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contemplation 1
The Sutra of the Heart of the Lady Perfection of Wisdom
Thus have I heard. At one time Lord Buddha was staying at
Vulture Peak Mountain in Rajagriha, with a great gathering
of the monastic sangha and the bodhisattva sangha.
At the same time, noble Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva
mahasattva, was looking right at the experience of the
profound perfection of wisdom and he saw the five groups
to be empty of nature.
Then, through the power of the Buddha, venerable
Shariputra said to noble Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva
mahasattva, “How does a son or daughter of the noble
family, who wishes to practice the profound perfection of
wisdom, train?”
Addressed in this way, noble Avalokiteshvara, the
bodhisattva mahasattva, said to venerable Shariputra, “O
Shariputra, a son or daughter of the noble family who
wishes to practice the profound perfection of wisdom looks
in this way: see the five groups to be truly empty of nature.
Therefore, Shariputra, all experience is emptiness. It is not
defined. It is not born or destroyed, impure or free from
impurity, not incomplete or complete.
Therefore, Shariputra, in emptiness, there is no form, no
feelings, no concepts, no mental formations, no
consciousness; no eye, no ear, no nose, no tongue, no
body, no mind, no appearance, no sound, no smell, no
taste, no touch, no mind object; no eye element up to no
mind element and no mind consciousness element; no
ignorance, no end of ignorance up to no old age and
death, no end of old age and death; no suffering, no
origin, no cessation, no path; no pristine awareness, no
attainment, and no non-attainment.
Therefore, Shariputra, because, for bodhisattvas, there is no
attainment, they rest, trusting the perfection of wisdom.
With nothing clouding their minds, they have no fear. They
leave delusion behind and come to the end of nirvana.
This translation by Ken McLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-
Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.
Form is emptiness; emptiness is form. Emptiness is not other
than form; form is not other than emptiness. In the same
way, feeling, concept, mental formation, and
consciousness are emptiness.
I'll let the music express this more directly. Michael Meara
seems well suited to present these ideas in sonic form.
Follow him in contemplation and see where he leads.
Brad Ross-MacLeod
October 2011
1. Contemplation 1 : Void In Form
Void in Form
When, just as they are,
White dewdrops gather,
On scarlet maple leaves,
Regard the scarlet beads!
Ikkyū
Contemplation 1
Michael Meara
ffm•004
Released October 2011 by Free Floating Music
Released under a Creative Commons Attribution-
NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-
ND 3.0 License.
http://freefloatingmusic.com/label
“Contemplation 1 - Void in Form” is the first in an ongoing series of
subliminal drift pieces by Australian ambient musician Michael
Meara. This long form piece features processed lap steel guitar
and is intended for low level playback.
http://www.sonicjourney.com/

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