TRANSLATION BY THICH NHAT HANH

The Insight that Brings Us to the Other Shore

Avalokiteshvara Ill-being, the Causes of Ill-being,
while practicing deeply with the End of Ill-being, the Path,
the Insight that Brings Us to the Other Shore, insight and attainment,
suddenly discovered that are also not separate self entities.
all of the ve Skandhas are equally empty,
and with this realisation
Whoever can see this
he overcame all Ill-being.
no longer needs anything to attain.

Listen Sariputra,
Bodhisattvas who practice
this Body itself is Emptiness
the Insight that Brings Us to the Other Shore
and Emptiness itself is this Body.
see no more obstacles in their mind,
This Body is not other than Emptiness
and because there
and Emptiness is not other than this Body.
are no more obstacles in their mind,
The same is true of Feelings,
they can overcome all fear,
Perceptions, Mental Formations,
destroy all wrong perceptions
and Consciousness.
and realize Perfect Nirvana.

Listen Sariputra,
All Buddhas in the past, present and future
all phenomena bear the mark of Emptiness
by practicing
their true nature is the nature of
the Insight that Brings Us to the Other Shore
no Birth no Death,
are all capable of attaining
no Being no Non-being,
Authentic and Perfect Enlightenment.
no Delement no Purity,
no Increasing no Decreasing.
Therefore Sariputra,
it should be known that
That is why in Emptiness,
the Insight that Brings Us to the Other Shore
Body, Feelings, Perceptions,
is a Great Mantra,
Mental Formations and Consciousness
the most illuminating mantra,
are not separate self entities.
the highest mantra,
a mantra beyond compare,
The Eighteen Realms of Phenomena the True Wisdom that has the power
which are the six Sense Organs, to put an end to all kinds of suffering.
the six Sense Objects, Therefore let us proclaim
and the six Consciousnesses a mantra to praise
are also not separate self entities. the Insight that Brings Us to the Other Shore:

Gate, Gate, Paragate, Parasamgate, Bodhi Svaha!

The Twelve Links of Interdependent Arising
Gate, Gate, Paragate, Parasamgate, Bodhi Svaha!
and their Extinction Gate, Gate, Paragate, Parasamgate, Bodhi Svaha!
are also not separate self entities.

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