觀自在菩薩，行深般若波羅密多時，照見五蘊皆空，渡一切苦厄。
Meditation on mindfulness and equanimity can lead people to transcendence and reach the other shore. When prajna wisdom reaches a certain stage, it can achieve a state where the functions of form, sensation, perception, activity, and subconsciousness all cease, and one can transcend all suffering and afflictions.
Form (Pāli रूप (rūpa)): Sensory information from the eyes, ears, nose, tongue, and body.
Sensation (Pāli वेदना (vedanā)): Personal internal sensations.
perception (Pāli सञ्ञा (saññā)): Imagination and concepts.
activity (Pāli सङ्खार (saṅkhāra)): Subjective judgment of external objects or internal imagination.
subconsciousness (Pāli विञ्ञाण (viññāṇa)): The influence of the subconscious on us, such as instincts, past experiences, and the formation of our personality based on life experiences.
Prajna-paramita: The Perfection of Wisdom. The path of prajna leads us to enlightenment, but we should not think that we have gained wisdom just because we think we have. We understand the emptiness of things and can observe the true nature of the world. It is a special state of mind.
Vipassana: In the practice of meditation, practitioners are aware of the impermanence of various feelings and thoughts in the mind, without criticizing or analyzing them. They strive to maintain a neutral mind and not be affected by them, observing them as a third person would. They observe the arising, changing, and passing away of thoughts, without being attached to them or even eliminating the craving for joy that arises during the practice. They should not develop attachments.
舍利子！色不異空，空不異色，色即是空，空即是色，受想行識亦復如是。
All the information received by consciousness is illusory and empty in nature, which means that the five aggregates are also empty.
Sariputra: One who is guided. A disciple of the Buddha, Sariputta.
舍利子！是諸法空相，不生不滅，不垢不淨，不增不減。是故空中無色，無受想行識，無眼耳鼻舌身意，無色聲香味觸法。
To see through the illusory nature of the five aggregates and all phenomena arising from causes and conditions, because all the concepts of these illusions are in our minds. Moreover, the binary nature of all illusions is not absolute, but constantly changing, arising and ceasing in dependence on conditions. Therefore, everything is illusory, and everything is the various external stimuli that the body brings to the self.
The term “Dharma” (Sanskrit) or “Dhamma” (Pali) refers to all the attributes and qualities contained within a thing. For example, the Dharma of ice includes coldness and hardness, the Dharma of fire includes light and heat, and in Buddhism, Dharma refers to the nature of the human mind, such as all feelings, emotions, desires, attachments, hatred, etc. The “emptiness of all Dharma” referred to in the Heart Sutra means that everything that arises in the human mind is empty and illusory. Many people are influenced by the inherent nature of their minds and believe that these things are real. Primitive Buddhism believes that we must see through the illusory nature of these things and no longer recognize them in order to attain liberation.
無眼界，乃至無意識界。無無明，亦無無明盡。
Until there is no limit to what the eyes can see, consciousness disappears and the perception of the external world is completely lost. Until the subconscious is completely extinguished, removing the influence of ignorance and attachment, and being free from attachment and confusion. Until there is no thought or process left that has removed these ignorant thoughts.
Ignorance: The weakening of the control of the conscious mind over the subconscious, or the reversal of control by the subconscious, such as greed, anger, and delusion. The conscious mind does not generate any messages, but it can sense various external information and be influenced by them. When these messages enter the conscious mind, you may think that these messages are yourself, and then recognize the influence of these messages on yourself, causing various illusory illusions.
Attachment: The thoughts, ideas, and feelings of possessing and craving for all things in the world. In practice, in addition to avoiding all negative emotions, one should not indulge in the pursuit of worldly pleasures, which can cause attachment. The “Mahaparinirvana Sutra” says, “Because of love, there is a worry, because of love, there is fear. If you are free from love, what do you have to worry or fear?” It means that if you are free from the influence of attachment, you will no longer have worries and fears.
