Avalokiteshvara while practicing deeply with the Insight that Brings Us to the Other Shore, suddenly discovered that all of the five Skandhas are equally empty, and with this realisation he overcame all Ill-being. “Listen Sariputra, this Body itself is Emptiness and Emptiness itself is this Body. This Body is not other than Emptiness and Emptiness is not other than this Body. The same is true of Feelings, Perceptions, Mental Formations, and Consciousness. “Listen Sariputra, all phenomena bear the mark of Emptiness; their true nature is the nature of no Birth no Death, no Being no Non-being, no Defilement no Purity, no Increasing no Decreasing. “That is why in Emptiness, Body, Feelings, Perceptions, Mental Formations and Consciousness are not separate self entities. The Eighteen Realms of Phenomena which are the six Sense Organs, the six Sense Objects, and the six Consciousnesses are also not separate self entities. The Twelve Links of Interdependent Arising and their Extinction are also not separate self entities. Ill-being, the Causes of Ill-being, the End of Ill-being, the Path, insight and attainment, are also not separate self entities. Whoever can see this no longer needs anything to attain. Bodhisattvas who practice the Insight that Brings Us to the Other Shore see no more obstacles in their mind, and because there are no more obstacles in their mind, they can overcome all fear, destroy all wrong perceptions and realize Perfect Nirvana. “All Buddhas in the past, present and future by practicing the Insight that Brings Us to the Other Shore are all capable of attaining Authentic and Perfect Enlightenment. “Therefore Sariputra, it should be known that the Insight that Brings Us to the Other Shore is a Great Mantra, the most illuminating mantra, the highest mantra, a mantra beyond compare, the True Wisdom that has the power to put an end to all kinds of suffering. Therefore let us proclaim a mantra to praise the Insight that Brings Us to the Other Shore. Gate, Gate, Paragate, Parasamgate, Bodhi Svaha! Gate, Gate, Paragate, Parasamgate, Bodhi Svaha! Gate, Gate, Paragate, Parasamgate, Bodhi Svaha!”
I've never heard the Heart Sutra chanted like this before! This is very moving and extraordinary. Thank you Thay for your presence in my life. Although you are physically gone, your teachings will live on. Peace is every step.
I'm chanting this now in Honor of our dearest Thay, who left his earthly body today on 22/01/22, whose spirt touched mine and it will still be in everything I see. May your love touch and linger in all living beings. My deepest gratitude to you dearest Master, because of you I walk and breath as a free person.🌸🌼
This is Thich Nhat Hanh’s translated version of the Heart Sutra. Probably the most celebrated Sutra in Mahayana Buddhism. A treatise on the buddhist concept of emptiness. I’ve never heard it chanted as beautifully as this. Thanks for sharing it. 🙏🏻
very beautiful recitation. resemblant of celtic christian church chanting. a very fitting tribute to a wonderful text for us here on the British Isles. The message is loud and clear and there is no mistake or confusion involved in the combined learning received through this collaborative work. thank you for the wonderful blend of wonderfully chosen voices. May we remember what love and caring feel like to us. 😊
The Insight that Brings Us to the Other Shore Avalokiteshvara, while practicing deeply with the Insight that Brings Us to the Other Shore, suddenly discovered that all of the five skandhas are equally empty, and with this realization, she overcame all ill-being. Listen Shariputra, this Body itself is Emptiness and Emptiness itself is this Body. This Body is not other than Emptiness and Emptiness is not other than this Body. The same is true of Feelings, Perceptions, Mental Formations and Consciousness. Listen Shariputra, all phenomena bear the mark of Emptiness; their true nature is the nature of no Birth no Death, no Being no Non-being, no Defilement no Purity, no Increasing no Deacreasing. That is why in Emptiness, Body, Feelings, Perceptions, Mental Formations, and Consciousness are not separate self entities. The Eighteen Realms of Phenomena which are the six Sense Organs, six Sense Objects and six Consciousnesses are also not separate self entities. The Twelve Links of Interdependant Arising and their Extinction are also not separate self entities. Ill-being, the Causes of Ill-being, the End of Ill-being, the Path, insight and attainment are also not separate self entities. Whoever can see this no longer needs anything to attain. Bodhisattvas who practice the Insight that Brings us to the Other Shore see no more obstacles in their mind, and because there are no more obstacles in their mind, they can overcome all fear, destroy all wrong perceptions, and realize Perfect Nirvana. All Buddhas in the past, present, and future by practicing the Insight that Brings Us to the Other Shore, are all capable of attaining Authentic and Perfect Enlightenment. Therefore Shariputra, it should be known that the Insight the Brings Us to the Other Shore is a Great Mantra, the most illuminating mantra, the highest mantra, a mantra beyond compare, the True Wisdom that has the power to put an end to all kinds of suffering. Therefore let us proclaim a mantra to praise the Insight that Brings Us to the Other Shore. Gate, Gate, Paragate, Parasamgate, Bodhi Svaha! (3x) (Translated by Thich Nhat Hanh on September 11th, 2014)
