Heart Sutra for sutra copying, part 2
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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;
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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
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KAI | realms |
| NAI | then | |
| SHI | also | |
| MU | no | |
| I | mind | |
| SHIKI | consciousness | |
| KAI | realm | |
| MU | no |
realms or mind-consciousness realm. There is no
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MU | no |
| MYÔ | wisdom | |
| YAKU | also | |
| MU | no | |
| MU | no | |
| MYÔ | wisdom | |
| JIN | end | |
| NAI | then |
ignorance, and no end to ignorance.
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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.
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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,
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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,
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DAI | dhi |
| SAT | satt | |
| TA | va | |
| E | abide | |
| HAN | praj | |
| NYA | na | |
| HA | pa | |
| RA | ra |
the Bodhisattva abides in the Perfection of Wisdom,
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MIT | mi |
| TA | ta | |
| KO | therefore | |
| SHIN | mind | |
| MU | no | |
| KEI | hindrance | |
| GEI | hindrance | |
| MU | no |
and has a mind free of hindrances.
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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.
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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.
I have been practicing shakyo of the Heart Sutra for a long time now and I have gathered all my knowledge and experience of Heart Sutra copying in my book A Kanji Stroke Order Manual for Heart Sutra Copying, published independently in 2018. This manual provides you with a guide for the copying of the Heart Sutra in kaisho or regular script. It contains a Heart Sutra brushed by myself in regular script in large-sized characters and shows each of the 276 kanji with its corresponding stroke order, the transliteration and translation. This Heart Sutra copying manual with the kanji stroke order explained will help you to do shakyo more easily. And more ease leads to more clarity and concentration, both indispensable conditions for a meditative Heart Sutra copying session.
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