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Heart sutra English Translation of the kanji of the Heart Sutra in Japanese, part 2
Heart Sutra for sutra copying, part 2
 | MU | no | | GEN | eye | | NI | ear | | BI | nose | | ZETSU | tongue | | SHIN | body | | I | mind | | MU | no |
No eye, no ear, no nose, no tongue, no body, no mind;
 | SHIKI | form | | SHÔ | sound | | KÔ | smell | | MI | taste | | SOKU | touch | | HÔ | objects of mind | | MU | no | | GEN | sensory |
no form, no sound, no smell, no taste, no touch, no objects of mind. No sensory
 | KAI | realms | | NAI | then | | SHI | also | | MU | no | | I | mind | | SHIKI | consciousness | | KAI | realm | | MU | no |
realms or mind-consciousness realm. There is no
 | MU | no | | MYÔ | wisdom | | YAKU | also | | MU | no | | MU | no | | MYÔ | wisdom | | JIN | end | | NAI | then |
ignorance, and no end to ignorance.
 | SHI | also | | MU | no | | RÔ | old age | | SHI | death | | YAKU | also | | MU | no | | RÔ | old age | | SHI | death |
There is no old age and death, and no end to old age and death.
 | JIN | end | | MU | no | | KU | suffering | | SHÛ | arising | | METSU | cessation | | DÔ | path | | MU | no | | CHI | wisdom |
There is no suffering, no arising, no cessation, and no path. There is no wisdom,
 | YAKU | also | | MU | no | | TOKU | attainment | | I | because | | MU | no | | SHO | nothing | | TOKU | KO | attain | therefore | | BO | bo |
and no attainment. As there is nothing to be attained,
 | DAI | dhi | | SAT | satt | | TA | va | | E | abide | | HAN | praj | | NYA | na | | HA | pa | | RA | ra |
the Bodhisattva abides in the Perfection of Wisdom,
 | MIT | mi | | TA | ta | | KO | therefore | | SHIN | mind | | MU | no | | KEI | hindrance | | GEI | hindrance | | MU | no |
and has a mind free of hindrances.
 | KEI | hindrance | | GEI | hindrance | | KO | therefore | | MU | no | | U | have | | KU | fear | | FU | fear | | ON | transcend |
Because the mind is free of hindrances, it is fearless.
 | RI | IS | transcend | all | | SAI | TEN | all | confusion | | DÔ | confusion | | MU | confusion | | SÔ | confusion | | KU | finally | | GYÔ | finally | | NE | Nir |
Having transcended all illusions, the Bodhisattva finally transcends Nirvana.
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