As long as I have known about the Heart Sutra, I have found it increasingly meaningful, accurate and comforting. It is in line with a modern scientific view. Much of Thich Nat Hahn's lectures and interpretations I agree with, but some interpretations I find misleading instead of guiding (which may seem an arrogant and insignificant point of view from a Westerner like me). In short, it can be said that I understand Thay's interpretation of the "emptiness" of phenomena in the sutra as motivated by their interdependence to create a whole. I think this is New Age thinking which can certainly be said to be true but leads away from the message I see. If I lose one of my useful legs, am I completely lost or transformed? I want to see it as the singular entities we identify and classify are essentially empty because they are actually arbitrarily divided by us. If, for example, humans had instead developed X-ray vision, we would have seen through certain tissues and therefore mentally divided the world in a different way. Had we instead had sense organs that could only identify energy currents and no matter, we would have made yet another division even if the world were largely the same as it is now. Our mental constructs depend on our conditioning in and around us, but they are the illusions we create from our conditioning and are, from most other perspectives, empty and non-existent. In addition, I also think that Buddhism's belief in the reincarnation of one and the same coherent consciousness is absurd, especially since the heart sutra also says that our consciousness also is empty. Although energy and matter are never destroyed and have always existed in one form or another, they are continuously and inevitably transformed. No matter or energy can reasonably be derived and held together from the previous existence of one and the same human being into the existence of a new being. Reincarnation, like the Christians' Heaven or the Pagans' Valhalla, is a fantasy to comfort and motivate fearful individuals who do not see that they never really exist independently in the universe in the forms they believe. But I have to say that I think Thich Nat Hahn's translation of the Heart Sutra into English is excellent.
it is my understanding that buddhist rebirth and the idea of reincarnation are distinct ideas - rebirth doesn’t imply the same continuation of a distinct ‘soul’ or essence that reincarnation in (for example) hinduism does
Avalokiteshvara
while practicing deeply with
the Insight that Brings Us to the Other Shore,
suddenly discovered that
all of the five Skandhas are equally empty,
and with this realisation
he overcame all Ill-being.
“Listen Sariputra,
this Body itself is Emptiness
and Emptiness itself is this Body.
This Body is not other than Emptiness
and Emptiness is not other than this Body.
The same is true of Feelings,
Perceptions, Mental Formations,
and Consciousness.
“Listen Sariputra,
all phenomena bear the mark of Emptiness;
their true nature is the nature of
no Birth no Death,
no Being no Non-being,
no Defilement no Purity,
no Increasing no Decreasing.
“That is why in Emptiness,
Body, Feelings, Perceptions,
Mental Formations and Consciousness
are not separate self entities.
The Eighteen Realms of Phenomena
which are the six Sense Organs,
the six Sense Objects,
and the six Consciousnesses
are also not separate self entities.
The Twelve Links of Interdependent Arising
and their Extinction
are also not separate self entities.
Ill-being, the Causes of Ill-being,
the End of Ill-being, the Path,
insight and attainment,
are also not separate self entities.
Whoever can see this
no longer needs anything to attain.
Bodhisattvas who practice
the Insight that Brings Us to the Other Shore
see no more obstacles in their mind,
and because there
are no more obstacles in their mind,
they can overcome all fear,
destroy all wrong perceptions
and realize Perfect Nirvana.
“All Buddhas in the past, present and future
by practicing
the Insight that Brings Us to the Other Shore
are all capable of attaining
Authentic and Perfect Enlightenment.
