Sūtra Cordis Magnae Sapientiae Transcendentis

[Aemilius]

Sūtra Cordis Magnae Sapientiae Transcendentis

(Om laudetur Domina Nobilissima Sapientia Transcendens!)

Sūtra Cordis Magnae Sapientiae Transcendentis.
Bodhisattva Avalokita,
profundam Sapientiam transcendentem excolens,
quinque complexuum vacuam naturam conspexit,
et hoc modo omnes dolores superavit.
– Shāriputra, forma dissimilis non est vacuitatis
vacuitas dissimilis formae non est.
Forma est vacuitas, vacuitas forma est.
Item sensus, perceptiones, propensiones, conscientia.
– Shāriputra, omnia phaenomena natura vacua sunt:
non nata neque exstincta, non pura neque impura,
non crescentia neque decrescentia.
Ideo in vacuitate
forma, sensus, perceptio, propensio, conscientia non est;
non oculus, auris, nasus, lingua, corpus, mens;
non species, sonus, odor, sapor, contactus, notio.
Sensus videndi non est, neque alia elementa huius generis
usque ad mentis conscientiam.
Ignorantia non est, neque finis eius, aliaque huius generis
usque ad senectutem et mortem, neque finis eorum est.
Dolor non est, non ortus, non exitus, non Via.
Scientia non est, neque adeptio.
Cum nihil adipiscendum sit
bodhisattva Sapientia transcendente nisus,
animo libero ab impedimentis vivit.
Sine impedimentis nulla timet,
falsas cogitationes relinquit et summum Nirvāna fit.
Cum Sapientia transcendente nitantur, omnes Buddha trium temporum
perfectam Illuminationem consequuntur.
Scito igitur Sapientiam transcendentem
sublime mantra esse, mantra magnum et fulgens,
maximum mantra, mantra sine aequali,
quod omnes dolores dissolvere potest.
Verum est, sine errore.
Proinde mantra Sapientiae transcendentis ita pronuntia:

GATE GATE PĀRAGATE PĀRASAMGATE BODHI SVĀHĀ! (x3)
(Ivit, ivit, transivit, totum transivit, Illuminatio tum sit!)

This entry was posted in Suutria suomeksi, Yleinen by Pūrnamitra, on 7.10.2016.

[Knotty Veneer]

I bet the Zen Catholics would love this!

[Leo Rivers]

Translating the subtle precision of a sutra into the Queen's English wasn't enough of a challenge.

[reiun]

Sūtra Cordis Magnae Sapientiae Transcendentis
. . .
(Ivit, ivit, transivit, totum transivit, Illuminatio tum sit!)

This entry was posted in Suutria suomeksi, Yleinen by Pūrnamitra, on 7.10.2016.

Thanks alot for sharing this. In (Catholic) high school we translated Caesar's Gallic Wars as part of learning Latin. Previously served as an altar boy for many years. In particular, the Confiteor was a great chant, but critical thought about it in English, particularly the "mea culpa" "through my fault" part, was something that moved me to separation.

"Illuminatio": what a great word!

[Aemilius]

My latin is quite limited, but Cordis looks and sounds impressive. There is also a latin translation Dhammapada by Viggo Fausböll, published in 1855, but it seems to be extremely difficult to get hold of. One starts to suspect a conspiracy against it.

Dhammapadam. Ex tribus codicibus Hauniensibus Palice edidit, Latine vertit, excerptis
ex commentario Palico notisque illustravit V. Fausbøll, Hauniae 1855.

[humble.student]

My latin is quite limited, but Cordis looks and sounds impressive. There is also a latin translation Dhammapada by Viggo Fausböll, published in 1855, but it seems to be extremely difficult to get hold of. One starts to suspect a conspiracy against it.

Dhammapadam. Ex tribus codicibus Hauniensibus Palice edidit, Latine vertit, excerptis
ex commentario Palico notisque illustravit V. Fausbøll, Hauniae 1855.

It's on Google Books in multiple editions...
https://books.google.com/books?id=814-AAAAcAAJ
Click "Read Book" then select PDF to access the scan.

[Aemilius]

That is amazing! Thanks!