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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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Title	Speaker	Date
March 25th, 2005, Serial No. 00593 Triple Treasure, Four Noble Truths, Practice Period, Buddha Mind, Soto Zen, Lotus...		Mar 25 2005
March 26th, 2005, Serial No. 01316, Side C Transmission, Lay Practice, Priest, Politics, Lay, Hindrances, Heart Sutra,...		Mar 26 2005
April 30th, 2005, Serial No. 01320, Side B Heart Sutra, Fundraising, Liberation, Karma, Commitment, Samadhi, Nirvana, War,...		Apr 30 2005
2005.05.05-serial.00178 Buddha Nature, Culture, Sixth Patriarch, Posture, Practice Period, Heart Sutra,...		May 05 2005
2005.05.06-serial.00181 Buddha Nature, Heart Sutra, Practice Period, Liberation, Don't Know Mind, Daily...		May 06 2005
May 12th, 2005, Serial No. 01031, Side A Duality, Discrimination, Five Ranks, Absolute-and-Relative, Oneness, Attachment, Non-...		May 12 2005
May 26th, 2005, Serial No. 01032, Side A Subject-and-Object, Duality, Birth-and-Death, Non-duality, Five Ranks, Samadhi,...		May 26 2005
July 11th, 2005, Serial No. 00774 Five Ranks, Posture, Absolute-and-Relative, confusion, Daily Life, Platform Sutra,...		Jul 11 2005
Find Out For Yourself Precepts, Duality, Suzuki Roshi, Subject-and-Object, Discrimination, Oneness, Heart...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 17 2005 Tassajara
July 23rd, 2005, Serial No. 01338 Continuous, Intuition, Big Mind, Heart Sutra, Bodhisattva Way, soto, Rinzai, Buddha...		Jul 23 2005
Stand Up from the Ground Serial: BZ-01567 Saturday Lecture Form-and-Emptiness, Continuous, Intuition, Big Mind, Bodhisattva Way, soto, Rinzai,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 23 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
2005.08.15-serial.00260 Sutra, Heart Sutra, Impermanence, Delusion	Edward Brown	Aug 15 2005
2005.11.05-serial.00191 Buddha Ancestors, Family Practice, difficulty, Continuous, Buddha Mind, Dependent...		Nov 05 2005
2005.11.06-serial.00193 Precepts, Family Practice, Heart Sutra, Intention, Vows, Subject-and-Object, Observe...		Nov 06 2005
Encouragement for Upcoming Sesshin Serial: BZ-01215 Thoughts on his early days, Saturday Lecture Sesshin, Sojun Mel Weitsman, Pure Existence, Karma, Monastic Practice, Soto Zen,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 11 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Buddha's Paranirvana Serial: BZ-01216B Birth, Death, Nirvana, Sesshin Day 1 Parinirvana, Birth-and-Death, Nirvana, Birth-and-Death, Nirvana, Big Mind, Four Noble...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 18 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
What Are We Doing Here? Serial: BZ-01220 History of Berkeley Zen Center Pt. I, Saturday Lecture Berkeley Zen Center, Dogen, Lay Practice, Priest, Lay, Heart Sutra, Dharma...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 04 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
March 4th, 2006, Serial No. 01454 Lay Practice, Priest, Lay, Heart Sutra, Dharma Transmission, Mill Valley, Four Noble...		Mar 04 2006
The Great Matter Serial: SF-00085 How awareness of death, and our own mortality, spurs us to greater effort in practice. Birth-and-Death, Suzuki Roshi, Impermanence, Gratitude, Heart Sutra, Ceremony,...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Mar 11 2006 City Center
March 11th, 2006, Serial No. 01221 Gaining Mind, Mindfulness, Heart Sutra, Four Noble Truths, Separation, Non-duality,...		Mar 11 2006
Three Doors of Liberation Serial: BZ-01228 Emptiness, Signlessness, Aimlessness, One-Day Sitting Liberation, Emptiness, Discrimination, Non-discrimination, Oneness, Big Mind, Birth-...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 09 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Preparation for Practice Period Serial: BZ-01229 Saturday Lecture Practice Period, Practice Period, Heart Sutra, Pure Existence, Lay Practice, Daily...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 15 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Heart Sutra Serial: BZ-01232 Saturday Lecture Heart Sutra, Duality, Samadhi, Attachment, Oneness, Samsara, Nirvana, Non-duality,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 06 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
May 8th, 2006, Serial No. 01234 Practice Period, Ordinary Mind, Anger, Heart Sutra, Practice Position, Commitment,...		May 08 2006
May 11th, 2006, Serial No. 01040, Side A Heart Sutra, Big Mind, Mahayana, Daily Life, Manjushri, Birth-and-Death, Four...		May 11 2006
