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The Text of The Heart Sutra
Jul 18th, 2009 by temnoon

English translation (by Thich Nhat Hanh):

The Heart of the Prajnaparamita

The Bodhisattva Avalokita, while moving in the deep course of Perfect Understanding, shed light on the five skandas and found them equally empty. After this penetration, he overcame all pain.

“Listen Shariputra, form is emptiness, emptiness is form, form does not differ from emptiness, emptiness does not differ from form. The same is true with feelings, perceptions, mental formations, and consciousness.

“Hear, Shariputra, all dharmas are marked with emptiness, they are neither produced nor destroyed, neither defiled nor immaculate, neither increasing nor decreasing.

“Therefore in emptiness there is neither form nor feeling, nor perception, not mental formations, not consciousness; no eye, or ear, or nose, or tounge, or body, or mind, no form, no sound, no smell, no taste, no touch, no object of mind; no realms of elements (From eyes to mind-consciousness); no interdependent origins and no extinction of them (From ignorance to Death and Decay); no suffering, no origination of suffering, no extinction of suffering, no path; no understanding, no attainment.

“Because there is no attainment, the Bodhisattvas, supported by the Perfection of Understanding, find no obstacles for their minds. Having no obstacles, they overcome fear, liberating themselves forever from illusion and realizing perfect Nirvana. All Buddhas in the past, present, and future, thanks to his perfect understanding, arrive at full, right, and universal Enlightenment.

“Therefore, one should know that perfect understanding is a great mantra, is the highest mantra, is the unequaled mantra, the destroyer of all suffering, the incorruptible truth. A Mantra of Prajnaparamita should therefore be proclaimed. This is the mantra:

“Gate gate paragate parasamgate bodhi svaha.”

Heart Sutra Science – An Introduction
Jul 5th, 2009 by temnoon

Form is Emptiness,

Emptiness is Form

With those simple words, the Bodhisattva of compassion encapsulates mind and universe. The words limit, define, and expand all that has ever been, all that can ever be, all which could ever be real or imagined.

  • Form is Emptiness – The forms we observe are built on fundamental emptiness, at many levels
  • Emptiness is Form – Forms exist in a dynamic movement of canceling forces, at many levels.

My intention is to use the insights this statement evokes to build a coherent science, including metrics, models, predictions, and correlations between observed phenomena.

I seek to derive physics, without losing the underlying fundamental connection between the physical and “Spirit”.

In building a science, I am not trying to replace any old science, rather I am teaching the critical skill of creating a science. Building a model of the ways of the world based on what is in front of you, and everything you have learned in your life is what Heart Sutra Science is about. If you believe a “fact” that you don’t fully understand, then you have given up a bit of responsibility for your world.

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