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Heart Sutra Talks
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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Rinzai's "Not a thing to be disliked"Serial: TL-00327 ADZG Monday Night, Faith, Letting Go, Rinzai, Heart Sutra, Bodhisattva Precepts |
Mar 31 2014 Ancient Dragon Zen Gate |
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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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Zen's Enigmatic Dance of Wisdom Perfect Wisdom, Silence, Heart Sutra |
Jan 26 2014 |
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Remembering Fred Maroth Faith, Community, Heart Sutra, Mindfulness |
Nov 23 2013 Morning No Abode Hermitage |
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The Heart Sutra Heart Sutra, Chanting, Ego, Interdependence, Beginners, Concentration, Separation,... |
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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Zazen as a Creative ExpressionSerial: TL-00311 ADZG Sunday Morning, Posture, Balance, Heart Sutra, Concentration, Pain |
Sep 15 2013 Ancient Dragon Zen Gate |
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Observing the Breathing Body and the Mind of No Abode Breath, Posture, Heart Sutra, Observe |
Aug 10 2013 Afternoon No Abode Hermitage |
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Mindful Path to Non-Abiding Wisdom Breath, Posture, Heart Sutra |
Aug 10 2013 Afternoon |
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Zen and Psychotherapy Monastic Practice, Buddha Nature, Samadhi, Mindfulness, War, Priest, Dragons, Ego,... |
Aug 03 2013 |
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Compassion Four Noble Truths, Liberation, Discrimination, Heart Sutra, Ego, Beginners, confusion... |
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, 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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The Buddha Mind Seal and the Teachings of Perfect Wisdom Perfect Wisdom, Heart Sutra, Buddha Mind |
Mar 02 2013 AM 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 Practice Position, Duality, Separation, Attachment, Heart Sutra, Transmission,... |
Feb 09 2013 |
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Mindfulness and Mindlessness Mindfulness, Hindrances, Patience, Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Posture, Hate,... |
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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Please Call Me By My True Names Birth-and-Death, Humility, Impermanence, Silence, Heart Sutra, Separation, Gratitude... |
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, Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Impermanence, Heart... |
Jun 21 2012 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Non-separation and the One Bright PearlSerial: TL-00264 ADZG Sunday Morning, Heart Sutra, Separation, Big Mind, Building |
Jun 10 2012 Ancient Dragon Zen Gate |
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Getting to Yes with Giving In Vow, Heart Sutra, Practice Period, Karma, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Precepts, Culture,... |
Jun 02 2012 |
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Prajna ParamitaSerial: TL-00256 ADZG Monday Night, Attachment, Manjushri, Heart Sutra, Non-attachment |
Apr 16 2012 Ancient Dragon Zen Gate |
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Baoche's Fanning Platform Sutra, Birth-and-Death, Soto Zen, Heart Sutra, Passions, Uchiyama, Buddha... |
Mar 24 2012 |
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Mindful Rituals: The Path to GenerositySerial: RB-03155 Practice-Week_The_Six_Paramitas Practice, Generosity, Heart Sutra |
Feb 2012 Johanneshof |
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The Essential Meaning of Buddha DharmaSerial: TL-00248 ADZG Sunday Morning, Heart Sutra, Attachment, Shosan, Non-attachment, Dharma Transmission |
Dec 04 2011 Ancient Dragon Zen Gate |
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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, Offering, Intimacy, Bell, Mindfulness, Vow, Instruction, Priest... |
Oct 08 2011 |
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Zenki and ShojiSerial: BZ-02203 Part 4 of 4, study sesshin Birth-and-Death, Bell, Heart Sutra, Daily Life, confusion, Buddha Mind, Nirvana,... |
Sep 04 2011 4 |
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Zenki and ShojiSerial: BZ-02200 Part 1 of 4, study sesshin Birth-and-Death, Nirvana, Liberation, Heart Sutra, Lay, Bowing, Silence, Transmission... |
Sep 03 2011 1 |
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Zenki and ShojiSerial: BZ-02201 Part 2 of 4, study sesshin Birth-and-Death, Blue Cliff Record, Samsara, Nirvana, Impermanence, Liberation,... |
Sep 03 2011 2 |
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Embracing Impermanence with Mindful GratitudeSerial: YR-00924 Includes YR Lecture + SFZC Event on Suzuki Roshi Suzuki Roshi, SFZC, Iconography, Precepts, Heart Sutra, Patience, Posture, Teacher-... |
Sep 01 2011 Tassajara |
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Imagination as a Bodhisattva ResourceSerial: TL-00240 ADZG Monday Night, Lotus Sutra, Bodhisattva Way, Heart Sutra, Manjushri, Peace |
Aug 22 2011 Ancient Dragon Zen Gate |
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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, Transmission,... |
Jan 29 2011 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Seated Buddha: Embracing Emptiness Together Intimacy, Practice Period, Heart Sutra |
Dec 11 2010 |
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A Remembrance of Rebecca MayenoSerial: BZ-02145 Rohatsu Day 3
Blue Cliff Record, Heart Sutra, Conversation, Priest, Lay, Forgiveness, Fox, Funeral... |
Dec 07 2010 Berkeley Zen Center |