Hello folks!
For a while I have wanted to grab a handful of Heart Sutra translations and lay them out to make comparing them easier. They don’t match perfectly line for line, but it should be easy enough to dig into regardless. If there is another version that anyone knows that isn't overly complicated I would be happy to edit and update to add it in with the others. Enjoy!
TL= Treeleaf
RP= Red Pine
TNH=Thich Nhat Hahn
KTJH= Kazuaki Tanahashi and Roshi Joan Halifax
Heart Sutras:
TL Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, Awakened One of Compassion,
RP The noble Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva
TNH Avalokiteshvara
KTJH Avalokiteshvara, who helps all to awaken,
TL In Prajna Paramita, theDeep Practice of Perfect Wisdom
RP while practicing the deep practice of Prajnaparamita,
THN while practicing deeply with the Insight that Brings Us to the Other Shore,
KTJH moves in the deep course of realizing wisdom beyond wisdom,
TL Perceived the emptiness of all five conditions,
RP looked upon the five skandhas
TNH suddenly discovered that all of the five Skandhas are equally empty,
KTJH sees that all five streams of body, heart, and mind are without boundary,
TL And was freed of suffering.
RP and seeing they were empty of self-existence, said,
TNH and with this realisation he overcame all Ill-being.
KTJH and frees all from anguish.
TL Oh Shariputra, form is no other than emptiness,
RP “Here, Shariputra, form is emptiness
THN listen Sariputra, this Body itself is Emptiness
KTJH O Shariputra [who listens to the teachings of the Buddha],
form is not separate from boundlessness;
TL Emptiness no other than form;
RP emptiness is form;
TNH and Emptiness itself is this Body.
KTJH boundlessness is not separate from form.
TL Form is precisely emptiness, emptiness precisely form.
RP emptiness is not separate from form, form is not separate from emptiness;
whatever is form is emptiness, whatever is emptiness is form
THN This Body is not other than Emptiness and Emptiness is not other than this Body.
KTJH Form is boundlessness; boundlessness is form.
TL Sensations perceptions formations and consciousness are also like this.
RP The same holds for sensation and perception, memory and consciousness.
TNH The same is true of Feelings, Perceptions, Mental Formations, and Consciousness.
KTJH Feelings, perceptions, inclinations, and discernment are also like this.
TL Oh Shariputra, all things are expressions of emptiness,
RP Here, Shariputra, all dharmas are defined by emptiness
TNH “Listen Sariputra, all phenomena bear the mark of Emptiness;
KTJH O Shariputra,boundlessness is the nature of all things.
TL Not born, not destroyed, not stained, not pure;
RP not birth or destruction, purity or defilement
TNH their true nature is the nature of no Birth no Death, no Being no Non-being, no Defilement no Purity,
KTJH It neither arises nor perishes, neither stains nor purifies,
TL Neither waxing nor waning.
RP completeness or deficiency.
TNH no Increasing no Decreasing.
KTJH neither increases nor decreases.
TL Thus emptiness is not form; not sensation nor perception,
RP Therefore, Shariputra, in emptiness there is no form, no sensation, no perception,
TNH “That is why in Emptiness,Body, Feelings, Perceptions,
KTJHBoundlessness is not limited by form, nor by feelings, perceptions,
TL not formation nor consciousness.
RP no memory and no consciousness;
TNH Mental Formations and Consciousness are not separate self entities.
KTJH inclinations, or discernment.
TL No eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, mind;
RP no eye, no ear, no nose, no tongue, no body and no mind;
TNH The Eighteen Realms of Phenomena
KTJH It is free of the eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, and mind;
TL No sight, sound, smell, taste, touch, nor object of mind;
RP no shape, no sound, no smell, no taste, no feeling and no thought;
TNH which are the six Sense Organs, the six Sense Objects,
KTJH free of sight, sound, smell, taste, touch, and any object of mind;
TL No realm of sight, no realm of consciousness;
RP no element of perception, from eye to conceptual consciousness;
TNH and the six Consciousnesses are also not separate self entities.
KTJH free of sensory realms, including the realm of the mind.
TL No ignorance, no end to ignorance;
RP no causal link, from ignorance
TNH The Twelve Links of
KTJH It is free of ignorance and the end of ignorance.
