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Zen Sutra Candles
Inscribed with the "Great Wisdom of the Heart Sutra," these candles are beautiful pieces indeed. Here is the translation for the character of the candle: When the Bodhisattva Kuan Yin Who was practicing Deep Prajnaparamita Perceived the five skandhas He saw them to be in their own self-nature Empty And He was delivered from all suffering and misery He said: Oh Sariputra, Form is emptiness, Emptiness is form. Form is the same as emptiness, Emptiness is the same as form. That which is formed is empty, that which is empty has form. So it is also with sensation and thought and activity and consciousness. Oh Sariputra! All things are empty: They are not born, They are not annihiliated. They are not impure, They are not pure. They do not increase, They do not decrease, Therefore, Oh Sariputra: In emptiness there is no form, no sensation, no thought, no activity, no consciousness. No eye, nor nose, nor tongue, nor body, nor mind. No form, nor sound, nor color, nor taste, nor touch, nor objects. No element of hearing. No element of vision, no element of smelling, no element of tasting, no element of touching, no element of consciousness. There is no knowledge and no ignorance 'til we come to no old age and no death. And no extinction of old age and death. There is no suffering, no accumulation, no annihilation, no path. There is no knowledge, no attainment and no realization. Because there is no attainment in the mind of the Bodhisattva who depends on Prajna Paramita there are no obstacles, and going beyond distorted views: He is Nirvana! All Buddhas of the past, present, and future depend on Prajna Paramita to attain the highest perfect enlightenment. Therefore one should know that the Prajna Paramita is the Great Mantra, the mantra of great wisdom, the highest mantra, the unequaled mantra, the end of all suffering! True not false! The Mantra is proclaimed in Prajna Paramita: Oh Buddha! Going, going, going on, to the other shore. Always going on to the other shore! Always becoming Buddha! Hail the sutra of the Heart of Great Wisdom! The Great Scripture of Wisdom of the Heart! The Great Scripture of Wisdom of the Heart! The Great Scripture of Wisdom of the Heart!
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