The Heart Sutra in Tibetan:
English Transliteration
The Tibetan version of the Heart Sutra trasliterated into the Roman alphabet is given below. The opening and closing verses (those before and after the asterisks respectively) were not included in the version chanted by His Holiness the Dalai Lama during the Kalacharka Teachings in Sydney in 1996.
Whatever merit I have acquired by this act, I dedicate to the benefit of all sentient beings!
GYA GAR KE TU BHAGAVATI PRAJNAPARAMITAHRDAYA.
BÖ KE TU CHOM DEN DE MA SHE RAB KYI PA ROL TU CHIN PA’I NYING PO
CHOM DEN DE MA SHE RAB KYI PA ROL TU CHIN PA LA CHAG TSAL LO
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DI KE DAG GI TÖ PA DÜ CHIG NA, CHOM DEN DE GYAL PO’I KHAB CHA GÖ PUNG PO’I RI LA, GE LONG GI GEN DÜN CHEN PO TANG, JANG CHUB SEM PA’I GEN DUN CHEN PO TANG TAB CHIG TU ZHUG TE, DE’I TSE CHOM DEN DE ZAB MO NANG WA ZHE JA WA CHÖ KYI NAM DRANG KYI TING NGE DZIN LA NYOM PAR ZHUG SO.
YANG DE’I TSE, JANG CHUB SEM PA SEM PA CHEN PO PAG PA CHEN RE ZIG WANG CHUK SHE RAB KYI PA ROL TU CHIN PA ZAB MO CHÖ PA NYI LA NAM PAR TA ZHING, PUNG PO NGA PO DE DAG LA YANG RANG ZHIN GYI TONG PAR NAM PAR TA’O
DE NEI, SANG GYE KYI TÜ, TSE DANG DEN PA SHA RI’I BÜ JANG CHUB SEM PA SEM PA CHEN PO PAG PA CHEN RE ZIG WANG CHUK LA DI KE CHE ME SO:
RIG KYI BU GANG LA LA SHE RAB KYI PA ROL TU CHIN PA ZAB MO CHÖ PA CHE PAR DÖ PA DE JI TAR LAB PAR JA
DI KE CHE ME PA DANG, JANG CHUB SEM PA SEM PA CHEN PO PAG PA CHEN RE ZIG WANG CHUK GI TSE DANG DEN PA SHA RA DA TI’I BU LA DI KE CHE ME SO:
SHA RI’I BU, RIG KYI BU AM RIG KYI BU MO GANG LA LA SHE RAB KYI PA ROL TU CHIN PA ZAB MO CHÖ PA CHE PAR DÖ PA DE, DI TAR NAM PAR TA WAR JA TE, PUNG PO NGA PO DE DAG KYANG RANG ZHIN GYI TONG PAR NAM PAR YANG DAG PAR JE SU TA’O
ZUG TONG PA’O. TONG PA NYI ZUG SO. ZUG LE TONG PA NYI ZHEN MA YIN NO. TONG PA NYI LE KYANG ZUG ZHEN MA YIN NO. DE ZHIN DU, TSOR WA DANG, DÜ SHE DANG, DÜ CHE DANG, NAM PAR SHE PA NAM TONG PA’O.
SHA RI BU, DE TA WE NA, CHÖ TAM CHE TONG PA NYI DE, TSEN NYI ME PA, MA KYE PA, MA GAG PA, DRI MA ME PA, DRI MA DANG DRAL WA ME PA, DRI WA ME PA, GANG WA ME PA’O.
SHA RI’I BU, DE TA WE NA, TONG PA NYI LA ZUG ME, TSOR WA ME, DÜ SHE ME, DÜ CHE NAM ME, NAM PAR SHE PA ME, MIG ME, NA WA ME, NA ME, CHE ME, LÜ ME, YID ME, ZUG ME, DRA ME, DRI ME, RO ME, REG JA ME, CHÖ ME DO.
MIG GI KHAM ME PA NE YID KYI KHAM ME, YID KYI NAM PAR SHE PA’I KHAM KYI BAR DU YANG ME DO.
MA RIG PA ME, MA RIG PA ZE PA ME PA NE GA SHI ME, GA SHI ZE PA’I BAR DU YANG ME DO.
DUG NGAL WA DANG, KUN JUNG WA DANG, GOK PA DANG, LAM ME, YE SHE ME, TOB PA ME, MA TOB PA YANG ME DO.
SHA RI’I BU, DE TA WE NA, JANG CHUB SEM PA NAM TOB PA ME PA’I CHIR, SHE RAB KYI PA ROL TU CHIN PA LA TEN CHING NE TE, SEM LA DRIB PA ME PE, TRAK PA ME DO. CHIN CHI LOG LE SHIN TU DE NE NYA NGEN LE DE PA’I TAR CHIN TO.
DÜ SUM DU NAM PAR ZHUG PA’I SANG GYE TAM CHE KYANG SHE RAB KYI PA ROL TU CHIN PA LA TEN NE, LA NA ME PA YANG DAG PAR DZOG PA’I JANG CHUB TU NGÖN PAR SANG GYE SO.
DE TA WE NA, SHE RAB KYI PA ROL TU CHIN PA’I NGAG, RIG PA CHEN PO’I NGAG, LA NA ME PA’I NGAG, MI NYAM PA DANG NYAM PA’I NGAG, DUG NGAL TAM CHE RAB TU ZHI WAR CHE PA’I NGAG, MI DZÜN PE NA DEN PAR SHE PAR JA TE, SHE RAB KYI PA ROL TU CHIN PA’I NGAG ME PA:
TADYATA OM GATE GATE PARAGATE PARASAMGATE BODHI SVAHA
SHA RI’I BU, JANG CHUB SEM PA SEM PA CHEN PÖ DE TAR SHE RAB KYI PA ROL TU CHIN PA ZAB MO LA LAB PAR JA’O.
DE NE, CHOM DEN DE TING NGE DZIN DE LE ZHENG TE, JANG CHUB SEM PA SEM PA CHEN PO PAG PA CHEN RE ZIG WANG CHUK LA LEG SO ZHE JA WA JIN NE, LEG SO LEG SO, RIG KYI BU DE DE ZHIN NO.
RIG KYI BU, DE DE ZHIN TE, JI TAR KHYÖ KYI TEN PA DE ZHIN DU SHE RAB KYI PA ROL TU CHIN PA ZAB MO LA CHE PAR JA TE, DE ZHIN SHEG PA NAM KYANG JE SU YI RANG NGO.
CHOM DEN DE KYI DI KE CHE KA TSAL NE, TSE DANG DEN PA SHA RI’I BU DANG, JANG CHUB SEM PA SEM PA CHEN PO PAG PA CHEN RE ZIG WANG CHUK DANG, TAM CHE DANG DEN PA’I KHOR DE DANG, LHA DANG, MI DANG, LHA MA YIN DANG, DRI ZAR CHE PA’I JIG TEN YI RANG TE, CHOM DEN DE KYI SUNG PA LA NGÖN PAR TÖ DO.
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CHOM DEN DE MA SHE RAB KYI PA ROL TU CHIN PA’I NYING PO ZHE JA WA TEG PA CHEN PO’I DO DZOG SO.