TL No old age and death,
RP to old age and death,
TNH Interdependent Arising
KTJH Boundlessness is free of old age and death,
TL No cessation of old age and death;
RP and no end of causal link, from ignorance to old age and death;
TNH and their Extinction are also not separate self entities.
KTJH and free of the end of old age and death.
TL No suffering, nor caus or end to suffering;
RP no suffering, no source, no relief,
TNH Ill-being, the Causes of Ill-being, the End of Ill-being,
KTJHIt is free of suffering, arising, cessation,
TL No path, no wisdom and no gain.
RP no path; no knowledge, no attainment and no non-attainment.
TNH the Path, insight and attainment, are also not separate self entities.
KTJH and path, and free of wisdom and attainment.
TL No gain – thus Boddhisattvas live this Prajna Paramita
RP Therefore, Shariputra, without attainment, bodhisattvas take refuge in Prajnaparamita
TNH Whoever can see this
KTJH Being free of attainment, those who help all to awaken abide in the realization of wisdom beyond wisdom
TL With no hindrance of mind
RP and live without walls of the mind.
TNH no longer needs anything to attain.
KTJH and live with an unhindered mind.
TL No hindrance therefore no fear.
RP Without walls of the mind and thus without fears,
TNH Bodhisattvas who practice the Insight that Brings Us to the Other Shore
see no more obstacles in their mind,
KTJH Without hindrance, the mind has no fear.
TL Far beyond all delusion, Nirvana is already here.
RP they see through delusions and finally nirvana.
TNH destroy all wrong perceptions and realize Perfect Nirvana. and because there
are no more obstacles in their mind, they can overcome all fear,
KTJH Free from confusion, those who lead all to liberation embody profound serenity.
TL All past, present and future Buddhas
RP All buddhas past, present and future
TNH “All Buddhas in the past, present and future
KTJH All those in the past, present, and future,
TL Live this Prajna Paramita
RP also take refuge in Prajnaparamita
TNH by practicing the Insight that Brings Us to the Other Shore
KTJH who realize wisdom beyond wisdom,
TL And realize supreme and complete enlightenment.
RP and realize unexcelled, perfect enlightenment.
TNH are all capable of attaining Authentic and Perfect Enlightenment.
KTJH manifest unsurpassable and thorough awakening.
TL Therefore know that Prajna Paramita
RP You should therefore know the great mantra of Prajnaparamita,
TNH“Therefore Sariputra, it should be known that the Insight that Brings Us to the Other Shore
KTJH Know that realizing wisdom beyond wisdom
TL Is the sacred mantra, the luminous mantra,
RP the mantra of great magic, the unexcelled mantra,
TNH is a Great Mantra, the most illuminating mantra,
KTJH is no other than this wondrous mantra, luminous,
TL the supreme mantra, the incomparable mantra
RP the mantra equal to the unequaled,
TNH the highest mantra, a mantra beyond compare,
KTJH unequalled, and supreme.
TL by which all suffering is clear.
RP which heals all suffering
TNH the True Wisdom that has the power
KTJH It relieves all suffering.
TL This is no other than Truth.
RP and is true, not false,
TNH to put an end to all kinds of suffering.
KTJH It is genuine, not illusory.
TL Therefore set forth the Prajna Paramita mantra.
RP the mantra in Prajnaparamita
TNH Therefore let us proclaim a mantra to praise
KTJH So set forth this mantra of realizing wisdom beyond wisdom.
TL Set forth this mantra and proclaim:
RP spoken thus:
TNH the Insight that Brings Us to the Other Shore.
KTJH Set forth this mantra that says:
TL Gate! Gate! (Already Gone, Gone)
RP Gate, gate,
TNH Gate, Gate,
KTJH GATÉ, GATÉ,
TL * Paragate! (Already Gone Beyond)
RP“paragate,
TNH Paragate,
KTJH PARAGATÉ,
TL Parasamgate! (Already Fully Beyond)
RP parasangate,
TNH Parasamgate,
KTJH PARASAMGATÉ,
TL Bodhi! Svaha! (Awakening, Rejoice)
RP bodhi svaha.
TNH Bodhi Svaha!
KTJH BODHI! SVAHA!