“Therefore Sariputra,
it should be known that
the Insight that Brings Us to the Other Shore
is a Great Mantra,
the most illuminating mantra,
the highest mantra,
a mantra beyond compare,
the True Wisdom that has the power
to put an end to all kinds of suffering.
Therefore let us proclaim
a mantra to praise
the Insight that Brings Us to the Other Shore.
Gate, Gate, Paragate, Parasamgate, Bodhi Svaha!
Gate, Gate, Paragate, Parasamgate, Bodhi Svaha!
Gate, Gate, Paragate, Parasamgate, Bodhi Svaha!”
Thank you for the full text. 🙏
I've never heard the Heart Sutra chanted like this before! This is very moving and extraordinary. Thank you Thay for your presence in my life. Although you are physically gone, your teachings will live on. Peace is every step.
I'm chanting this now in Honor of our dearest Thay, who left his earthly body today on 22/01/22, whose spirt touched mine and it will still be in everything I see. May your love touch and linger in all living beings.
My deepest gratitude to you dearest Master, because of you I walk and breath as a free person.🌸🌼
Are there written words to this chant?
Me too.
The Heart Sutra is comforting during this time of Thay's continuation and a great reminder that nothing ever dies. Thank you.
This is Thich Nhat Hanh’s translated version of the Heart Sutra. Probably the most celebrated Sutra in Mahayana Buddhism. A treatise on the buddhist concept of emptiness. I’ve never heard it chanted as beautifully as this. Thanks for sharing it. 🙏🏻
very beautiful recitation. resemblant of celtic christian church chanting. a very fitting tribute to a wonderful text for us here on the British Isles.
The message is loud and clear and there is no mistake or confusion involved in the combined learning received through this collaborative work. thank you for the wonderful blend of wonderfully chosen voices.
May we remember what love and caring feel like to us. 😊
Thank you Thich Nhat Hanh
This is beautiful. Came here from the morning chant in English which is also a great start to the day. Namaste 🙏🏽
Prachtig dit meerstemmig zingen. Namaste …
Un Sutra du Coeur Créatif tout en Beauté, Merci 🙏💓
Quelle grâce et quelle allègement, merci
Thank you, great teachers.
It is hard to say how deep this Sutra is. At the same time it is so simple. Hearing this sutra at new year’s eve of 2020. Thank you
This is the most beautiful version that I heard! Your voices have a healing capacity! Thank you so much 💛💛💛🙏
I am speechless. Thank you very much. May all beings be free and happy.
Beautiful. Namo amida bu. 🙏
This is comforting me this morning as I absorb the death of a friend. I send you deep gratitude.
This is simply perfect. Thank you, Thay and Plum Village for sharing such beautiful sounds and words 🙏❤️
One of the most beautiful sounds I have ever heard. It went straight to my heart. Thank you💗
The Insight that Brings Us to the Other Shore
Avalokiteshvara, while practicing deeply with the Insight that Brings Us to the Other Shore, suddenly discovered that all of the five skandhas are equally empty, and with this realization, she overcame all ill-being.
Listen Shariputra, this Body itself is Emptiness and Emptiness itself is this Body. This Body is not other than Emptiness and Emptiness is not other than this Body.
The same is true of Feelings, Perceptions, Mental Formations and Consciousness.
Listen Shariputra, all phenomena bear the mark of Emptiness; their true nature is the nature of no Birth no Death, no Being no Non-being, no Defilement no Purity, no Increasing no Deacreasing. That is why in Emptiness, Body, Feelings, Perceptions, Mental Formations, and Consciousness are not separate self entities.
The Eighteen Realms of Phenomena which are the six Sense Organs, six Sense Objects and six Consciousnesses are also not separate self entities. The Twelve Links of Interdependant Arising and their Extinction are also not separate self entities.
Ill-being, the Causes of Ill-being, the End of Ill-being, the Path, insight and attainment are also not separate self entities. Whoever can see this no longer needs anything to attain.
Bodhisattvas who practice the Insight that Brings us to the Other Shore see no more obstacles in their mind, and because there are no more obstacles in their mind, they can overcome all fear, destroy all wrong perceptions, and realize Perfect Nirvana.
