Heart Sutra Talks
The Heart Sūtra (Sanskrit: प्रज्ञापारमिताहृदय Prajñāpāramitāhṛdaya or Chinese: 心經 Xīnjīng, Tibetan: བཅོམ་ལྡན་འདས་མ་ཤེས་རབ་ཀྱི་ཕ་རོལ་ཏུ་ཕྱིན་པའི་སྙིང་པོ) is a popular sutra in Mahāyāna Buddhism. In Sanskrit, the title Prajñāpāramitāhṛdaya translates as "The Heart of the Perfection of Wisdom".
The Sutra famously states, "Form is emptiness (śūnyatā), emptiness is form." It is a condensed exposition on the Buddhist Mahayana teaching of the Two Truths doctrine, which says that ultimately all phenomena are Śūnyatā (emptiness).
It has been called "the most frequently used and recited text in the entire Mahayana Buddhist tradition." The text has been translated into English dozens of times from Chinese, Sanskrit, and Tibetan, as well as other source languages.
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Buddha's BirthdaySerial: SF-03098 Sunday Lecture Buddha's Birthday, Ceremony, Bell, Heart Sutra, Humility, Chanting, Renewal,... |
Apr 06 1997 Green Gulch |
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1997.03.15-serial.00101 Hindrances, Heart Sutra, Mahayana, Zazen, Letting Go, Vimalakirti, Suzuki Roshi,... |
Mar 15 1997 |
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Song of Jewel Mirror SamadhiSerial: SF-00072 5:00 class Buddha Ancestors, Four Noble Truths, Absolute-and-Relative, Emptiness, Samadhi,... |
Feb 04 1997 |
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January 15th, 1997, Serial No. 02685 Priest, Intimacy, Tassajara, Heart Sutra, Zendo, Emotions, Zazen, Ceremony,... |
Jan 15 1997 Unknown |
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Die Into Who You AreSerial: SF-02711 Rohatsu Sesshin Chanting, Suzuki Roshi, realization, Heart Sutra, Birth-and-Death, Letting Go,... |
Dec 06 1996 Unknown |
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Effort - While You're Already Perfect Heart Sutra, Suzuki Roshi, Emptiness, realization, Precepts, Passions, Right Effort,... |
Nov 13 1996 Unknown |
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The Five SkandhasSerial: SF-03634 One-day sitting Skandas, Interview, Balance, Heart Sutra, Attachment, Manjushri, Lotus Sutra, Soto... |
Sep 21 1996 Green Gulch |
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Buddha's Birthday Buddha's Birthday, Renewal, Offering, Ceremony, Bell, Heart Sutra, Nirvana,... |
Apr 07 1996 Green Gulch |
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Prajna Paramita Class Emptiness, Perfect Wisdom, Heart Sutra, Ego, Faith, realization, Lotus Sutra, Nirvana... |
Feb 27 1996 Unknown |
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Buddhism and ScienceSerial: SF-02689B From the BZC archive Suzuki Roshi, Heart Sutra, Zazen, Tassajara, training, Transmission, Silence, Posture... |
Nov 11 1995 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Women in Buddhism Class Emptiness, Balance, Liberation, Nirvana, Lay, Heart Sutra, Religion, Mahayana, Birth-... |
Nov 06 1995 Unknown |
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Bowing, Sleepiness and RestlessnessSerial: SF-00152 Wednesday dharma talk. Chanting, Bowing, Heart Sutra, Posture, Ceremony, Zendo, Hindrances, Vows, Suzuki... |
Oct 04 1995 Green Gulch Farm |
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Our Relationship with Form - Speech & FoodSerial: SF-00151 Wednesday dharma talk. Practice Period, Conversation, Happiness, Ceremony, Silence, Bodhisattva Vow, Funeral... |
Sep 06 1995 Green Gulch Farm |
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Shuso TalkSerial: SF-01118 #shuso-talk Heart Sutra, Manjushri, Bell, Zazen, Daily Life, Letting Go, Zendo, realization,... |
May 24 1995 Unknown |
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Jewel of SanghaSerial: SF-03102 Sunday Lecture Triple Treasure, Gratitude, Sangha, Fox, zen meditation, Happiness, Teacher-and-... |
Jan 29 1995 Green Gulch |