Our True Minds

Seno sa Pelonomi (Heart Sutra) Setswana (Tswana)

Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva,
Fa a ntse a ntse a direla
Prajnaparamita ka botlalo,
O bone gore mekokotlelo e mehlano e fapaneng e a sita,
Mme ka fa go tswa mo borai bope.

Shariputra, sebopego ke borai,
Borai ke sebopego;
Sebopego ke borai ka boe,
Borai ke sebopego ka boe.
Ka tsela e e amanang, borai, kutlo, go lemoga le tlhaloganyo
Le borai.

Shariputra, ditlhopho tsotlhe di na le
Sebopego sa borai:
Di sitwa go tsholwa le go swa,
A di a bowa le a di a se di,
Gape di sitwa go oketsa le go fokotsa.

Ka jalo, mo borai go na le sebopego,
Go sitwa go bona, go lemoga, ditlhopho le tlhaloganyo;
Go sitwa go bona, go re, go utlwa, go utlwa le go ngakgola;
Go sitwa go dirang, go bua, go gwera le ditlhopho;

Go sitwa go amanang, mo go kgethegilego go;
Go sitwa go bonwa;
Go sitwa go ntshetsa peelediwa,
Gape go sitwa go yo tilwa;
Go sitwa go gohlwa le go shwa,
Gape go sitwa go etela go gohlwa le go shwa.

Go sitwa go nna le borai, go nna le tsebe ya mekgwa,
Go sitwa go, le go sitwa go; 
Go sitwa go nna le kgokgontsho.

Gape go sitwa go nna le go gowa,
Go sitwa go gagama nge le diphetho,
O go ya Nirvana.

Buddhaa ba bocage ba borai
Ba kgethegile go Prajnaparamita
Le go tfhotlheletsa Anuttara Samyak Sambodhi.

Ka jalo, itse gore Prajnaparamita
Ke mantswe a magolo,
Ke mantswe a go hlakego,
Ke mantswe a borai,
Ke mantswe a go se bee;
Go na le boikaelelo jo bo sa fa borai;
Ke nnete, e se nang mo;

Ka jalo, bua mantswe a Prajnaparamita,
Bua ka mantswe a:
“Gate, Gate, Paragate, Parasamgate, Bodhi, Svaha!” (3x)

The Heart Sutra, or “Prajnaparamita Hridaya,” is one of the most important texts in Mahayana Buddhism and a key scripture in the Prajnaparamita (Perfection of Wisdom) tradition. It is renowned for its concise and rich distillation of the concept of emptiness (śūnyatā), a central tenet in Buddhist philosophy. The Heart Sutra emphasises that all phenomena are empty of intrinsic existence and essence. It famously encapsulates this teaching with the phrase “Form is emptiness, emptiness is form.” In this context, to avoid misunderstanding of the word “emptiness means nothing or a void’’ a better word to use would be “stillness’’ because nothingness sits in the space of stillness’’ with the author’s understanding.

Heart Sutra is a profound Sutra that eliminates all darkness, fear and sufferings formations in the mind.

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