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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Sangha Meeting Heart Sutra, Gratitude, Funeral, Echo, Chanting |
Jan 09 2021 |
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Remembering Sojun, Part 1 Berkeley Zen Center, Dokusan, Tassajara, Dragons, Heart Sutra |
Jan 15 2021 |
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Valentine’s Day, Perfect Wisdom, Patriotism, and the White Supremacist PartySerial: TL-00687 ADZG Sunday Morning, Perfect Wisdom, Heart Sutra, Enthusiasm, Enemies, Hindrances |
Feb 14 2021 Zoom |
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Practicing With Emptiness Heart Sutra, Avalokiteshvara, Berkeley Zen Center, Tassajara, Silence |
Feb 27 2021 |
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Boundlessness Heart Sutra, Peace, Chanting, Lotus Sutra, Jukai |
May 01 2021 |
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The Five Skandhas Consciousness, Heart Sutra, Zazen Mind, Avalokiteshvara, Money |
Jun 05 2021 |
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Beginner's Sesshin Continuous, Mindfulness, Bowing, Heart Sutra, Kinhin |
Jun 06 2021 |
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Six Paramitas Patience, Heart Sutra, Paramitas, Precepts |
Jun 18 2021 |
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Independence Day and the Supreme CourtSerial: TL-00751 ADZG Sunday Morning, Interdependence, Freedom, Zoom, Bodhisattva Vow, Heart Sutra |
Jul 03 2022 Hybrid |
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Dongshan and the Monk from the MountaintopSerial: TL-00761 ADZG Sunday Morning, Faith, Zoom, Heart Sutra, Book of Serenity, Bodhidharma |
Sep 18 2022 Hybrid |
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Dongshan and the Bird’s PathSerial: TL-00763 ADZG Monday Night, Freedom, Paramitas, Heart Sutra, Zoom, Bodhisattva Vow |
Oct 03 2022 Hybrid |
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Zen Meditation on Our Original Nature, Class 4In this series of gatherings we will explore and perhaps realize our original nature, and how to apply such a discovery to all of our daily activities. #YRB-2023-Spring1, Original Nature, Precious Mirror, Hindrances, Heart Sutra,... |
Apr 11 2023 4 of 8 The Yoga Room |
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Zen Meditation on the Great Flower Adornment Scripture, Class 1In this series of meetings, we will study and see how Zen is the key unlocking the innumerable meanings of this oceanic scripture. We will also explore how the sutra opens and illuminates our simple... #YRB-2023-Fall, Lotus Sutra, Practice Period, Diversity, Heart Sutra, Koan |
Oct 03 2023 1 of 8 The Yoga Room |
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Zen Meditation on the Great Flower Adornment Scripture, Class 6In this series of meetings, we will study and see how Zen is the key unlocking the innumerable meanings of this oceanic scripture. We will also explore how the sutra opens and illuminates our simple... #YRB-2023-Fall, Daily Life, Heart Sutra, Avalokiteshvara, Bodhisattva Vow |
Nov 07 2023 6 of 8 The Yoga Room |
