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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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The Four Wisdoms Serial: BZ-00467A And Other Assorted Helpful Hints to a Better Life, Sesshin Day 3 Wisdom, Discrimination, Heart Sutra, Silent Illumination, Evil, Greed, Hate, Patience...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 03 1990 Berkeley Zen Center
Finding Joy in Zazen Practice Ordinary Mind, Heart Sutra, Concentration, Samadhi, Sutra	Edward Brown	Jun 04 1990
Zen Transitions: Practical Daily Awakening Serial: RB-00700 Seminar_The_Heart_and_Mind_Training Time, Practice, Heart Sutra	Zentatsu Richard Baker	May 20 1990 Berlin
Zen Moments: Mindful Practice Revealed Serial: RB-02843 Seminar_Perception_Karma_Consciousness Time, Practice, Heart Sutra	Zentatsu Richard Baker	May 1990 Heidelberg
February 17th, 1990, Serial No. 00072, Side A Concentration, Heart Sutra, Happiness, Avalokitesvara, Bell		Feb 17 1990
February 17th, 1990, Serial No. 00134, Side A Concentration, Heart Sutra, Happiness, Avalokitesvara, Bell		Feb 17 1990
The Triple Treasure Serial: BZ-00499 Saturday Lecture Three Treasures, Three Treasures, Sangha, Big Mind, Teacher-and-Student, Buddha...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 03 1990 Berkeley Zen Center
The Four Marks of Conditioned Existence Serial: BZ-00383B Lecture Enemies, Equanimity, Heart Sutra, Karma, Lotus Sutra, Subject-and-Object, Hate,...	Bob Poulsen	Sep 16 1989 Berkeley Zen Center
Walking Mountains, Flowing Emptiness Darkness-and-Light, Heart Sutra, Tassajara, Practice Period	Tenshin Reb Anderson	May 11 1989
Science and Spirit: A Unified Journey Serial: SF-00049 Sunday lecture Suzuki Roshi, Religion, Emptiness, Observe, Heart Sutra, Liberation, Vow, Hindrances...	Lou Hartman	May 07 1989 Green Gulch Farm
Exploring Dharma Beyond Words Four Noble Truths, Demons, Practice Period, Japan, Heart Sutra	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Mar 29 1989 Tassajara
Awakening Through Reverent Practice Offering, Humility, Confession-and-Repentance, Heart Sutra, Suzuki Roshi	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Feb 10 1989
Title Unknown Serial: BZ-01465 Monday night talk Peace, Offering, Buddha Ancestors, Humility, Attachment, Heart Sutra, Daily Life,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 16 1989
December 8th, 1988, Serial No. 01473 Serial: BZ-01473 The first talk of the 1988 Rohatsu sesshin at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center. Genjokoan, Posture, Emotions, Buddha's Birthday, Daily Life, Heart Sutra,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 08 1988 1 of 7 Tassajara
Zazen: Embracing Stillness and Gratitude Practice, Buddha, Heart Sutra	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jul 24 1988
On Bowing and Chanting Serial: BZ-01491 Morning talk. Offering, Diversity, Heart Sutra, Passions, Practice Period, Soto Zen, Lineage,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 27 1988 Tassajara
Perfect Just as You Are Serial: BZ-00891B Sesshin .day 4 Posture, cognitive process, Instruction, Lineage, Monkey Mind, Bowing, Buddha Nature...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Jun 18 1988 Berkeley Zen Center
Where the Hubless Active Wheel Turns Serial: BZ-00897B Saturday Lecture Heart Sutra, Blue Cliff Record, Discrimination, Non-discrimination, Bell, Separation...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 14 1988 Berkeley Zen Center
Life and Death Serial: BZ-00897A Lecture Happiness, Birth-and-Death, Fasting, Nirvana, Evil, Heart Sutra, Tassajara, Practice...	Shosan Victoria Austin	May 07 1988 Berkeley Zen Center
Genjokoan Serial: BZ-00898A One-Day Sitting Genjokoan, Heart Sutra, Big Mind, Obstacles, Bowing, Samadhi, Chanting, Concentration...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 24 1988 Berkeley Zen Center
Zen Spaces and Silent Teachings Dragons, Four Noble Truths, Heart Sutra, Karmic Consciousness, Bell	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Apr 07 1988
February 27th, 1988, Serial No. 01536 Serial: BZ-01536 Seventh day of sesshin at Green Gulch Farm. Discrimination, Duality, Four Noble Truths, Oneness, Non-discrimination,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 27 1988 7 of 7 Green Gulch Farm
December 14th, 1987, Serial No. 00303 Serial: BZ-00303 Sesshin Day 7 Attachment, Karma, Heart Sutra, Separation, Hate, Precepts, Culture, Ego	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 14 1987
Tightrope Lecture Serial: BZ-00902A Lecture Heart Sutra, Hindrances, Practice Position, Don't Know Mind, Posture, Lay, Fox,...	Maylie Scott	Dec 12 1987 Berkeley Zen Center
Four Truths and Heart Sutra Serial: BZ-00309 Rohatsu Day 1 Heart Sutra, Four Noble Truths, Passions, Mundane Life, Attachment, Karma, Mahayana,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 08 1987
