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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Celebration of Spring--This Shore, The Other ShoreSerial: BZ-00014B Keepng Your Place, One-Day Sitting Sixth Patriarch, Heart Sutra, Nirvana, Happiness, Observe |
Mar 20 1982 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Rinzai Zen Sixth Patriarch, Soto Zen, Lotus Sutra, Heart Sutra, Platform Sutra, Doubt, Buddha... |
Feb 26 1982 |
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Application of the Practice - Feminism and Buddhism in the Diamond Sangha Emptiness, Lineage, Aspects of Practice, Bodhisattva Vow, Heart Sutra, Sangha,... |
Aug 14 1981 2 |
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Application of the Practice - Feminism and Buddhism in the Diamond Sangha Emptiness, Aspects of Practice, Lineage, Separation, Sangha, Monastic Practice, Lay,... |
Aug 14 1981 1 |
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The Stages of Practice ISerial: BZ-00024A One-Day Sitting Study Period, Heart Sutra, Obstacles, Chanting, Daily Life, Posture, Beginners, Doubt... |
Mar 28 1981 Berkeley Zen Center |
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March 28th, 1981, Serial No. 01063 Study Period, Obstacles, Heart Sutra, Chanting, Daily Life, Posture, Beginners, Doubt... |
Mar 28 1981 |
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September 3rd, 1975, Serial No. 00069 Heart Sutra, Subject-and-Object, Sanctuary, Separation, Describe, Lay, realization,... |
Sep 03 1975 |
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September 1975 talk, Serial No. 00070 Oneness, Birth-and-Death, Heart Sutra, Subject-and-Object, Separation, Discrimination... |
Sep 1975 |
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SF SeminarSerial: SF-00022 Myths and legends in religious traditions; natural and supernatural language. Attachment, Heart Sutra, Religion, Emptiness, Buddha Nature, Transmission, Enemies,... |
Feb 22 1973 |
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Form Is Emptiness and Emptiness Is FormHeart Sutra, Emptiness, Big Mind, Forms, Don't Know Mind, Interdependence, heart... |
Nov 13 1969 |
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FORM AND EMPTINESS IISerial: SR-00027 Wednesday, July 9, 1969 Heart Sutra, Emptiness, Forms, reality, Enemies, Truth, training, American, Duality,... |
Jul 09 1969 Tassajara |
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Practice Should Be The Practice Of “Right Now.”Serial: SR-00024 Thursday, July 3, 1969 Heart Sutra, Emptiness, Forms, Faith, reality, Describe, training, Enemies, War,... |
Jul 03 1969 Tassajara |
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Emptiness is FormSerial: SF-05968 Sunday, June 29, 1969 Newly uploaded version has speed adjustments made; should be a little clearer for transcript - not just end, but correcting... Heart Sutra, Emptiness, Current Events, Balance, Faith, Beginners, Continuous... |
Jun 29 1969 Tassajara |
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No DualismBaso, Heart Sutra, |
Nov 02 1967 Los Altos |
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In the Prajnaparamita SutraSerial: SF-05113-B 5pm lecture begins this side Heart Sutra, Sengai, Dogen, Emptiness, Family Practice, Beginners, Transmission,... |
Jan 21 1966 5:00PM Sokoji |
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Readiness, MindfulnessSerial: 66-00-00-AE ± 1966 Los Altos Heart Sutra, |
1966 Los Altos |
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On the Great Prajna Paramita SutraHeart Sutra, |
Aug 05 1965 Los Altos |
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Great Prajna Paramita SutraHeart Sutra, |
Jul 15 1965 Los Altos |
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Great Prajna Paramita SutraHeart Sutra, |
Jul 08 1965 Los Altos |
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YYYY.MM.DD-serial.00219A Abhidharma, Sutra, Vinaya, Heart Sutra, Nirvana |
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YYYY.01.28-serial.00002 Happiness, Vows, Greed, Culture, Monastic Practice, Attachment, Samsara, Heart Sutra... |
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YYYY.01.14-serial.00042 Subject-and-Object, Dharma Transmission, Heart Sutra, Diversity, Repentance,... |
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Unknown Date, Serial 00553 Practice Position, Culture, Lay, Heart Sutra, Transmission, Dragons, Intuition,... |
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Unknown Date, Serial 00555 Heart Sutra, Attachment, Echo, Ordination, Silence, Chanting, Lineage, Bell, Religion... |
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Unknown Date, Serial 00950, Side B Hindrances, Heart Sutra, Daily Life, Buddha Nature, Nirvana, Ego, Duality, Birth-and-... |
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Unknown Date, Serial 00951, Side B Heart Sutra, Buddha Nature, Four Noble Truths, Non-duality, Platform Sutra, Subject-... |
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Unknown Date, Serial 00287, Side B Nirvana, confusion, Four Noble Truths, Hindrances, Mahayana, Samsara, Heart Sutra,... |
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