Composed by Chan Master Dadian Baotong of the Tang Dynasty | 2018-06-23 | Download | AI assisted translation
| 夫《心经》者，未曾举起，已是分明，何须注解?然而世尊出世，现种种相，谈说种种法。五事施化，五种立题，广辟玄门，诱导群品。于第五时说此般若最胜大经，由唐玄奘三藏奉诏译成，流于此土。 | As for the Heart Sūtra: before it has ever been raised, it is already perfectly clear—why should it need annotation? Yet when the World-Honored One appeared in the world, he manifested all manner of forms and expounded all manner of dharmas. By five kinds of transformative activity and five ways of formulating titles, he broadly opened the mysterious gateways and guided the various beings. During the fifth period, he expounded this supremely excellent great scripture of prajñā. By imperial command, Tripiṭaka Master Xuanzang of the Tang translated it, and it has circulated in this land. |
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| 尽六百卷，谈空一味，显法多门。于其数中，最简要者，五十四句，计二百六十字。其文大直，反成难晓，岂欲传诸达道，庶几接引初机。若能对己返照，穷究见闻，先取见性，次第入顿，后无凝滞，终到牢关。设或未然，且听末后句！ | In all its six hundred fascicles, it expounds emptiness in a single flavor and reveals dharmas through many gateways. Among them, the most concise and essential consists of fifty-four sentences, totaling 260 characters. Its language is very direct, yet for that very reason it becomes difficult to understand. Is it meant only for transmission to those who have attained the Way, while perhaps guiding beginners as well? If you can turn the light back upon yourself and thoroughly investigate seeing and hearing, first realize your true nature; then enter sudden awakening step by step. Thereafter there will be no obstruction, and in the end you will reach the final barrier. If this is not yet so, then listen to the final phrase! |