Gassho,
Onsho
satlah
For a while I have wanted to grab a handful of Heart Sutra translations and lay them out to make comparing them easier. They don’t match perfectly line for line, but it should be easy enough to dig into regardless. If there is another version that anyone knows that isn't overly complicated I would be happy to edit and update to add it in with the others. Enjoy!
TL= Treeleaf
RP= Red Pine
TNH=Thich Nhat Hahn
KTJH= Kazuaki Tanahashi and Roshi Joan Halifax
Heart Sutras:
TL Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, Awakened One of Compassion,
RP The noble Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva
TNH Avalokiteshvara
KTJH Avalokiteshvara, who helps all to awaken,
TL In Prajna Paramita, theDeep Practice of Perfect Wisdom
RP while practicing the deep practice of Prajnaparamita,
THN while practicing deeply with the Insight that Brings Us to the Other Shore,
KTJH moves in the deep course of realizing wisdom beyond wisdom,
TL Perceived the emptiness of all five conditions,
RP looked upon the five skandhas
TNH suddenly discovered that all of the five Skandhas are equally empty,
KTJH sees that all five streams of body, heart, and mind are without boundary,
TL And was freed of suffering.
RP and seeing they were empty of self-existence, said,
TNH and with this realisation he overcame all Ill-being.
KTJH and frees all from anguish.
TL Oh Shariputra, form is no other than emptiness,
RP “Here, Shariputra, form is emptiness
THN listen Sariputra, this Body itself is Emptiness
KTJH O Shariputra [who listens to the teachings of the Buddha],
form is not separate from boundlessness;
TL Emptiness no other than form;
RP emptiness is form;
TNH and Emptiness itself is this Body.
KTJH boundlessness is not separate from form.
TL Form is precisely emptiness, emptiness precisely form.
RP emptiness is not separate from form, form is not separate from emptiness;
whatever is form is emptiness, whatever is emptiness is form
THN This Body is not other than Emptiness and Emptiness is not other than this Body.
KTJH Form is boundlessness; boundlessness is form.
TL Sensations perceptions formations and consciousness are also like this.
RP The same holds for sensation and perception, memory and consciousness.
TNH The same is true of Feelings, Perceptions, Mental Formations, and Consciousness.
KTJH Feelings, perceptions, inclinations, and discernment are also like this.
TL Oh Shariputra, all things are expressions of emptiness,
RP Here, Shariputra, all dharmas are defined by emptiness
TNH “Listen Sariputra, all phenomena bear the mark of Emptiness;
KTJH O Shariputra,boundlessness is the nature of all things.
TL Not born, not destroyed, not stained, not pure;
RP not birth or destruction, purity or defilement
TNH their true nature is the nature of no Birth no Death, no Being no Non-being, no Defilement no Purity,
KTJH It neither arises nor perishes, neither stains nor purifies,
TL Neither waxing nor waning.
RP completeness or deficiency.
TNH no Increasing no Decreasing.
KTJH neither increases nor decreases.
TL Thus emptiness is not form; not sensation nor perception,
RP Therefore, Shariputra, in emptiness there is no form, no sensation, no perception,
TNH “That is why in Emptiness,Body, Feelings, Perceptions,
KTJHBoundlessness is not limited by form, nor by feelings, perceptions,
TL not formation nor consciousness.
RP no memory and no consciousness;
TNH Mental Formations and Consciousness are not separate self entities.
KTJH inclinations, or discernment.
TL No eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, mind;
RP no eye, no ear, no nose, no tongue, no body and no mind;
TNH The Eighteen Realms of Phenomena
KTJH It is free of the eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, and mind;
TL No sight, sound, smell, taste, touch, nor object of mind;
RP no shape, no sound, no smell, no taste, no feeling and no thought;
TNH which are the six Sense Organs, the six Sense Objects,
KTJH free of sight, sound, smell, taste, touch, and any object of mind;
TL No realm of sight, no realm of consciousness;
RP no element of perception, from eye to conceptual consciousness;
TNH and the six Consciousnesses are also not separate self entities.
KTJH free of sensory realms, including the realm of the mind.
TL No ignorance, no end to ignorance;
RP no causal link, from ignorance
TNH The Twelve Links of
KTJH It is free of ignorance and the end of ignorance.
