Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Prajna Paramita The Heart Sutra in Sanskrit

Learn to recite the Heart Sutra
in Sanskrit.
The video is really audio with a photo of His Holiness.
I hope to one day recite this without reading it.

See the words below the video link.


Prajna Paramita Hrdaya Sutram

Aryalokiteshvara Bodhisattva gambhiram Prajna Paramita caryam caramano,
vyavalokiti sma panca-skanda asatta sca svabhava sunyam pasyati sma.
Iha Sariputra, rupam sunyam, sunyata lva rupam,
rupa na vrtta sunyata. Sunyataya na vrtta sa-rupam,
yad rupam sa-sunyata, yad sunyata sa-rupam.
Evam eva vedana, samjna, sam-skara vijnanam.
Iha sariputra, sarva dharma sunyata laksana.
Anutpanna, aniruddha, amala, a-vimala, anuna a-paripurna.
Tasmat Sariputra, sunyatayam na rupam.
na vedana, na samjna, na sam-skara, na vijnanam.
na caksu, srotra, ghrana, jihva kaya ,manasa.
na rupam, sabda, ghandha, rasa, sparstavya, dharma.
Na caksur-dhatu, yavat na manovijnanam-dhatu
Na avidya, na avidya ksayo,
yavat na jara-maranam, na jara-marana ksayo.
Na dukha, samudaya, nirodha, marga.
na jnana, na prapti, na abhi-samaya.
Tasmat na prapti tva Bodhisattvanam,
prajna-paramitam a-sritya vi-haratya citta avarana,
citta avarana na sthitva, na trasto.
vi-paryasa ati-kranta nistha nirvanam.
Try-adhva vyavasthita sarva Buddha Prajna-Paramitam
A-sritya Annutara-Samyak-Sambodhim, Abhi-sambuddha.
Tasmat, jnatavyam Prajna-paramita Maha-Mantra,
Maha-vidya Mantra, Anuttara Mantra, asama-samati Mantra.
sarva duhkha pra-samana satyam amithyatva.
Prajna Paramita mukha Mantra
Tadyatha, Gate Gate Para-gate Para-samgate Bodhi Svaha


This fence lizard made it up to the prayer flags
in the garden. Lucky critter!