May 20th, 2006, Serial No. 01236, Side D Heart Sutra, Practice Period, Anger, Practice Position, Interview, Lay Practice, Soto...		May 20 2006
May 25th, 2006, Serial No. 01042, Side A Karma, Berkeley Zen Center, Forgiveness, Ego, Nirvana, Daily Life, Emotions, Don...		May 25 2006
June 3rd, 2006, Serial No. 01238 Blue Cliff Record, Heart Sutra, Daily Life, Funeral, Practice Period, Commitment,...		Jun 03 2006
What Does It Mean to Practice Prajna Paramita? Serial: BZ-01167 Sesshin Day 2 Heart Sutra, Religion, Nirvana, Four Noble Truths, Practice Period, Non-duality,...	Karen Sundheim	Jun 15 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
July 29th, 2006, Serial No. 01176, Side B Heart Sutra, Anger, Forgiveness, Precepts, Practice Period, Patience, Hate, Karma,...		Jul 29 2006
Right Speech Serial: SF-00037 The eight-fold path and its relationship to the precepts. Right Speech, Suzuki Roshi, Conversation, Heart Sutra, Zazen, Buddha Nature, Precepts...	Marc Lesser	Sep 16 2006
October 28th, 2006, Serial No. 01046 Bell, Heart Sutra, Chanting, Echo, Harmonizing, Don't Know Mind, training,...		Oct 28 2006
October 28th, 2006, Serial No. 01395 Precepts, Vows, Practice Period, Observe, Repentance, Buddha Ancestors,...		Oct 28 2006
November 11th, 2006, Serial No. 01397 Subject-and-Object, Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, training, Liberation, Enthusiasm...		Nov 11 2006
Zendo Forms Serial: BZ-01407 Serving, Mokugyo, Chanting, Rohatsu Day 7 Meal Serving, Chanting, Mokugyo, Instruction, Doanryo, New Year, Bowing, Chanting,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 03 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
The Gift of Nothing Serial: SF-00929 Sunday Lecture Children's Lecture: one who is not busy, one reality; the gift of nothing; sesshin, from Suzuki Roshi; our mind is the same as Buddha's; all things are... Suzuki Roshi, Nirvana Sutra, Book of Serenity, Soto Zen, Heart Sutra, Freedom,...	Fu Schroeder	Dec 03 2006 Green Gulch
2007.01.14-serial.00116C Heart Sutra, Subject-and-Object, Dharma Transmission, Diversity, Observe, Repentance...		Jan 14 2007
One-Day Sitting Lecture Serial: SF-00942 Deshan and the old woman; the distortions of sexism, racism, others; the bodhisattva grandmother; devotion to zazen; bringing attention and support to the natural states/bodily... Dragons, Offering, Delusion, Heart Sutra, Mindfulness, Vows, Zendo, Suzuki Roshi,...	Myogen Steve Stücky	Feb 17 2007 Green Gulch
Zazen Mind Serial: TL-00166 ADZG Monday Night, Dharma Talk Posture, Heart Sutra, Big Mind, Zazen Mind, Ego	Taigen Dan Leighton	Mar 12 2007 Cenacle Chicago
Sesshin Practices Serial: SF-00992 Sesshin Lecture: ordinary mind is the Tao; practice of confession; guilt/shame; Self-Receiving and -Employing Samadhi Ordinary Mind, Suzuki Roshi, Right Effort, Posture, Buddha Nature, Composure,...	Myogen Steve Stücky	Apr 03 2007 Green Gulch
Intelligence of the Natural World Serial: SF-00941 Sesshin Lecture: frog chorus; silence and activity; pain and fear of pain; Bodhidharma Bodhidharma, Silence, Buddha Ancestors, Composure, Buddha Nature, Hindrances, Zendo,...	Myogen Steve Stücky	Apr 07 2007 Green Gulch
April 28th, 2007, Serial No. 01433 Buddha Mind, Doubt, Buddha Nature, Attachment, Ordinary Mind, Buddha Ancestors,...		Apr 28 2007
The Light of Buddha's Wisdom - Precepts of Compassion Buddha sheds the light of wisdom on the true nature of suffering, liberation, and the human mind, on the teachings of compassion, moral causation, and the whole phenomenal universe. This retreat... japanese, Separation, Suzuki Roshi, Duality, Heart Sutra	Tenshin Reb Anderson	May 05 2007 Part 4 Mount Madonna Center
May 6th, 2007, Serial No. 00168 Zazen Mind, Letting Go, Big Mind, Faith, Heart Sutra		May 06 2007
May 24th, 2007, Serial No. 01054, Side A Manjushri, Heart Sutra, Buddha Nature, Cultivation, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Ordinary...		May 24 2007
May 26th, 2007, Serial No. 01437, Side D Heart Sutra, Practice Period, Posture, Don't Know Mind, Bowing, Birth-and-Death...		May 26 2007
June 22nd, 2007, Serial No. 01442 Doubt, Evil, Practice Period, Gaining Mind, Bowing, Heart Sutra, Bell, Lay, Humility...		Jun 22 2007
July 7th, 2007, Serial No. 00984 Concentration, Buddha Nature, Right Effort, Impermanence, Mundane Life, Heart Sutra,...		Jul 07 2007
July 17th, 2007, Serial No. 01276 Monastic Practice, Practice Period, Nirvana, Lay Practice, Soto Zen, Buddha Nature,...		Jul 17 2007
December 15th, 2007, Serial No. 01106 New Year, Happiness, Berkeley Zen Center, Vows, Don't Know Mind, Heart Sutra,...		Dec 15 2007

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