具體的指導原則如下：
1. 禪修一段時間；之後，開始誦念《心經》；
2. 在誦到咒文部份 OM GATE GATE PARAGATE PARASAMGATE BODHI SVAHA (唵)揭諦揭諦波羅揭諦波羅僧揭諦菩提娑婆訶）時，重複念誦此心咒一百零八次；
3. 誦完心經全文，並做功德回向。
願一切眾生離苦得樂！
附註：以下為心經的中英文版（根據大正新修大藏經及香巴拉英文課誦文版本）
《般若波羅蜜多心經》
唐三藏法師玄奘譯
觀自在菩薩。行深般若波羅蜜多時。照見五蘊皆空。度一切苦厄。
舍利子。色不異空。空不異色。色即是空。空即是色。受想行識亦復如是。
舍利子。是諸法空相。不生不滅。不垢不淨。不增不減。
是故空中。無色。無受想行識。無眼耳鼻舌身意。無色聲香味觸法。
無眼界。乃至無意識界。無無明。亦無無明盡。乃至無老死。亦無老死盡。
無苦集滅道。無智亦無得。以無所得故。菩提薩埵。
依般若波羅蜜多故。心無罣礙。
無罣礙故。無有恐怖。遠離顛倒夢想。究竟涅槃。
三世諸佛。依般若波羅蜜多故。得阿耨多羅三藐三菩提。
故知般若波羅蜜多。是大神咒。是大明咒。是無上咒。是無等等咒。
能除一切苦。真實不虛。故說般若波羅蜜多咒。即說咒曰
揭帝揭帝 般羅揭帝 般羅僧揭帝 菩提僧莎訶
THE SUTRA OF THE HEART OF TRANSCENDENT KNOWLEDGE
Thus have I heard. Once the Blessed One was dwelling in Rajagriha at Vulture Peak mountain, together with a great gathering of the sangha of monks and a great gathering of the sangha of bodhisattvas. At that time the Blessed One entered the samadhi that expresses the dharma called "profound illumination" and at the same time noble Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva mahasattva, while practicing the profound prajnaparamita, saw in this way: he saw the five skandhas to be empty of nature.
Then, through the power of the Buddha, venerable Shariputra said to noble Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva mahasattva, "How should a son or daughter of noble family train, who wishes to practice the profound prajnaparamita?"
Addressed in this way, noble Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva mahasattva, said to venerable Shariputra, "O Shariputra, a son or daughter of noble family who wishes to practice the profound prajnaparamita should see in this way: seeing the five skandhas to be empty of nature. Form is emptiness; emptiness also is form. Emptiness is no other than form; form is no other than emptiness. In the same way, feeling, perception, formation , and consciousness are emptiness. Thus, Shariputra, all dharmas are emptiness. There are no characteristics. There is no birth and no cessation. There is no impurity and no purity. There is no decrease and no increase. Therefore, Shariputra, in emptiness, there is no form, no feeling, no perception, no formation, 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 dharmas; no eye dhatu up to no mind dhatu, no dhatu of dharmas, no mind consciousness dhatu; no ignorance, no end of ignorance up to no old age and death, no end of old age and death; no suffering, no origin of suffering, no cessation of suffering, no path, no wisdom, no attainment, and no nonattainment. Therefore, Shariputra, since the bodhisattvas have no attainment, they abide by means of prajnaparamita. Since there is no obscuration of mind, there is no fear. They transcend falsity and attain complete nirvana. All the buddhas of the three times, by means of prajnaparamita, fully awaken to unsurpassable, true, complete enlightenment. Therefore, the great mantra of prajnaparamita, the mantra of great insight, the unsurpassed mantra, the unequalled mantra, the mantra that calms all suffering, should be known as truth, since there is no deception. The prajnaparamita mantra is said in this way:
OM GATE GATE PARAGATE PARASAMGATE BODHI SVAHA
Thus, Shariputra, the bodhisattva mahasattva should train in the profound prajnaparamita."
Then the Blessed One arose from that samadhi and praised noble Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva mahasattva, saying, "Good, good, O son of noble family; thus it is, O son of noble family, thus it is. One should practice the profound prajnaparamita just as you have taught and all the tathagatas will rejoice."
When the Blessed One had said this, venerable Shariputra and noble Avalokitshvara, the bodhisattva mahasattva, that whole assembly and the world with its gods, humans, asuras, and gandharvas rejoiced and praised the words of the Blessed One.
Lotsawa bhikshu Rinchen De translated this text into Tibetan with the Indian pandita Vimalamitra. It was edited by the great editor - lotsawas Gelo, Namkha, and others. This Tibetan text was copied from the fresco in Gegye Chemaling at the glorious Samye vihara. It has been translated into English by the Nalanda Translation Committee, with reference to several Sanskrit editions.
