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Heart Sutra Talks
The Heart Sūtra is a popular sūtra in Mahāyāna Buddhism. In Sanskrit, the title Prajñāpāramitāhṛdaya translates as "The Heart of the Perfection of Wisdom". It is traditionally associated with the Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara (commonly known in East Asian Buddhism as Guanyin, who is the interlocutor of the sūtra.
The Sūtra famously states, "Form is emptiness (śūnyatā), emptiness is form." 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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Thinking and Non-Thinking Right Speech, Four Noble Truths, Interview, Instruction, Diversity, Heart Sutra,... |
Aug 22 2020 |
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Heart Sutra Heart Sutra, Chanting, Emotions, Priest, Hindrances, Evil, Avalokitesvara, Zoom,... |
Jul 25 2020 |
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Closely Watched Mind 4Serial: BZ-02759 Class 4 of 4 Karma, Don't Know Mind, Fox, Culture, Ego, Big Mind, Heart Sutra, Mindfulness,... |
Jul 21 2020 4 |
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Closely Watched Mind 1Serial: BZ-02749 Class 1 of 4 Don't Know Mind, Karma, Karmic Consequences, Priest, Ego, Heart Sutra, Happiness... |
Jun 29 2020 1 |
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Making Refuge Heart Sutra, Avalokitesvara, confusion, Conversation, Practice Period, Subject-and-... |
May 16 2020 |
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Old School Devoted Monk Myo-e: the Background of Japanese BuddhismSerial: TL-00638 ADZG Sunday Morning, Heart Sutra, Chanting, Rinzai, Mahayana, Gathas |
Dec 29 2019 Ancient Dragon Zen Gate |
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Buddha's Enlightenment Concentration, Dependent Origination, Heart Sutra, Birth-and-Death, Chanting,... |
Dec 05 2019 |
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The Non-Duality of Silence and Language Silence, Transmission, Perfect Wisdom, Non-duality, Balance, Duality, Observe, Heart... |
Nov 23 2019 AM No Abode Hermitage |
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Warrior Monk-Poet Saigyo and the Ultimate in NatureSerial: TL-00619 ADZG Monday Night, Duality, Heart Sutra, Separation, Letting Go |
Nov 18 2019 Ancient Dragon Zen Gate |
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Choices and Preferences Passions, Eka, Heart Sutra, Uchiyama, Attachment, Bodhidharma, confusion,... |
Sep 21 2019 |
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Going Beyond Heart Sutra, Intimacy, Impermanence, Birth-and-Death, Practice Period, Renewal,... |
Aug 24 2019 |
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Zenki Class 3Serial: BZ-02680 PP Class 3
Birth-and-Death, Blue Cliff Record, Liberation, Buddha Mind, Samsara, Religion, Heart... |
May 30 2019 |
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A Conversation about Principle and Phenomena Heart Sutra, Perfect Wisdom, confusion, Letting Go, Don't Know Mind, Buddha Mind... |
May 18 2019 AM No Abode Hermitage |
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Practicing with Prayer Chanting, Peace, Heart Sutra, Continuous Practice, Instruction, Separation,... |
Apr 27 2019 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Just This Is: the Avatamsaka Sutra in the Zen Tradition Perfect Wisdom, Discrimination, Buddha Mind, Practice Period, Karmic Consciousness,... |
Apr 13 2019 AM No Abode Hermitage |
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Let the Mystery Be Heart Sutra, Skandhas, Daily Life, Practice Period, Silence, Posture, Culture,... |
Mar 09 2019 |
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Book of Serenity case 19: Mt. Sumeru and Zazen ThoughtsSerial: TL-00594 ADZG Monday Night, Doubt, Book of Serenity, Heart Sutra |
Mar 04 2019 Ancient Dragon Zen Gate |
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Buddhism and the Climate EmergencySerial: TL-00592 ADZG Monday Night, Discrimination, Bodhisattva Precepts, Politics, Heart Sutra |
Feb 25 2019 Ancient Dragon Zen Gate |
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Taking Refuge Impermanence, Heart Sutra, Conversation, Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Mindfulness... |
Feb 09 2019 |
