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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July 23rd, 2005, Serial No. 01338 Continuous, Intuition, Big Mind, Heart Sutra, Bodhisattva Way, soto, Rinzai, Buddha... |
Jul 23 2005 |
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Stand Up from the GroundSerial: BZ-01567 Saturday Lecture Form-and-Emptiness, Continuous, Intuition, Big Mind, Bodhisattva Way, soto, Rinzai,... |
Jul 23 2005 Berkeley Zen Center |
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July 11th, 2005, Serial No. 00774 Five Ranks, Posture, Absolute-and-Relative, confusion, Daily Life, Platform Sutra,... |
Jul 11 2005 |
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May 26th, 2005, Serial No. 01032, Side A Subject-and-Object, Duality, Birth-and-Death, Non-duality, Five Ranks, Samadhi,... |
May 26 2005 |
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May 12th, 2005, Serial No. 01031, Side A Duality, Discrimination, Five Ranks, Absolute-and-Relative, Oneness, Attachment, Non-... |
May 12 2005 |
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2005.05.06-serial.00181 Buddha Nature, Heart Sutra, Practice Period, Liberation, Don't Know Mind, Daily... |
May 06 2005 |
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2005.05.05-serial.00178 Buddha Nature, Culture, Sixth Patriarch, Posture, Practice Period, Heart Sutra,... |
May 05 2005 |
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April 30th, 2005, Serial No. 01320, Side B Heart Sutra, Fundraising, Liberation, Karma, Commitment, Samadhi, Nirvana, War,... |
Apr 30 2005 |
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March 26th, 2005, Serial No. 01316, Side C Transmission, Lay Practice, Priest, Politics, Lay, Hindrances, Heart Sutra,... |
Mar 26 2005 |
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March 25th, 2005, Serial No. 00593 Triple Treasure, Four Noble Truths, Practice Period, Buddha Mind, Soto Zen, Lotus... |
Mar 25 2005 |
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March 14th, 2005, Serial No. 01570 Monastic Practice, Priest, Building, Tassajara, Soto Zen, American, Lay, Heart Sutra... |
Mar 14 2005 |
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Way Seeking MindSerial: SF-00044 The route to becoming a zen monk; growing up Jewish and hanging out with the beats; meeting Suzuki Roshi. Monastic Practice, Japan, Way-Seeking Mind, Suzuki Roshi, Monastic Practice, Priest,... |
Mar 13 2005 2 Tassajara |
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2005.03.13-serial.00177 Heart Sutra, lecture, Describe, Impermanence, Politics, Funeral, Zazen, Samadhi, Vows... |
Mar 13 2005 |
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Way Seeking Mind Pt. 2Serial: BZ-00590 Lecture Sojun Mel Weitsman, Way-Seeking Mind, Monastic Practice, Priest, Fundraising,... |
Mar 13 2005 |
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March 5th, 2005, Serial No. 01312, Side C Mahayana, Four Noble Truths, Heart Sutra, Big Mind, Anger, Interdependence, Ego,... |
Mar 05 2005 |
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February 18th, 2005, Serial No. 00772 Buddha Nature, Silent Illumination, Mahayana, Heart Sutra, Describe, Nirvana Sutra,... |
Feb 18 2005 |
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February 14th, 2005, Serial No. 00569 Heart Sutra, Culture, Mahayana, Ordination, Politics, Bodhisattva Vow, Happiness,... |
Feb 14 2005 |
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January 22nd, 2005, Serial No. 01302, Side D Heart Sutra, Death-and-Dying, Four Noble Truths, confusion, Demons, Non-duality,... |
Jan 22 2005 |
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March 2005 talk, Serial No. 01574 Monastic Practice, Building, Priest, Fundraising, American, Heart Sutra, Tassajara,... |
2005 |
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Life Is Like Sesshin: Use of Kyusaku: Being RebornSerial: BZ-01297 Forgiveness. Renewal for the New Year, Rohatsu Day 7 New Year, Heart Sutra, Practice Period, Tassajara, Renewal, Forgiveness, Dragons,... |
Dec 05 2004 Berkeley Zen Center |
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December 5th, 2004, Serial No. 01565 New Year, Heart Sutra, Practice Period, Tassajara, Renewal, Forgiveness, Dragons,... |
Dec 05 2004 |
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Heart SutraSerial: BZ-01296 Conclusion, Rohatsu Day 6 Heart Sutra, Birth-and-Death, Big Mind, Hindrances, Complete Perfect Enlightenment,... |
