Thus I have heard at one time.  As the Blessed One was seated on Vulture’s Peak in Rajagriha with a huge assembly of the exalted community of Bhikshus and Bodhisattvas, he was dwelling in the profound meditation called ‘Profound Vision.’
 
At that time, also, the heroic being and Bodhisattva, Arya Avalokiteshvara, was reviewing the profound characteristics of the Prajna Paramita and saw the five aggregates were naturally empty. Then the elder Shariputra, moved by the power of the Buddha, addressed Arya Avalokiteshvara and said, “Noble son! How should one who wishes to perform the profound practice of the Prajna Paramita train themselves?”
 
The Great Being, the Bodhisattva Arya Avalokiteshvara replied, “Shariputra! A son or daughter of noble family who wishes to train in the profound practice of the Prajna Paramita should first rightly see that all aggregates, by their very nature, are empty. Form is Emptiness. Emptiness is Form. Emptiness is not other than Form. Nor is Form other than Emptiness. So too, all Feelings, Perceptions, Volitions, and Consciousness are Empty. Shariputra! In the same way all phenomena are devoid of Characteristics; they are Unborn, Unstopped, Undefiled, Unpurified, Undecreased, and Unfilled.
 
Therefore, Shariputra, in Emptiness there is no Form, no Feeling, no Perception, no Volition, no Consciousness, no Eye, no Ear, no Nose, no Tongue, no Body, no Mind, no Form, no Sound, no Smell, no Taste, no Touch, no Dharmas. There is no Element of Eye, no Element of Mind, and so on through the Element of Mental Consciousness.  There is no Ignorance, no Elimination of Ignorance, no Death and Decay and no Elimination of Death and Decay. So, too, there is No Suffering, No Origin, No Cessation, No Path, No Wisdom, No Attainment, No Non-attainment.

Shariputra, because nothing is really attained, all Bodhisattvas who have no fear, rely on and dwell in Prajna Pariamita for they have no mental obscurations. They are perfectly liberated and have gone completely beyond deception. Relying on the Prajna Paramita, all the Buddhas of the three times are completely enlightened to that unsurpassable, noble, and perfect enlightenment. Therefore, the mantra of Prajna Paramita, the mantra of great wisdom, the unsurpassable mantra, the mantra equal to the unequalled, the mantra that fully allays all suffering, should, because it is not false, be known as truth. The mantra of Prajna Paramita is spoken thus:
 
 
In this way, Bodhisattvas, great beings, should train in the profound Prajna Paramita.”
 
Then the Blessed One arose from that meditation called “Profound Vision” and spoke to the Bodhisattva, Arya Avalokiteshvara: “Well said, Noble son, Well said! It is just so. One should practice the Prajna Paramita just as you have taught and all the Tathagatas will rejoice.”
 
When the Buddha had spoken thus, the elder Shariputra and the Bodhisattva, the great being, Arya Avalokiteshvara, together with all in the assembly, as well as humans, demi-gods, and gandharvas rejoiced in the words of the Blessed One.