Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, was deep through the Perfection of Wisdom, saw clearly that the five aggregates of human existence are empty, and so released himself from suffering. "Sariputra! Form is nothing more than emptiness, emptiness is nothing more than Form. Form is exactly emptiness, and emptiness is exactly Form. The other four aggregates of human existence -- feeling, thought, will, and consciousness -- are also nothing more than emptiness." "Sariputra! All things are empty: Nothing is born, nothing dies, nothing is pure, nothing is stained, nothing increases and nothing decreases. So, in emptiness, there is no form, no feeling, no thought, no will, no consciousness. There are no eyes, no ears, no nose, no tongue, no body, no mind. There is no seeing, no hearing, no smelling, no tasting, no touching, no imagining. No plane of sight, no plane of thought. There is no ignorance, and no end to ignorance. There is no old age and death, and no end to old age and death. There is no suffering, no cause of suffering, no end to suffering, no path to suffering. There is no attainment of wisdom, and no wisdom to attain." The Bodhisattvas rely on the Perfection of Wisdom, their hearts without delusions; they have no reason for delusion, no fear within, abandoning their confused thoughts, finally experiencing Nirvana. The Buddhas, past, present, and future, rely on the Perfection of Wisdom, and live in full enlightenment. The Perfection of Wisdom is the greatest mantra. It is the wisest mantra, the highest mantra, the mantra of the rest. This is truth that cannot be doubted. The reason of the Perfection of Wisdom Mantra, The Mantra is thus: Gaté, gaté, paragaté, parasamgaté. Bodhi! Svaha! http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Heart_Sutra
THE HEART OF PRAJNA PARAMITA SUTRA When Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva was practicing the profound prajna paramita, he illuminated the five skandhas and saw that they are all empty, and he crossed beyond all suffering and difficulty. Shariputra, form does not differ from emptiness; emptiness does not differ from form. Form itself is emptiness; emptiness itself is form. So, too, are feeling, cognition, formation, and consciousness. Shariputra, all dharmas are empty of characteristics. They are not produced, not destroyed, not defiled, not pure; and they neither increase nor diminish. Therefore, in emptiness there is no form, feeling, cognition, formation, or consciousness; no eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, or mind; no sights, sounds, smells, tastes, objects of touch, or dharmas; no field of the eyes up to and including no field of mind consciousness; and no ignorance or ending of ignorance, up to and including no old age and death or ending of old age and death. There is no suffering , no accumulating, no extinction, no way, no understanding and no attaining. Because nothing is attained, the Bodhisattva through reliance on prajna paramita is unimpeded in his mind. Because there is no impediment, he is not afraid, and he leaves distorted dream-thinking far behind. Ultimately Nirvana! All Buddhas of the three periods of time attain Anuttara-samyak-sambodhi through reliance on prajna paramita. Therefore, know that prajna paramita is a great spiritual mantra, a great bright mantra, a supreme mantra, an unequalled mantra. It can remove all suffering; it is genuine and not false. That is why the mantra of prajna paramita was spoken. Recite it like this: Gaté gaté paragaté parasamgaté bodhi svaha!
藏文转译 feeling, thought, will, and consciousness 汉文转译 feeling, cognition, formation, or consciousness 译者把“行”、“形”搞混了。
色想受行识谓之五蕴，又叫五阴。 什么叫做“五阴炽盛”呢？那“阴”字，是“遮盖”的意思。有五种事情（五种事情，就是色、受、想、行、识五种。 凡是有形像可以指得出来的，都叫做“色”。 “受”是受着的种种苦的、乐的境界。 “想”是心里头转着的种种好的、坏的念头。 “行”是心里头持的念头，一个去了一个又来，接连着没有停歇的意思。 “识”是分别那种种境界的意识）。
我们读佛经时，经常遇到“五蕴”一词，如《般若波罗蜜多心经》：“观自在菩萨，行深般若波罗蜜多时，照见“五蕴”皆空，度一切苦厄。……” “蕴”译自梵语 स्कन्ध Skandha，旧译阴或众。意义是积聚，五蕴即是五种聚合。所谓： （一）色蕴：即物质的积聚。色蕴包含内色与外色。内色就是：眼、耳、鼻、舌、身－－五根：我们所依靠生活的根身（身躯）；外色就是：色、声、香、味、触－－五境：所知的外境，这些都包含在色蕴之中。 （二）受蕴即是领取纳受之意。对于顺境与逆境的领纳感受，它可分为身受和心受。身受由五根和五境所引起，它有苦、乐、舍（不苦不乐）三种感受；心受由意根所引起，有忧、喜。固受有苦、乐、忧、喜、舍五种性质。 （三）想蕴：心于所知境执取形象。即是看、听、接触东西时，会认定所对的境有一定的相貌，然后为它安立名称，生起认识的心理。 （四）行蕴：“行”是造作之义，行蕴是驱使心造作诸业，所造作的行为有善、恶、无记三种心理，称为心所生法，又称为心所。 （五）识蕴：佛教对识蕴的解说有大、小乘的区别，在此依据大乘的分类来解说：识蕴分为八识，它又可分为三类：一者为心，它集起诸法，并能生起种种的法，此既是指第八识－－阿赖耶识。二者为意，它恒思量，即我们有一种心念，它一直执著有一个“我”，这就是末那识，称为意。三者为识，既是了别外境；能够知觉外面境界的心，称为识。有时候，心、意、识总称为心，也称为识蕴；识能够知道外境，所以是能知的心，因为由它带动其他的心念，以它为主，故称为心王，随它而生起的心念称为心所。 五蕴包含了色、受、想、行、识这五类的法，各个合为一集，都是因缘和合的，它们相续不断的生灭，故五蕴的意思是五种不同的聚合。五蕴也被翻译为五众或五阴。“五众”是五种众多的法聚合在一起；“五阴”是五种法遮盖住我们的智慧之意。佛陀为利根的众生说五蕴；对智慧比较差的众生，佛陀则为他们演说十二处、十八界。
行蕴 行蕴是很复杂的，我在此只是作简单的解说：我们的心所生的种种心念，称为心所。这些心所除了受与想之外，其余的一切心所生法，这些心的行为（心行）皆是有造作的，并且念念迁流变化，都称为行；这种种的“行”聚合在一起，则称为行蕴。比如贪、瞋、痴的心：人家骂你，起瞋心，这就是“行”。此外，贪、瞋、痴、忿、恨、恼、害等都是“行”。所以在我们的心念中，除了识、受和想以外，其他的心念都是行。这些心会造业，是有造作的。甚至你起好心、善心也是行：比如我们念一部《心经》：“观自在菩萨，行深般若波罗蜜多时，照见五蕴皆空，度一切苦厄。……”那也是行，因为我们的心有造作，念念在那儿变化，这个行是属于善的：如果我们被人家骂，起瞋心是属于恶的，那就是造恶。行蕴所生的心是造业的主要力量与原因，因为这些心念驱使我们的身、口、意去造业，所以行蕴是五蕴中造业的主要心理作用。
“色即是空，空即是色” 道家的版本： 有即无，无即有。知此道者，可以制鬼神； 实即虚，虚即实。知此道者，可以入金石； 上即下，下即上。知此道者，可以侍星辰； 古即今，今即古。知此道者，可以卜龟筮； 人即我，我即人。知此道者，可以窥他人之肺肝； 物即我，我即物。知此道者，可以成腹中之龙虎。 知象由心变，以此观心，可以成女婴； 知气由心生，以此吸神，可以成炉冶。 以此胜物，虎豹可伏；以此同物，水火可入。 惟有道之士能为之，亦能能之而不为之。 关尹子·七釜