TL No old age and death,
RP to old age and death,
TNH Interdependent Arising
KTJH Boundlessness is free of old age and death,
TL No cessation of old age and death;
RP and no end of causal link, from ignorance to old age and death;
TNH and their Extinction are also not separate self entities.
KTJH and free of the end of old age and death.
TL No suffering, nor caus or end to suffering;
RP no suffering, no source, no relief,
TNH Ill-being, the Causes of Ill-being, the End of Ill-being,
KTJHIt is free of suffering, arising, cessation,
TL No path, no wisdom and no gain.
RP no path; no knowledge, no attainment and no non-attainment.
TNH the Path, insight and attainment, are also not separate self entities.
KTJH and path, and free of wisdom and attainment.
TL No gain – thus Boddhisattvas live this Prajna Paramita
RP Therefore, Shariputra, without attainment, bodhisattvas take refuge in Prajnaparamita
TNH Whoever can see this
KTJH Being free of attainment, those who help all to awaken abide in the realization of wisdom beyond wisdom
TL With no hindrance of mind
RP and live without walls of the mind.
TNH no longer needs anything to attain.
KTJH and live with an unhindered mind.
TL No hindrance therefore no fear.
RP Without walls of the mind and thus without fears,
TNH Bodhisattvas who practice the Insight that Brings Us to the Other Shore
see no more obstacles in their mind,
KTJH Without hindrance, the mind has no fear.
TL Far beyond all delusion, Nirvana is already here.
RP they see through delusions and finally nirvana.
TNH destroy all wrong perceptions and realize Perfect Nirvana. and because there
are no more obstacles in their mind, they can overcome all fear,
KTJH Free from confusion, those who lead all to liberation embody profound serenity.
TL All past, present and future Buddhas
RP All buddhas past, present and future
TNH “All Buddhas in the past, present and future
KTJH All those in the past, present, and future,
TL Live this Prajna Paramita
RP also take refuge in Prajnaparamita
TNH by practicing the Insight that Brings Us to the Other Shore
KTJH who realize wisdom beyond wisdom,
TL And realize supreme and complete enlightenment.
RP and realize unexcelled, perfect enlightenment.
TNH are all capable of attaining Authentic and Perfect Enlightenment.
KTJH manifest unsurpassable and thorough awakening.
TL Therefore know that Prajna Paramita
RP You should therefore know the great mantra of Prajnaparamita,
TNH“Therefore Sariputra, it should be known that the Insight that Brings Us to the Other Shore
KTJH Know that realizing wisdom beyond wisdom
TL Is the sacred mantra, the luminous mantra,
RP the mantra of great magic, the unexcelled mantra,
TNH is a Great Mantra, the most illuminating mantra,
KTJH is no other than this wondrous mantra, luminous,
TL the supreme mantra, the incomparable mantra
RP the mantra equal to the unequaled,
TNH the highest mantra, a mantra beyond compare,
KTJH unequalled, and supreme.
TL by which all suffering is clear.
RP which heals all suffering
TNH the True Wisdom that has the power
KTJH It relieves all suffering.
TL This is no other than Truth.
RP and is true, not false,
TNH to put an end to all kinds of suffering.
KTJH It is genuine, not illusory.
TL Therefore set forth the Prajna Paramita mantra.
RP the mantra in Prajnaparamita
TNH Therefore let us proclaim a mantra to praise
KTJH So set forth this mantra of realizing wisdom beyond wisdom.
TL Set forth this mantra and proclaim:
RP spoken thus:
TNH the Insight that Brings Us to the Other Shore.
KTJH Set forth this mantra that says:
TL Gate! Gate! (Already Gone, Gone)
RP Gate, gate,
TNH Gate, Gate,
KTJH GATÉ, GATÉ,
TL * Paragate! (Already Gone Beyond)
RP“paragate,
TNH Paragate,
KTJH PARAGATÉ,
TL Parasamgate! (Already Fully Beyond)
RP parasangate,
TNH Parasamgate,
KTJH PARASAMGATÉ,
TL Bodhi! Svaha! (Awakening, Rejoice)
RP bodhi svaha.
TNH Bodhi Svaha!
KTJH BODHI! SVAHA!
Gassho,
Onsho
satlah
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