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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
Blue Cliff Record #90: Her Koan — Chih Men’s Body of Wisdom Serial: BZ-01238 Saturday Lecture Blue Cliff Record, Heart Sutra, Daily Life, Funeral, Practice Period, Commitment,...	Karen Sundheim	Jun 05 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Heart Sutra: 18 Emptinesses; Continuous Existence Serial: BZ-01042A Class 3 of 5 Karma, Forgiveness, Ego, Nirvana, Daily Life, Emotions, Don't Know Mind, Heart...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 25 2006 3 Berkeley Zen Center
Heart Sutra: Dealing with a Problematic Public Library Patron Serial: BZ-01236D Saturday Lecture Heart Sutra, Practice Period, Anger, Practice Position, Interview, Lay Practice, Soto...	Karen Sundheim	May 20 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Heart Sutra: Heart Sutra Serial: BZ-01040A Class 1 of 5 Heart Sutra, Big Mind, Mahayana, Daily Life, Manjushri, Birth-and-Death, Four...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 11 2006 1 Berkeley Zen Center
Heart Sutra in Everyday Life, from Shuso, Gentle Rain, Dharma Blossom Serial: BZ-01234 Monday morning Talk Practice Period, Ordinary Mind, Anger, Heart Sutra, Practice Position, Commitment,...	Karen Sundheim	May 08 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Heart Sutra Serial: BZ-01232 Saturday Lecture Heart Sutra, Duality, Samadhi, Attachment, Oneness, Samsara, Nirvana, Non-duality,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 06 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Preparation for Practice Period Serial: BZ-01229 Saturday Lecture Practice Period, Practice Period, Heart Sutra, Lay Practice, Daily Life, Emotions,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 15 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Three Doors of Liberation Serial: BZ-01228 Emptiness, Signlessness, Aimlessness, One-Day Sitting Liberation, Emptiness, Discrimination, Non-discrimination, Oneness, Big Mind, Birth-...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 09 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Beyond Illusions: The Essence of Love War, Separation, Passions, Happiness, Heart Sutra	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Mar 26 2006
Unconditional Love Serial: RA-00012 Sunday talk War, Love, Compassion, Separation, Happiness, Heart Sutra, Evil	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Mar 26 2006 Green Gulch Farm
Shobogenzo: Practice and Enlightenment Go Together Serial: BZ-01221 One Day Sitting Gaining Mind, Mindfulness, Heart Sutra, Four Noble Truths, Separation, Non-duality,...	Ron Nestor	Mar 11 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
The Great Matter Serial: SF-00085 How awareness of death, and our own mortality, spurs us to greater effort in practice. Birth-and-Death, Impermanence, Suzuki Roshi, Gratitude, Heart Sutra, Ceremony,...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Mar 11 2006 City Center
What Are We Doing Here? Serial: BZ-01220 History of Berkeley Zen Center Pt. I, Saturday Lecture Dogen, Lay Practice, Priest, Lay, Heart Sutra, Dharma Transmission, Mill Valley, Four...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 04 2006 1 Berkeley Zen Center
March 4th, 2006, Serial No. 01454 Lay Practice, Priest, Lay, Heart Sutra, Dharma Transmission, Mill Valley, Four Noble...		Mar 04 2006
Buddha's Paranirvana Serial: BZ-01216B Birth, Death, Nirvana, Sesshin Day 1 Parinirvana, Birth-and-Death, Nirvana, Birth-and-Death, Nirvana, Big Mind, Four Noble...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 18 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Encouragement for Upcoming Sesshin Serial: BZ-01215 Thoughts on his early days, Saturday Lecture Sesshin, Sojun Mel Weitsman, Karma, Monastic Practice, Soto Zen, Heart Sutra, Birth-...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 11 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Tranquility and Insight in Zen Practice Period, Silence, Passions, Heart Sutra, Commitment	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jan 07 2006
Mahayana Abhidharma - Class 1 Abhidharma, Intuition, Duality, Heart Sutra, Mindfulness, Emotions	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Oct 24 2005 Green Gulch Farm
Mindfulness and the Self's Essence Abhidharma, Consciousness, Heart Sutra	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Oct 24 2005
Abandoning Control, Embracing Wisdom Sutra, Heart Sutra, Impermanence, Delusion	Edward Brown	Aug 15 2005
Mindful Path to Non-Dual Wisdom Heart Sutra, Mindfulness, Breath, Commitment, Mahayana	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Aug 01 2005
Mind Unveiled: Vasubandhu's Wisdom Path Mindfulness, Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Addiction, Heart Sutra, Hindrances...	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jul 25 2005
July 23rd, 2005, Serial No. 01338 Continuous Practice, Intuition, Big Mind, Heart Sutra, Bodhisattva Way, Soto Zen,...		Jul 23 2005
Stand Up from the Ground Serial: BZ-01567 Saturday Lecture Form-and-Emptiness, Continuous Practice, Intuition, Big Mind, Bodhisattva Way, Soto...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 23 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Freedom Through Zen's Gentle Lens Serial: RB-03076 Seminar_Identity_and_Freedom Freedom, Heart Sutra, Time	Zentatsu Richard Baker	Jun 2005 Hannover