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Innermost Request Heart Sutra, Instruction, Nirvana, Intimacy, Mahayana, Posture |
Feb 02 2019 |
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Negative Capability Sesshin Doubt, Heart Sutra, Vow, Commitment, Impermanence, Liberation |
Jan 12 2019 |
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Book of Serenity case 12: What Do We Call the World?Serial: TL-00563 ADZG Thursday Morning, Book of Serenity, Duality, Heart Sutra, Separation |
Dec 06 2018 Ancient Dragon Zen Gate |
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Being Time Buddha Nature, Sixth Patriarch, Doubt, Equanimity, Transmission, Dharma Transmission... |
Nov 10 2018 |
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The Hands And Eyes Of AvalokiteshvaraCompassion is the teaching of the Buddha. Stories of the different statues and scrolls at No Abode. Yunmen and Daowu, the thousand arms of Avalokiteshvara. Compassion, Avalokitesvara, Transmission, Silence, Avalokitesvara, Perfect Wisdom,... |
Nov 10 2018 AM No Abode Hermitage |
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Maylie Scott Bears the Unbearable Sesshin: Close Aspects of Practice Peace, Conversation, Transmission, Offering, Dharma Transmission, Heart Sutra, Bell,... |
Nov 03 2018 |
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Tea Ladies and Their Mind-Refreshing TeachingSerial: BZ-02639 Sesshin Open Aspects of Practice
Sixth Patriarch, Heart Sutra, Soto Zen, Priest, Practice Period, Duality, Precepts,... |
Oct 06 2018 |
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Beating the Drum Buddha Ancestors, Practice Period, Confession-and-Repentance, Vow, Tassajara,... |
Aug 11 2018 |
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Book of Serenity Case 3: Prajnatara and Inhale and Exhale as SutrasSerial: TL-00530 ADZG Sunday Morning, Book of Serenity, Bodhidharma, Blue Cliff Record, Emotions, Heart Sutra |
Jul 29 2018 Ancient Dragon Zen Gate |
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Daikan Eno and The Hundred DharmasSerial: BZ-02618 Sesshin Day 2
Repentance, Doubt, Big Mind, Anger, Karma, Greed, Ego, Heart Sutra, Sixth Patriarch,... |
Jun 14 2018 |
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The Six Qualitative Factors That Keep Us Balanced and CenteredSerial: BZ-02617 Sesshin Day 1
Daily Life, Posture, Composure, Building, Heart Sutra, Hindrances, Mahayana, Karma,... |
Jun 13 2018 |
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The Womb of the Tathagata #3: Our Buddha Nature PreceptsOrigins of the Bodhisattva precepts; development and commentaries; the reasons for Buddhas appearing in this world. Precepts, Buddha Nature, Transmission, Heart Sutra, Precepts, Bodhisattva,... |
Jun 09 2018 AM No Abode Hermitage |
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Nirvana Study Sesshin Day 2 Lecture 3 Composure, Bell, Nirvana, Daily Life, Ego, Heart Sutra, Two Truths, Chanting, Posture... |
Feb 18 2018 |
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Home Big Mind, Building, Heart Sutra, Beginners, Interview, Separation, Posture, Doubt,... |
Nov 25 2017 |
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Jewel Mirror Samadhi Part 1Serial: BZ-02569 Part 1 of 2 Transmission, Duality, Soto Zen, Five Ranks, Dharma Transmission, Teacher-and-Student... |
Sep 02 2017 1 |
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Practice and Ritual: Just Enough Soto Zen, Monastic Practice, Precepts, Heart Sutra, Chanting, Priest, Bell |
Jun 24 2017 |
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Gathas and PreceptsSerial: BZ-02556 Sesshin Day 5
Precepts, Vow, Soto Zen, Attachment, Practice Period, Heart Sutra, Birth-and-Death,... |
Jun 11 2017 |
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Heart SutraSerial: BZ-02555 Sesshin Day 4
Discrimination, Four Noble Truths, Buddha Nature, Teacher-and-Student, Heart Sutra,... |
Jun 10 2017 |
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Zazen Practice, Sei Jo PracticeSerial: BZ-02554 Sesshin Day 3
Separation, Precepts, Heart Sutra, Anger, Practice Period, Posture, Forgiveness,... |
Jun 09 2017 |
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Heart SutraSerial: BZ-02553 Sesshin Day 2
Ego, Heart Sutra, Emotions, Duality, Offering, Peace, Causation, Karma, Addiction,... |
Jun 08 2017 |