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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Taking Refuge In the Three Bodies of Buddha Peace, Big Mind, Religion, Buddha Nature, Mandala, Heart Sutra, Demons, Sangha,... |
Mar 08 2014 |
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Remembering Fred Maroth Faith, Community, Heart Sutra, Mindfulness, resistance |
Nov 23 2013 Morning No Abode Hermitage |
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The Heart Sutra Heart Sutra, Chanting, Aspects of Practice, Ego, Interdependence, Beginners, Describe... |
Oct 19 2013 |
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Form and Formlessness in Zen Practice Precepts, Practice Period, Daily Life, Bodhisattva Precepts, Lay, Teacher-and-Student... |
Oct 05 2013 |
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Observing the Breathing Body and the Mind of No Abode Breath, Posture, zen meditation, Heart Sutra, Observe |
Aug 10 2013 Afternoon No Abode Hermitage |
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Zen and Psychotherapy Monastic Practice, Buddha Nature, Samadhi, Mindfulness, War, Priest, Dragons, Aspects... |
Aug 03 2013 |
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Compassion Four Noble Truths, Liberation, Discrimination, training, Heart Sutra, Ego, Beginners... |
Jun 29 2013 |
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Joshu's Wash Your Bowl Subject-and-Object, Bell, Separation, Heart Sutra, Practice Period, Buddha Nature,... |
Jun 01 2013 2 |
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Joshu's Wash Your Bowl Book of Serenity, Sixth Patriarch, Subject-and-Object, Practice Period, Dragons,... |
May 18 2013 1 |
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Samdhinirmocana Sutra Posture, Oneness, Duality, Subject-and-Object, Mahayana, Non-violence, Heart Sutra,... |
Apr 14 2013 |
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I Have Long Heard of Dragon PondI Have Long Heard of Dragon Pond Perfect Wisdom, Dragons, Transmission, Chanting, Heart Sutra |
Apr 13 2013 Morning No Abode Hermitage |
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The Perfection of Wisdom Perfect Wisdom, zen meditation, Transmission, Faith, Heart Sutra |
Mar 07 2013 The Yoga Room |
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The Buddha Mind Seal and the Teachings of Perfect WisdomThe Buddha Mind Seal and the Teachings of Perfect Wisdom March 2, 2013 AM Perfect Wisdom, Heart Sutra, Buddha Mind, Hindrances, Greed |
Mar 02 2013 Morning No Abode Hermitage |
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Yes and No Light-and-Darkness, Precepts, Mindfulness, Don't Know Mind, Bodhisattva Ceremony... |
Feb 23 2013 |
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Bumblebees Can't Fly training, Practice Position, Duality, Separation, Attachment, Heart Sutra,... |
Feb 09 2013 |
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Mindfulness and Mindlessness Mindfulness, Hindrances, Patience, Four Foundations, Posture, Hate, Aspects of... |
Jan 19 2013 |
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Sandokai Lecture FourSerial: BZ-02281 Couplet 5, Rohatsu Day 4 Bell, Practice Position, Discrimination, Practice Period, Chanting, Subject-and-... |
Dec 05 2012 Berkeley Zen Center |
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2012.07.30-serial.00140 Subject-and-Object, training, Dharma Transmission, Birth-and-Death, Oneness,... |
Jul 30 2012 |
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2012.07.29-serial.00138 Repentance, Commitment, Freedom, Vows, Heart Sutra, Precepts, resistance, Posture,... |
Jul 29 2012 |
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2012.07.29-serial.00139 Sangha, Precepts, Repentance, Vows, Samsara, Heart Sutra, Meditation, Posture,... |
Jul 29 2012 |
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Please Call Me By My True Names Birth-and-Death, Observe, Humility, Impermanence, Silence, Heart Sutra, Separation,... |
Jul 28 2012 |
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Genjo Koan - Section 9Serial: BZ-02247 No Gaining Idea, Sesshin Day 2, All dharmas are without self Subject-and-Object, Duality, Non-duality, Precious Mirror, Impermanence, Heart Sutra... |
Jun 21 2012 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Getting to Yes with Giving In Vows, Heart Sutra, Practice Period, Karma, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Precepts, Culture,... |
Jun 02 2012 |
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Baoche's Fanning Platform Sutra, Birth-and-Death, Soto Zen, soto, Heart Sutra, Passions, uchiyama,... |
Mar 24 2012 |
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Monastic PracticeSerial: BZ-02216 The Law of Circularity, Saturday Lecture Wearing down Self-centeredness, Jizo's Compassion, Tiger's Cave
Emptiness, Jizo, Compassion, Monastic Practice, Daily Life, Demons, Building,... |
Nov 26 2011 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Encountering Form in Daily Life Heart Sutra, Aspects of Practice, Offering, Intimacy, Observe, Bell, Mindfulness,... |
Oct 08 2011 |
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Zenki and Shoji Birth-and-Death, Bell, Heart Sutra, Daily Life, confusion, Buddha Mind, Nirvana,... |
Sep 04 2011 4 |
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Zenki and Shoji Birth-and-Death, Nirvana, Liberation, Heart Sutra, Lay, Bowing, Silence, Observe,... |
Sep 03 2011 1 |
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Zenki and Shoji Birth-and-Death, Blue Cliff Record, Samsara, Nirvana, Impermanence, Liberation,... |
Sep 03 2011 2 |
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Embracing the Mahayana: Do You Want to be an Artist? Vasubandhu, Karmic Consciousness, Interview, Heart Sutra, Lotus Sutra |
Jul 16 2011 Morning No Abode Hermitage |
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Embracing Enlightenment I Karmic Consciousness, Heart Sutra, Abhidharma, Emptiness |
Jun 11 2011 Afternoon No Abode Hermitage |
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Zazenshin Class Discrimination, Subject-and-Object, Teacher-and-Student, Doubt, Separation, Dragons,... |
Jun 09 2011 5 |
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Teshan and Lung Tan Transmission, Don't Know Mind, Anger, Ordinary Mind, Teacher-and-Student,... |
Mar 12 2011 |
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Intimate Zen, Perfect WisdomSerial: BZ-02154 Other Perfect Wisdom, Heart Sutra, Dharma Transmission, Four Noble Truths, true dharma,... |
Jan 29 2011 Berkeley Zen Center |