Genjokoan Serial: BZ-01032A Class 2 of 5 Subject-and-Object, Duality, Birth-and-Death, Non-duality, Five Ranks, Samadhi,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 26 2005 2 Berkeley Zen Center
Genjokoan Serial: BZ-01031A Class 1 of 5 Duality, Discrimination, Five Ranks, Absolute-and-Relative, Oneness, Attachment, Non-...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 12 2005 1 Berkeley Zen Center
Embracing Zen: Beyond Duality and Attachment Bodhidharma, Conversation, Heart Sutra, Soto Zen	Tenshin Reb Anderson	May 11 2005
Reflections on Emptiness Serial: BZ-01320B Saturday Lecture Heart Sutra, Fundraising, Liberation, Karma, Commitment, Samadhi, Nirvana, War,...	Peter Overton	Apr 30 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Threads of Zen Interdependence Ceremony, Offering, Heart Sutra, Breath, Lineage	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Apr 17 2005
Transcending Isms Through Zen Awareness Heart Sutra, Soto Zen, Lineage, Money	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Apr 17 2005
Heart Sutra: Practicing Nonattainment Serial: BZ-01316C Saturday Lecture Transmission, Lay Practice, Priest, Politics, Lay, Hindrances, Heart Sutra,...	Raul Moncayo	Mar 26 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Dongshan Serial: BZ-00593 Sesshin Day 3 Three Treasures, Four Noble Truths, Practice Period, Buddha Mind, Soto Zen, Lotus...	Greg Fain	Mar 25 2005 Tassajara
March 14th, 2005, Serial No. 01570 Monastic Practice, Priest, Building, Tassajara, Soto Zen, Lay, Heart Sutra, Practice...		Mar 14 2005
Way Seeking Mind Serial: 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,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 13 2005 2 Tassajara
Way Seeking Mind Pt. 2 Serial: BZ-00590 Lecture Sojun Mel Weitsman, Way-Seeking Mind, Monastic Practice, Priest, Fundraising,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 13 2005
Embracing Dissonance in Zen Unfolding Book of Serenity, Soto Zen, difficulty, Conversation, Heart Sutra	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Mar 07 2005
Heart Sutra: Emptiness Described Through the Heart Sutra Serial: BZ-01312C Saturday Lecture Mahayana, Four Noble Truths, Heart Sutra, Big Mind, Anger, Interdependence, Ego,...	Raul Denkei Moncayo	Mar 05 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Hokyo Zammai: Precious Mirror Samadhi Serial: BZ-00772 Class 6 of 12 Buddha Nature, Silent Illumination, Mahayana, Heart Sutra, Nirvana Sutra, Duality,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 18 2005 6 Tassajara
Introduction to Buddhism: The Bikkuni Order and the Mahayana School Serial: BZ-00569 Class 4 of 4 Heart Sutra, Culture, Mahayana, Ordination, Politics, Happiness, Discrimination, Evil...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Feb 14 2005 4 Berkeley Zen Center
Hokyo Zammai: Precious Mirror Samadhi Serial: BZ-00774 Class 4 of 12 Tassajara, Five Ranks, Posture, Absolute-and-Relative, confusion, Daily Life,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 11 2005 4 Tassajara
The Heart Sutra: Gone Beyond Serial: BZ-01302D Saturday Lecture Heart Sutra, Death-and-Dying, Four Noble Truths, confusion, Demons, Non-duality,...	Peter Overton	Jan 22 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Exploring Conciousness Serial: RA-00425 1-11-05 Tenshin Roshi Class 3 Part 1 "Exploring Conciousness" # turnings of Dharma Wheel- Thesis, Antithesis, Synthesis Svalaksana (... Emotions, Culture, Separation, Discrimination, Perfect Wisdom, Heart Sutra, Anger, Skandhas,...	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jan 11 2005 Class 3 Part 1 Green Gulch Farm
Tranquility Serial: RA-00393 1/7/06 Roshi Jan. Int. Class 1 How is everything going?/How to paint a bird Shamatha and Vipashyanain Sand. Sutra Ch.8 Shmantaza is perfect umon of both... Silence, Passions, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Composure, Commitment, Breath, Fasting, Practice...	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jan 07 2005 Green Gulch Farm
March 2005 talk, Serial No. 01574 Monastic Practice, Building, Priest, Fundraising, Heart Sutra, Tassajara, Practice...		2005
Bodhidharma Serial: RA-00384 Bodhidhar Story of Bodhidharma and Emperor Wu 3 Pure Precepts Embracing and Sustaining and being embraced and sustained (By forms and ceremonies, All Good... Bodhidharma, Suzuki Roshi, Heart Sutra, Chanting, Patience, Commitment, Don't Know Mind,...	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Dec 09 2004 Green Gulch Farm
Two Family Styles Serial: RA-00369 12/8/04 Tenshin Roshi Sesshin 3 2 Family Styles (Microphone problems cutting in and out) All buddhas are always practicing with us 2 Family styles:... Buddha Nature, Desire, Bodhisattva Precepts, Heart Sutra, Soto Zen, Greed, Desire,...	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Dec 08 2004 Day 3 Green Gulch Farm
Life Is Like Sesshin: Use of Kyusaku: Being Reborn Serial: BZ-01297 Forgiveness. Renewal for the New Year, Rohatsu Day 7 New Year, Heart Sutra, Practice Period, Tassajara, Renewal, Forgiveness, Dragons,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 05 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
December 5th, 2004, Serial No. 01565 New Year, Heart Sutra, Practice Period, Tassajara, Renewal, Forgiveness, Dragons,...		Dec 05 2004
Heart Sutra Serial: BZ-01296 Conclusion, Rohatsu Day 6 Heart Sutra, Birth-and-Death, Big Mind, Hindrances, Complete Perfect Enlightenment,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 04 2004 Berkeley Zen Center

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