The Roof of Wutai Shan

The Prajna Paramita Heart Sutra - [1].Grand Master T'an Hsu (The 44th Tiantai School) [2].Venerable Dharma Master Lok To (1923-2011) _The 1st Buddhist translator and 3rd pioneer in USA 

Abbot Master DAYI giving the devotees 

a "Dharma Talk" regarding 

"The Significance of |The Transcription of Buddha Sutra|"

Transcription (EN) PRAJNA PARAMITA HRYDAYA SUTRA "THE HEART SUTRA"  - 280 words.

WHEN THE BODHISATTVA AVALOKITESVARA WAS COURSING IN THE DEEP PRAJNA PARAMITA, HE PERCEIVED THAT ALL FIVE SKANDHAS ARE EMPTY. THUS HE OVERCAME ALL ILLS AND SUFFERING. OH, SARIPUTRA, FORM DOES NOT DIFFER FROM THE VOID, AND THE VOID DOES NOT DIFFER FROM FORM. FORM IS VOID AND VOID IS FORM; THE SAME IS TRUE FOR FEELINGS, PERCEPTIONS, VOLITIONS AND CONSCIOUSNESS. SARIPUTRA, THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE VOIDNESS OF ALL DHARMAS ARE NON-ARISING, NON-CEASING, NON-DEFILED, NON-PURE, NON-INCREASING, NON-DECREASING. THEREFORE, IN THE VOID THERE ARE NO FORMS, NO FEELINGS, PERCEPTIONS, VOLITIONS OR CONSCIOUSNESS. NO EYE, EAR, NOSE, TONGUE, BODY OR MIND; NO FORM, SOUND, SMELL, TASTE, TOUCH OR MIND OBJECT; NO REALM OF THE EYE, UNTIL WE COME TO NO REALM OF CONSCIOUSNESS. NO IGNORANCE AND ALSO NO ENDING OF IGNORANCE, UNTIL WE COME TO NO OLD AGE AND DEATH AND NO ENDING OF OLD AGE AND DEATH. ALSO, THERE IS NO TRUTH OF SUFFERING, OF THE CAUSE OF SUFFERING, OF THE CESSATION OF SUFFERING, NOR OF THE PATH. THERE IS NO WISDOM, AND THERE IS NO ATTAINMENT WHATSOEVER. BECAUSE THERE IS NOTHING TO BE ATTAINED, THE BODHISATTVA RELYING ON PRAJNA PARAMITA HAS NO OBSTRUCTION IN HIS MIND. BECAUSE THERE IS NO OBSTRUCTION, HE HAS NO FEAR, AND HE PASSES FAR BEYOND CONFUSED IMAGINATION, AND REACHES ULTIMATE NIRVANA. THE BUDDHAS OF THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE, BY RELYING ON PRAJNA PARAMITA, HAVE ATTAINED SUPREME ENLIGHTENMENT. THEREFORE, THE PRAJNA PARAMITA IS THE GREAT MAGIC SPELL, THE SPELL OF ILLUMINATION, THE SUPREME SPELL, WHICH CAN TRULY PROTECT ONE FROM ALL SUFFERING WITHOUT FAIL. THEREFORE, HE UTTERED THE SPELL OF PRAJNA PARAMITA, SAYING GATE, GATE, PARAGATE, PARASAMGATE, BODHI SVAHA.

ALL VIRTUE for  
"The Roof of Wutai Shan Buddhist Garden"

Transcription of Heart Sutra on Bronze Shingle (Twice Annually)

All the monks and nuns in Cham Shan temple will perform a Purification Inaugural Ceremony for the transcription of the Heart Sutra on bronze shingle and will personally participate in the transcription of Heart Sutra. All the merits will transfer back to all sentient beings in ten directions of universal dharma realms, which will help them to release all of their suffering and bring them happiness. By transcribing the Heart Sutra on bronze shingle, we anticipate that all sentient beings will eventually gain true wisdom and attain full enlightenment and Buddhahood. Amituofo!