All Buddhas in the past, present, and future by practicing the Insight that Brings Us to the Other Shore, are all capable of attaining Authentic and Perfect Enlightenment.
Therefore Shariputra, it should be known that the Insight the Brings Us to the Other Shore is a Great Mantra, the most illuminating mantra, the highest mantra, a mantra beyond compare, the True Wisdom that has the power to put an end to all kinds of suffering.
Therefore let us proclaim a mantra to praise the Insight that Brings Us to the Other Shore.
Gate, Gate, Paragate, Parasamgate, Bodhi Svaha! (3x)
(Translated by Thich Nhat Hanh on September 11th, 2014)
C'est magnifique. J'en ai les larmes aux yeux. Merci village des pruniers. 🙏
really touches my heart every time I hear it. Magical.
Beautifully chanted- Thich Nhat Hanh helped so many to help alleviate suffering.
Magnifique, j'ai dû l'écouter 15 fois aujourd'hui je pense et ce n'est pas fini...🙏❤️
With head bowed and hands together, I Thank You 🙏🏽
Beautiful. Sounds Gaelic.
As long as I have known about the Heart Sutra, I have found it increasingly meaningful, accurate and comforting. It is in line with a modern scientific view. Much of Thich Nat Hahn's lectures and interpretations I agree with, but some interpretations I find misleading instead of guiding (which may seem an arrogant and insignificant point of view from a Westerner like me).
In short, it can be said that I understand Thay's interpretation of the "emptiness" of phenomena in the sutra as motivated by their interdependence to create a whole. I think this is New Age thinking which can certainly be said to be true but leads away from the message I see. If I lose one of my useful legs, am I completely lost or transformed?
I want to see it as the singular entities we identify and classify are essentially empty because they are actually arbitrarily divided by us. If, for example, humans had instead developed X-ray vision, we would have seen through certain tissues and therefore mentally divided the world in a different way. Had we instead had sense organs that could only identify energy currents and no matter, we would have made yet another division even if the world were largely the same as it is now. Our mental constructs depend on our conditioning in and around us, but they are the illusions we create from our conditioning and are, from most other perspectives, empty and non-existent.
In addition, I also think that Buddhism's belief in the reincarnation of one and the same coherent consciousness is absurd, especially since the heart sutra also says that our consciousness also is empty. Although energy and matter are never destroyed and have always existed in one form or another, they are continuously and inevitably transformed. No matter or energy can reasonably be derived and held together from the previous existence of one and the same human being into the existence of a new being. Reincarnation, like the Christians' Heaven or the Pagans' Valhalla, is a fantasy to comfort and motivate fearful individuals who do not see that they never really exist independently in the universe in the forms they believe.
But I have to say that I think Thich Nat Hahn's translation of the Heart Sutra into English is excellent.
it is my understanding that buddhist rebirth and the idea of reincarnation are distinct ideas - rebirth doesn’t imply the same continuation of a distinct ‘soul’ or essence that reincarnation in (for example) hinduism does
Grabs me from the inside..thank you plum village for all you do..it is received with greatfullness and joy!
Amazingly beautiful and touches the soul at it’s deepest level! Thank you for this gift of grace! 🙏🙏🙏 🕯🕯🕯🔔🔔🔔
Magnifique 🙏🙏🙏🌈🌈🌈merci 💞💞💞
Chillingly beautiful. Thank you with all my heart.
So calm, so deep, so touching in my heart! Thank you Thay! Thank you plum village🙏❤🌻
Oh so beautiful. Thankyou🙏🏻🌱💖
Thank you for this beautiful song. Listening to the sutta in this form generated peace and confidence in my mind.
Beautiful! Thank you🙏
We love you beloved brothers and sisters ❤️
absolutely beautiful thank you.
Thanking You ❤
Beautiful. Thank you.
This is so musical and deep and goes direct into my heart ❤️🙏
Do more of these. Amazing!
Beautiful 😊❤
Thank you dear brothers and sisters xo
Thank you!
Beautiful 💜😇🌺
How lovely. Is it available in musical notation?
Sublime!
Beautiful
READ IT AGAIN AND AGAIN
thank you
The best
R.I.P Thay
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GATE GATE PARA GATE
PARASAM GATE BODHI SWAHA!
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