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The bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara, practicing the profound Perfection of Wisdom for a long time, clearly saw that all five aggregates are empty and thus overcame all suffering. Emptiness is form; form is emptiness. Form is not different from emptiness, and emptiness is not different from form. This is how it is to be understood. All dharmas have the characteristic of emptiness: they are unborn, undying, undefiled, immaculate, neither increasing nor decreasing. Therefore, in emptiness there is no form, no feeling, perception, mental formations, or consciousness; no eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, or mind; no sight, sound, smell, taste, touch, or mental object; no realm of sight, and so forth, up to no realm of consciousness. There is no ignorance and no ending of ignorance, and so there is no old age and death, nor an end to old age and death. There is no suffering, no origin of suffering, no cessation of suffering, and no path. There is no wisdom and no attainment, and nothing to attain. Therefore, because there is no attainment, the bodhisattvas rely on the Perfection of Wisdom and abide without fear. Having gone beyond confusion, they attain final nirvana. The Buddhas of the three times, relying on the Perfection of Wisdom, attain unsurpassed, complete awakening. Therefore, know that the Perfection of Wisdom is the great mantra, the mantra of great knowledge, the unsurpassed mantra, the unequaled mantra, capable of removing all suffering. It is true. Thus the mantra of the Perfection of Wisdom is spoken: Gate gate pāragate pārasaṃgate bodhi svāhā.
The bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara, practicing the profound Perfection of Wisdom for a long time, clearly saw that all five aggregates are empty and thus overcame all suffering. Emptiness is form; form is emptiness. Form is not different from emptiness, and emptiness is not different from form. This is how it is to be understood. All dharmas have the characteristic of emptiness: they are unborn, undying, undefiled, immaculate, neither increasing nor decreasing. Therefore, in emptiness there is no form, no feeling, perception, mental formations, or consciousness; no eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, or mind; no sight, sound, smell, taste, touch, or mental object; no realm of sight, and so forth, up to no realm of consciousness. There is no ignorance and no ending of ignorance, and so there is no old age and death, nor an end to old age and death. There is no suffering, no origin of suffering, no cessation of suffering, and no path. There is no wisdom and no attainment, and nothing to attain. Therefore, because there is no attainment, the bodhisattvas rely on the Perfection of Wisdom and abide without fear. Having gone beyond confusion, they attain final nirvana. The Buddhas of the three times, relying on the Perfection of Wisdom, attain unsurpassed, complete awakening. Therefore, know that the Perfection of Wisdom is the great mantra, the mantra of great knowledge, the unsurpassed mantra, the unequaled mantra, capable of removing all suffering. It is true. Thus the mantra of the Perfection of Wisdom is spoken: Gate gate pāragate pārasaṃgate bodhi svāhā.