Dec 04 2004 Berkeley Zen Center |
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SalvationSerial: BZ-01295 Saving All Beings in Our Zen Practice, Rohatsu Day 5 Dependent Origination, Heart Sutra, Impermanence, Vows, Emotions, Attachment, Six... |
Dec 03 2004 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Heart SutraSerial: BZ-01294 Dependant Origination; Nirvana Within Samsara, Rohatsu Day 4 Dependent Origination, Samsara, Nirvana, Heart Sutra, Four Noble Truths, Nirvana,... |
Dec 02 2004 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Heart SutraSerial: BZ-01293 Duality, Nonduality, Rohatsu Day 3 Heart Sutra, Duality, Non-duality, Duality, Intuition, Non-duality, Oneness, Buddha... |
Dec 01 2004 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Heart SutraSerial: BZ-01292B Form and Emptiness; Interdependence, Rohatsu Day 2 Heart Sutra, Form-and-Emptiness, Interdependence, Teacher-and-Student, Demons,... |
Nov 30 2004 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Heart SutraSerial: BZ-01291D Rohatsu Day 1 Heart Sutra, Form-and-Emptiness, Dependent Origination, Impermanence, Samadhi,... |
Nov 29 2004 Berkeley Zen Center |
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November 6th, 2004, Serial No. 01288 Aspects of Practice, Heart Sutra, Perfect Wisdom, Transmission, Priest, Teacher-and-... |
Nov 06 2004 |
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November 4th, 2004, Serial No. 01028, Side A Five Ranks, Heart Sutra, Teacher-and-Student, Rinzai, Aspects of Practice, Blue Cliff... |
Nov 04 2004 |
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October 7th, 2004, Serial No. 00564 Platform Sutra, Right Speech, Attachment, War, Liberation, Heart Sutra, Passions,... |
Oct 07 2004 |
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2004.09.26-serial.00176 Heart Sutra, Culture, Bell, Offering, Dependent Origination, Posture, Daily Life,... |
Sep 26 2004 |
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September 26th, 2004, Serial No. 01281 Practice Period, Buddha Nature, Precious Mirror, Nirvana Sutra, Hindrances, Heart... |
Sep 26 2004 |
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September 23rd, 2004, Serial No. 00562 Attachment, Heart Sutra, Liberation, Culture, American, Patience, Interview, Mahayana... |
Sep 23 2004 |
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September 18th, 2004, Serial No. 01247 Heart Sutra, Liberation, Perfect Wisdom, Buddha Nature, Attachment, Culture, Daily... |
Sep 18 2004 |
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Eating Brown Rice, Eating Your LifeSerial: BZ-01243C (from "Not Always So"), Sesshin Day 1 Teacher-and-Student, Giving-and-Taking, Renewal, Heart Sutra, Offering, Intuition,... |
Sep 04 2004 Berkeley Zen Center |
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August 21st, 2004, Serial No. 01241 Mahayana, Monkey Mind, Nirvana, Obstacles, Subject-and-Object, Impermanence, Heart... |
Aug 21 2004 |
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June 26th, 2004, Serial No. 01272 Heart Sutra, Passions, Teacher-and-Student, Interdependence, Mahayana, Don't... |
Jun 26 2004 |
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May 22nd, 2004, Serial No. 01264 Practice Period, Offering, Four Noble Truths, Practice Position, Heart Sutra,... |
May 22 2004 |
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May 20th, 2004, Serial No. 01023, Side B Lotus Sutra, Chanting, Duality, Aspects of Practice, Heart Sutra, Gaining Mind,... |
May 20 2004 |
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March 20th, 2004, Serial No. 01256, Side C Heart Sutra, Four Noble Truths, Sanctuary, Liberation, Enemies, Culture, Instruction... |
Mar 20 2004 |
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2004.02.27-serial.00091 Buddha Nature, Nirvana Sutra, Heart Sutra, Impermanence, New Year, Subject-and-Object... |
Feb 27 2004 |
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The Cross of Buddhism: Principles of PracticeSerial: BZ-01251 Stillness and Activity, Saturday Lecture Monastic Practice, Composure, Daily Life, Buddha Mind, Separation, Don't Know... |
Feb 21 2004 Berkeley Zen Center |
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2004.02.08-serial.00021 Chanting, Liberation, Heart Sutra, Peace, Interview |
Feb 08 2004 |