心經
譚詠麟 Lyrics

观自在菩萨
The Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, who embodies the quality of perfect insight, mindfulness and compassion,

行深般若波罗蜜多时
practicing seriously the wisdom of the Prajnaparamita,

照见五蕴皆空 度一切苦厄
realizing that the five skandhas - form, sensation, perception, mental formation, and consciousness - are all empty and transcending all suffering,

舍利子
Sariputra,

色不异空 空不异色
Form is emptiness, emptiness is form;

色即是空 空即是色
Form is not different from emptiness, emptiness is not different from form.

受想行识 亦复如是
The same is true for sensation, perception, mental formation, and consciousness.

是诸法空相 不生不灭
All phenomena are characterized by emptiness, which is neither born nor destroyed.

不垢不净 不增不减
Emptiness is neither pure nor impure, neither increasing nor decreasing.

是故空中无色 无受想行识
Therefore, in emptiness there is no form, sensation, perception, mental formation, or consciousness.

无眼耳鼻舌身意
There are no eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body or mind.

无色声香味触法
There are no sight, sound, smell, taste, touch or object of mind.

无眼界 乃至无意识界
There is no realm of sight, or even the realm of mind consciousness.

无无明 亦无无明尽
There is no ignorance, nor is there an end to ignorance.

乃至无老死 亦无老死尽
There is no birth and death, nor is there an end to birth and death.

无苦集灭道 无智亦无得
There is no cause of suffering, no end to suffering, no path to follow or attainment to reach.

以无所得故
Because there is nothing to attain,

菩提萨陲 依般若波罗蜜多故
Bodhisattvas rely on Prajnaparamita,

心无碍 无碍故 无有恐怖
Their minds are unobstructed and free from fear, because there is no obstacle to their insight.

远离颠倒梦想 究竟涅盘
They have gone beyond all delusion, ultimately reaching Nirvana.

三世诸佛 依般若波罗蜜多故
All Buddhas of the past, present, and future rely on Prajnaparamita

得阿耨多罗三藐三菩提
to attain the supreme enlightenment of unsurpassed, perfect, and complete Buddhahood.

故知般若波罗蜜多
Therefore, we know that Prajnaparamita

是大神咒 是大明咒 是无上咒
is the great spiritual mantra, the great bright mantra, the supreme mantra.

是无等等咒 能除一切苦 真实不虚
It is the unsurpassed mantra capable of removing all suffering, genuine and not false.

故说般若波罗蜜多咒
Therefore, recite the Prajnaparamita mantra:

即说咒曰
Which goes like this:

揭谛揭谛 波罗揭谛
Gate gate paragate

波罗僧揭谛 菩提娑婆诃
Para samgate bodhi svaha.

揭谛揭谛 波罗揭谛
Gate gate paragate

波罗僧揭谛 菩提娑婆诃
Para samgate bodhi svaha.

揭谛揭谛 波罗揭谛
Gate gate paragate

波罗僧揭谛 菩提娑婆诃
Para samgate bodhi svaha.

揭谛揭谛 波罗揭谛
Gate gate paragate

波罗僧揭谛 菩提娑婆诃
Para samgate bodhi svaha.