Heart Sutra - Rap by Chogyal Rinpoche

This rap was composed with the intention of making the daily recitation of the sacred Heart Sutra easily accessible to young people. May it be of benefit.

ma sam jö mé sherab parol chin
makyé mingak namkhé ngowo nyi
soso rangrig yeshe chöyulwa
dü sum gyalwé yum la chaktsal lo

diké dak gi töpa dü chik na
chomdendé gyalpö khab jagö pungpö ri la gelong gi gendün chenpo dang
changchub sempé gendün chenpo dang tab chik tu zhuk té
dé tsé chomdendé zabmo nangwa zhejawa chö kyi namdrang kyi ting ngé dzin la nyompar zhuk so
yang dé tsé changchub sempa sempa chenpo pakpa chenrezik wangchuk sherab kyi parol tu chinpa zabmo chöpa nyi la nampar ta zhing
pungpo ngapo dedak la yang rangzhin gyi tongpar nampar ta o
dené sangye kyi tü
tsé dang denpa sharibü changchub sempa sempa chenpo pakpa chenrezik wangchuk la diké ché mé so
rik kyi bu gang lala sherab kyi parol tu chinpa zabmo chöpa chepar döpa dé jitar labpar ja
deké ché mepa dang | changchub sempa sempa chenpo pakpa chenrezik wangchuk gi tsé dang denpa shara datibu la diké ché mé so

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teyata | om gaté gaté para gaté | para samgaté | bodhi soha
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sharibu rik kyi bu am rik kyi bumo gang lala sherab kyi parol tu chinpa zabmo chöpa chepar döpa dé ditar nampar tawar ja té
pungpo ngapo dedak kyang rangzhin gyi tongpar nampar yangdakpar jesu ta o
zuk tongpa o | tongpanyi kyang zuk so
zuk lé tongpanyi zhen mayin no
tongpanyi lé kyang zuk zhen mayin no
dezhindu tsorwa dang | dushé dang
dujé dang | nampar shepa nam tongpa o
sharibu detawé na chö tamché tongpanyi dé
tsennyi mepa | makyepa | magakpa
drima mepa | drima dang dralwa mepa
driwa mepa | gangwa mepa o
sharibu detawé na tongpanyi la zukmé
tsorwa mé | dushé mé | dujé nam mé | nampar shepa mé
mik mé | nawa mé | na mé | che mé | lü mé | yi mé
zuk mé | dra mé | dri mé | ro mé | rekja mé | chö mé do
mik gi kham mepa né yi kyi kham mé
yi kyi nampar shepé kham kyi bardu yang mé do
marikpa mé | marikpa zepa mepa né gashi mé
gashi zepé bardu yang mé do
dukngalwa dang | künjungwa dang
gokpa dang | lam mé | yeshe mé | tobpa mé
matobpa yang mé do

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teyata | om gaté gaté para gaté | para samgaté | bodhi soha
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sharibu detawé na changchub sempa nam tobpa mepé chir
sherab kyi parol tu chinpa la ten ching né té
sem la dribpa mepé trakpa mé dé
chin chi lok lé shintu dé né nya ngen lé depé tarchin to
dü sum du nampar zhukpé sangye tamché kyang sherab kyi parol tu chinpa la ten né
lana mepa yangdakpar dzokpé changchub tu ngönpar dzokpar sangye so
detawé na sherab kyi parol tu chinpé ngak
rigpa chenpö ngak | lana mepé ngak
minyampa dang nyampé ngak | dukngal tamché rabtu zhiwar jepé ngak
midzünpé na denpar shepar ja té
sherab kyi parol tu chinpé ngak mepa

teyata | om gaté gaté para gaté | para samgaté | bodhi soha

You can find the Tibetan as well as an English translation of the Heart sutra here:

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[ChogyalRinpoche]

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[tanjab.]

English translation of the words in the Heart Sutra Rap:

