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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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Title	Speaker	Date
Unknown Title 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
Title Unknown Serial: BZ-00303 Sesshin Day 7 Attachment, Karma, Heart Sutra, Separation, Hate, Precepts, Culture, Ego	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 14 1987 Tassajara Zen Mountain Center
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, Anger, Attachment, Karma, Mahayana, Mundane Life,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 08 1987 Tassajara Zen Mountain Center
Genjokoan III Serial: BZ-00908B Sesshin Day 2 Genjokoan, Bodhidharma, Building, Eka, Heart Sutra, Interview, Religion, Silence...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 05 1987 Berkeley Zen Center
Genjokoan I Serial: BZ-01501B Sesshin lecture Anger, Attachment, Birth-and-Death, Heart Sutra, Koan, Observe, Sixth Patriarch, Soto...	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, Anger, Ego, Emotions, Equanimity, Heart Sutra, Practice Period,...	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? Beginners, Bowing, Chanting, Culture, Daily Life, Heart Sutra, Hindrances, Intuition...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 10 1986 Berkeley Zen Center
The Subtle Touch of Non-Self-Centered Activity: Forms of Zen Serial: BZ-00875A Saturday Lecture No-Self, Bell, Bowing, Chanting, Ego, Heart Sutra, Renunciation, Right Effort, Silent...	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, Daily Life, Heart Sutra, Lay, Practice Period, Precepts, Priest,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 17 1985 Berkeley Zen Center
Chanting Practice Serial: BZ-01523B Saturday Lecture Chanting, Bell, Chanting, Ego, Four Noble Truths, Heart Sutra, Offering, War...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 26 1985 Berkeley Zen Center
Finding Joy in Lowered Standards Vow, Chanting, Thich Nhat Hanh, Daily Life, Heart Sutra	Edward Espe Brown	Jun 15 1984
Embrace Experience Through Ritual Unity Emptiness, Ceremony, Freedom, Heart Sutra, Separation	Edward Espe Brown	Apr 09 1984
Awakening the Inner Journey Dragons, Vow, Practice Period, Bell, Heart Sutra	Edward Espe Brown	Mar 06 1984
Title unknown Serial: BZ-00416B Sesshin lecture Bodhidharma, Daily Life, Fox, Funeral, Heart Sutra, Karma, Lay, Priest, Priest-and-...	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 Bowing, Concentration, Daily Life, Heart Sutra, Passions, Priest, Samadhi, Tassajara...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 15 1983 Berkeley Zen Center
Trust in One’s Self and the Eightfold Path Serial: BZ-01516B Saturday Lecture Concentration, Eight Aspects, Emotions, Heart Sutra, Instruction, Mindfulness,...	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 Cheney	Feb 26 1982 Berkeley Zen Center
The Human Encounter with Death Work, Time, Heart Sutra	Dr Joan Halifax	Oct 11 1981 City Center
Application of the Practice - Feminism and Buddhism in the Diamond Sangha Emptiness, Liberation, Heart Sutra, Vow, Sangha, Lay, Lineage, Enemies	Susan Murcott	Aug 14 1981 2
Application of the Practice - Feminism and Buddhism in the Diamond Sangha Emptiness, Realization, Heart Sutra, Monastic Practice, Sangha, Lay, Separation,...	Susan Murcott	Aug 14 1981 1
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
March 28th, 1981, Serial No. 01063 Beginners, Bowing, Buddha Nature, Chanting, Daily Life, Doubt, Heart Sutra, Posture,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 28 1981 Berkeley Zen Center
Interwoven Existence: Life as Zen Journey Hate, Heart Sutra, Lay, Realization, Sanctuary, Separation, Subject-and-Object...	Katagiri Roshi	Sep 03 1975
Eternal Harmony of Dynamic Existence Oneness, Birth-and-Death, Heart Sutra, Subject-and-Object, Separation, Discrimination...	Katagiri Roshi	Sep 1975
SF Seminar Serial: SF-00022 Myths and legends in religious traditions; natural and supernatural language. Attachment, Heart Sutra, Religion, Emptiness, Buddha Nature, Transmission, Enemies,...	Dr Edward Conze	Feb 22 1973
Form Is Emptiness and Emptiness Is Form Heart Sutra, Big Mind, Don't Know Mind, Emptiness, Forms, Interdependence, Monks...	Suzuki Roshi	Nov 13 1969
FORM AND EMPTINESS II Serial: SR-00027 Wednesday, July 9, 1969 Tassajara Heart Sutra, Balance, Duality, Emptiness, Enemies, Forms, Truth	Suzuki Roshi	Jul 09 1969 Tassajara
Practice Should Be The Practice Of “Right Now.” Serial: SR-00024 Thursday, July 3, 1969 Tassajara Heart Sutra, Death, Emptiness, Enemies, Faith, Forms, War	Suzuki Roshi	Jul 03 1969 Tassajara
Emptiness is Form Serial: SF-05968 Sunday, June 29, 1969 San Francisco 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...	Suzuki Roshi	Jun 29 1969 Tassajara
No Dualism Baso, Heart Sutra,	Suzuki Roshi	Nov 02 1967 Los Altos
In the Prajnaparamita Sutra Serial: SF-05113B 5pm lecture begins this side Heart Sutra, Sengai, Dogen, Emptiness, Posture, Transmission, Beginners, Bell, Family...	Suzuki Roshi	Jan 21 1966 5:00PM Sokoji
Readiness, Mindfulness Serial: 66-00-00-AE ± 1966 Los Altos Heart Sutra,	Suzuki Roshi	1966 Los Altos
On the Great Prajna Paramita Sutra Heart Sutra,	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 05 1965 Los Altos
Great Prajna Paramita Sutra Heart Sutra,	Suzuki Roshi	Jul 15 1965 Los Altos
Great Prajna Paramita Sutra Heart Sutra,	Suzuki Roshi	Jul 08 1965 Los Altos

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