乃至無老死，亦無老死盡。 無苦集滅道。無智亦無得。以無所得故。菩提薩埵。
Until there is no thought of birth, ageing, sickness, and death, and no thought or process of having removed birth, ageing, sickness, and death. There is no thought of pain and affliction, and no thought or process of having eliminated these pains and afflictions. There is also no increase in wisdom or anything to be gained because there was nothing to be gained in the first place. This is the method that enables sentient beings to cross over to the other shore.
Bodhi: enlightenment, introspection, awareness. Actively use the conscious mind to perceive and not accept the thoughts arising from the subconscious. Constantly feel one’s own state and control one’s attention in the present moment.
The Four Noble Truths: suffering refers to pain, the origin refers to the root of pain, cessation refers to the condition for eliminating pain, and the path refers to the specific method towards nirvana.
Bodhisattva: meaning an enlightened being who is dedicated to helping others attain enlightenment.
依般若波羅密多故，心無罣礙，無罣礙故，無有恐怖，遠離顛倒夢想，究竟涅盤。三世諸佛，依般若波羅密多故，得阿耨多羅三藐三菩提。
Through the practice of the method of Prajna wisdom, the mind no longer has any obstacles. Because the mind has no obstacles, there is no fear, and one can be free from all illusions and delusions, and liberated from all suffering. Whether in the past, present, or future, those who attain enlightenment do so through the practice of Prajna wisdom to attain supreme equality and enlightenment.
A human being consists of both the conscious mind and the subconscious mind. Under different experiences and instincts, the subconscious mind constructs many different types of human nature. During the process of constructing human nature, a large amount of waste is produced, which is known as karma. This karma excessively consumes one’s spirit and energy. The conscious mind receives different messages from the subconscious mind to analyze, judge, and respond to. The subconscious mind accepts the control of the conscious mind to complete various tasks. When the conscious mind cannot control the subconscious mind well, it can lead to a lack of self-discipline, difficulty in controlling attention or being addicted to desires and fantasies. The experience of death beyond all senses and consciousness is Nirvana.
Nirvana is a state of special existence in which the conscious mind is active, all karma in the subconscious mind is cleared, and the body is in a normal state, including the realization of “no self”, the complete manifestation of the true self, and absolute tranquillity. Entering the state of Nirvana allows one to return to the human world, but if one is close to death, entering Nirvana will lead to Parinirvana, which is the complete passing away. In original Buddhism, there are four stages of enlightenment, namely Stream-enterer, Once-returner, Non-returner, and Arhat, corresponding to the four stages of Nirvana. It is also possible to attain the state of Arhat in one instance of Nirvana. Nirvana is divided into Nirvana with remainder and Nirvana without remainder, also known as Nibbana of the highest purity, which refers to the complete liberation of Nirvana.
Inverted dreaming: People are bound to the external world of people, things, and objects, thinking that external things are a part of the “self,” and generating afflictions due to the states of external things. The mind is lost in external pursuits, mistaking illusions for reality, thus giving rise to afflictions, known as “inverted dreaming.
No-self: the various attributes of the human mind do not belong to the self
故知般若波羅密多，是大神咒，是大明咒，是無上咒，是無等等咒。能除一切苦，真實不虛。
Therefore, we know that the Prajna Paramita Mantra is the most miraculous of all mantras, the highest of all mantras, and no other mantra can compare. It can liberate all the sufferings of human life and is true without any falsehood.
Mantra: Powerful language.
故說般若波羅密多咒，即說咒曰：羯諦羯諦。波羅羯諦。波羅僧羯諦。菩提薩婆訶。
Go, go, go to the other shore. All of you, go to the other shore of great tranquillity and awaken to the path as soon as possible.
Kāṭhina: Go ahead.
Pāra: The other shore.
Sangha: Community.
Bodhisattva Mahāsattva: Quickly realize and attain enlightenment.