Thus have I heard these words.
Once the Blessed One was dwelling in Rajagriha at Vulture Peak, together with a great gathering of monks and bodhisattvas. At that time the Blessed Lord entered the samadhi that expresses phenomena called profound illumination.
At the same time, the Noble Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva-mahasattva, observed carefully the practice of the profound Perfection of Transcendent Wisdom. He saw precisely that the five aggregates6 were themselves empty by nature.
Through the power of the inspiration of the Buddha, venerable Shariputra said to the Noble Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva-mahasattva:
“How should a son or a daughter of noble family8 train, who wishes to practice the Profound Perfection of Transcendent Wisdom?"
Addressed in this manner, the Noble Avalokiteshvara answered the venerable Shariputra.
"O, Shariputra, a son or daughter of noble family who wishes to practice the Profound Perfection of Transcendent Wisdom should see it like this:
The five aggregates themselves are empty by nature. One should see that in a precise and pure way. Form is emptiness. Emptiness is form. Emptiness is no other than form; form is no other than emptiness. In the same way, feelings, perceptions, mental formations, and consciousnesses are empty.
Thus, Shariputra, all phenomena are empty; they have no characteristics, no origin, no cessation, no impurity, no purity, no decrease, no wholeness.
Thus, Shariputra, in emptiness, there is no form, no feeling, no perception, no mental formation, no consciousness.
There is no eye, no ear, no nose, no tongue, no body, no mind.
There is no appearance, no sound, no smell, no taste, no touch, no phenomena.
There is no visual constituent and so on up to no mental constituent and no mental consciousness constituent.
There is no ignorance, no cessation of ignorance and so on up to no old age and death, no cessation of old age and death.
Likewise, there is no suffering, no origin of suffering, no cessation of suffering, no path.
There is no primordial awareness, no accomplishment, and no non- accomplishment.
Therefore, Shariputra, because the bodhisattvas have nothing to attain, they leave it up to the Profound Perfection of Transcendent Wisdom and dwell in it.
Their minds being without veil, they have no fear. Having reached beyond any error, they have attained the state beyond suffering.
All the Buddhas manifesting in the three times, effectively have attained the totally pure, unsurpassable, and perfect Awakening by leaving it up to this Profound Transcendent Wisdom.
Therefore, the mantra of Transcendent Wisdom, the mantra of great insight, the unsurpassable mantra, the mantra that equals the unequaled, the mantra that perfectly dissipates all suffering should be known as Truth since there is no falsehood. The mantra of the Perfection of Transcendent Wisdom is said like this:

Tayata om gate gate paragate para samgate bodhi soha

[sunitakhadka]

Wow, loved it...as a fan of Eminem and Tibetan buddhism both, this was very delightful ❤ 👏...Thank you Rinpoche 🥰🥰🥰

[herlock]

Awesome. Now this is my type of jam. Thank you so much for this. 😍

[kalungten]

Lama Kyenno 🙏🌹 Thank you Rinpoche la for this musical lung.
Tedyata om gate gate parаgate parasamgate bodhye swaha🙏

[esDharma]

Extraordinario. Un abrazo desde México.

[eberhardsteinbauer]

Wow, really good. Why not? Whether it might appeal to young people particulary Westerner or not, I don't know. In any case, an interesting attempt of an interpretation and a good sound and voice.

[CurtisBreaux]

Nice! Some Supaman vibes here, maybe you two should collaborate, eh?

[karmatsetenghale]

Rinpoche la, this heart sutra is one of my favorite ever since i heard it a few years back. This has surely brought a lot of intrest in Buddhism among the younger generation, such a unique piece. 😊 🙏 🙏

[junub]

Thank you so much Rinporche for bringing up the rap version. Grateful for your creativity in disseminating knowledge.Such a noble and artful practice.Look forward to your more insightful discussion and lecture.

[bowsandaro]

THIS IS SO AMAZING RINPOCHE!!! Wow! You are an inspiration for my aspiration to become a singing Buddha! <3

[bibechanachitrakar]

Tri Ratna Sarnam Rinpoche 🙏🙏
Not being able to find the words to express my gratitude n joy towards your effort to present Prajnaparmita in such way..Being Greedy/Expecting to listen also in Nepali version & Always Longing to understand Heart Sutra to benefit all sentient beings 🙏❤

[birdthompson]

fantastic! thank you! I'm student of Anyen Rinpoche & we're accumulating this now!

[Lakshmi-]

Soooo great!!!! Thank you so much, dear Chogyal Rinpoche! God Bless!☺😍🕊❣

[lakpatschhiringlama]

Added on my playlist. Thank you rinpoche!!!

[tobiasweingartz]

Thank you very much!This is very spicy!
You have a very cool voice and i like it that you do so much with music because it reaches out to some hidden areas in the mind.I think music can open the heart in a very special way.A life without music would be boring.
🌈🙏🌈
Have a wonderfull time and thank you for everything that you do

[tacci]

Buddharma will essentially remain the same as long as there is so-called LIFE no matter how and where and when, it’s eternal now, but Buddhism must evolve with time and era on this planet. I am sure this music will touch many Buddhist rappers and enhance their understanding of true Emptiness, but even more so, it will attract the “not-Buddhist-yet” people all over the world. I appreciate your idea and effort. Amazing La.

I have only one humble recommendation though. You should produce a new version of the same song with reduced number of chorus chanting ཏདྱ་ཐཱ། and include the complete sutra in the song. I found that you skipped the last part La.

Sarva Mangalam! 🙏

[НиколайШулежко-бд]

Красивое исполнение!!! Великолепное сочетание глубокого смысла текста и музыкального ритма!!!

[karmasowang]

We would be grateful if Rinpoche could explain the heart Sutra along with the rap.

[christophemascre]

Sure it will help to learn it, cannot you add it to your Spotify account? I would be able to ear it more often. Thank you 🙏🙏🙏, Christophe or Karma Jinpa