Heart sutra English

Translation of the kanji of the Heart Sutra
in Japanese, 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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