran samyak sambodhim abhisambuddhah
- Part Four - The Womb of Buddhas
- 29. YOU SHOULD THEREFORE KNOW THE GREAT MANTRA OF PRAJNAPARAMITA: tasmaj ...
- 30. THE MANTRA OF GREAT MAGIC: maha-vidya mantro
- 31. THE UNEXCELLED MANTRA: anuttara mantro
- 32. THE MANTRA EQUAL TO THE UNEQUALLED: asama-sama mantrah
- 33. WHICH HEALS ALL SUFFERING AND IS TRUE, NOT FALSE: sarva-duhkha prashamanah ...
- 34. THE MANTRA IN PRAJNAPARAMITA SPOKEN THUS: prajnaparamitayam ukto mantrah tadyatha
- 35. 'GATE GATE, PARAGATE, PARASANGATE, BODHI SVAHA'
- Names, Terms, and Texts
- The Heart Sutra
- Copyright
