般若心経 (cho ver.) (blue maple mix) lyrics with English translation

kanjizai bosatsu gyô jin hannya haramitta ji

Embracing wisdom, the Bodhisattva walks with a heart free and clear.

shôkengo un kai kû do issai kuyaku.

In the ocean of emptiness, the essence of everything unfolds.

sharishi. shiki fu i kû kû fu i shiki. shiki soku ze

Life is but a transient dream, just like the clouds float by; life turns into nothingness.

kûkû soku ze shiki. ju sô gyô shiki yakubu nyo ze.

Nothingness leads to life; through ten forms, the sacred path of existence emerges.

sharishi. ze shohô kûsô. fu shô fu metsu fu kufu jô

Alas, the sacred realm is illusion; neither purpose, nor loss, nor grasping brings truth.

fu zô fu gen. zeko kû chû mu shiki muju sô gyô

Neither creation nor destruction exists. The true essence unfolds in the void, beyond all forms.

shiki. mu gen ni bi zetsu shin i. mu shiki shôkô mi

Life. In the realm beyond existence, flames of oblivion shall not extinguish; the true form bears no guise.

soku hô. mu gen kai naishi mu ishiki kai. mu

In an instant, the bounds of being vanish, consciousness transcends. It's a realm beyond.

mumyôyaku mu mumyô jin. naishi mu rô shi yaku mu

Free from delusion, free from the one who deludes; the emptiness becomes the truth.

rô shi jin. mu kushû metsu dô. mu chi yaku mu toku

The truth leads us to freedom—a journey without attachment, a path without escape.

i mu sho toku ko.

Eternally unattainable.

bodaisatta e hannya haramitta ko shin mu keigei

To the bodhisattva, the wisdom blooms within me, a true art of life.

mu keigei ko mu u kufu onri issai tendô mu sô

In the world of dreams, weaving my thoughts, reaching for the skies, yet lost in the flow.

kugyô nehan.

The lotus blooms in the stillness.

sanze sho butsu e hannya haramitta ko toku

With a heart full of wisdom, I embrace the light of truth.

anokutara sanmyaku sanbodai. ko chi hannya

In that place, three thousand realms awake, the essence reveals.

haramitta ze dai jin shu ze dai myô shu ze mujô shu

Now it's on, the great proclamation, the wondrous tradition, the endless dream.

ze mutôdô shu nô jo issai ku.

The dreams I hold are far from trivial.

shinjitsu fu ko. ko setsu hannya haramitta shu

The truth flows, a core of wisdom that shines brightly.

soku setsu shu watsu:

A sudden flash of insight

gyatei gyatei haragyatei harasôgyatei boji sowaka.

Gone beyond, gone beyond, fully gone beyond, awakened to the truth, sowaka.

hannya shingyô.

Heart sutra.