Genjokoan III Serial: BZ-00908B Sesshin Day 2 Genjokoan, Religion, Eka, Heart Sutra, Bodhidharma, Interview, Silence, Building...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 05 1987 Berkeley Zen Center
Genjokoan I Serial: BZ-01501B Sesshin lecture Birth-and-Death, Sixth Patriarch, Koan, Attachment, Heart Sutra, Soto Zen, Observe,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 03 1987 Berkeley Zen Center
Heart Sutra Commentary Emptiness, Birth-and-Death, Heart Sutra, Observe, Impermanence, Four Foundations of...	Thich Nhat Hanh	1987 1
The Buddhist Meaning of Renunciation Serial: BZ-00883A Saturday Lecture Renunciation, Renunciation, Emotions, Practice Period, Heart Sutra, Anger, Ego,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 01 1986 Berkeley Zen Center
Bodhisattva Ceremony Serial: BZ-00876A Lecture Buddha Ancestors, Happiness, Renewal, Karma, Daily Life, Offering, Heart Sutra,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 24 1986 Berkeley Zen Center
What is Zen Spirit? Chanting, Daily Life, Heart Sutra, Beginners, Bowing, Hindrances, Mindfulness,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 10 1986 Berkeley Zen Center
The Subtle Touch of Non-Self-Centered Activity Serial: BZ-00875A Forms of Zen, Saturday Lecture No-Self, Silent Illumination, Right Effort, Bowing, Heart Sutra, Ego, Chanting, Bell...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 19 1986 Berkeley Zen Center
Death and Dying: Compassion Meditation Serial: BZ-00867B Lecture Buddha Nature, Building, Heart Sutra, Priest, Happiness, Conversation, Hate, War,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Nov 23 1985 Berkeley Zen Center
Study Period (J. Ango) Serial: BZ-00410A Saturday Lecture Study Period, Ango, Study Period, Priest-and-Lay, Practice Period, Lay, Priest,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 17 1985 Berkeley Zen Center
Chanting Practice Serial: BZ-01523B Saturday Lecture Chanting, Chanting, Offering, Four Noble Truths, Heart Sutra, Bell, War, Ego...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 26 1985 Berkeley Zen Center
Finding Joy in Lowered Standards Vow, Chanting, Thich Nhat Hanh, Daily Life, Heart Sutra	Edward Brown	Jun 15 1984
Embrace Experience Through Ritual Unity Emptiness, Ceremony, Freedom, Heart Sutra, Separation	Edward Brown	Apr 09 1984
Awakening the Inner Journey Dragons, Vow, Practice Period, Bell, Heart Sutra	Edward Brown	Mar 06 1984
Title unknown Serial: BZ-00416B Sesshin lecture Fox, Karma, Daily Life, Priest-and-Lay, Lay, Heart Sutra, Priest, Funeral,...	Arnie Kotler	Oct 22 1983 Berkeley Zen Center
Mumonkan: Case #12 Pt. II: Calling and Answering Serial: BZ-00403B Saturday Lecture MM-12, Buddha Nature, Precepts, Subject-and-Object, Daily Life, Sixth Patriarch, Don...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 01 1983 Berkeley Zen Center
Heart Sutra: Gate, Gate, Paragate: The Mantra of Your Life Serial: BZ-00001A Sesshin Day 5 Daily Life, Heart Sutra, Zazen Mind, Tassajara, Priest, Concentration, Bowing,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 15 1983 Berkeley Zen Center
Trust in One’s Self and the Eightfold Path Serial: BZ-01516B Saturday Lecture Heart Sutra, Mindfulness, Eight Aspects, Concentration, Instruction, Observe,...	Arnie Kotler	Jul 24 1982 Berkeley Zen Center
The Meaning of Devotion Serial: BZ-00011A Saturday Lecture Buddha Nature, Emotions, Mahayana, Religion, Heart Sutra, Avalokitesvara, Ego,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 03 1982 Berkeley Zen Center
Celebration of Spring--This Shore, The Other Shore: Keeping Your Place Serial: BZ-00014B One-Day Sitting Sixth Patriarch, Heart Sutra, Nirvana, Happiness, Observe	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 20 1982 Berkeley Zen Center
Rinzai Zen Serial: BZ-00015 Sesshin day 1 Sixth Patriarch, Soto Zen, Lotus Sutra, Heart Sutra, Platform Sutra, Doubt, Buddha...	Gesshin Myoko Prabhasa Dharma	Feb 26 1982 Berkeley Zen Center
The Human Encounter with Death Work, Time, Heart Sutra	Joan Halifax	Oct 11 1981 City Center
Application of the Practice - Feminism and Buddhism in the Diamond Sangha Emptiness, Lineage, Heart Sutra, Sangha, Liberation, Enemies, Vow, Lay	Susan Murcott	Aug 14 1981 2
Application of the Practice - Feminism and Buddhism in the Diamond Sangha Emptiness, Lineage, Separation, Sangha, Monastic Practice, Lay, Heart Sutra,...	Susan Murcott	Aug 14 1981 1
March 28th, 1981, Serial No. 01063 Study Period, Heart Sutra, Chanting, Daily Life, Posture, Beginners, Doubt, Bowing,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 28 1981 Berkeley Zen Center
The Stages of Practice I Serial: BZ-00024A One-Day Sitting Study Period, Heart Sutra, Obstacles, Chanting, Daily Life, Posture, Beginners, Doubt...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 28 1981 Berkeley Zen Center

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