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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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Title	Speaker	Date
The Cross of Buddhism: Principles of Practice Serial: BZ-01251 Stillness and Activity, Saturday Lecture Monastic Practice, Composure, Daily Life, Buddha Mind, Separation, Don't Know...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 21 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
Workshop Conversation, Balance, Heart Sutra, Observe, Posture, training, Patience, Mahayana,...	John Kabat-Zinn	Feb 14 2004 Green Gulch
2004.02.08-serial.00021 Chanting, Liberation, Heart Sutra, Peace, Interview	Edward Brown	Feb 08 2004
Housekeeping Serial: SF-01024 Sunday Lecture: Children's Program. The Indian children who used to live here. Indian story about how the world was made. Staying home and accomplishing the way. Gateway into... New Year, Bodhisattva Precepts, Separation, Practice Period, Precepts, Mill Valley,...	Fu Schroeder	Feb 01 2004 Green Gulch
January 10th, 2004, Serial No. 00116 Commitment, Intention, Zazen Mind, Heart Sutra, Aspects of Practice		Jan 10 2004
The Power of Ten Serial: SF-00985 The silence of 'don't know'; outer space Vimalakirti Sutra; radiant vision of alternate universes. Motivation for literary inventiveness - world is not only what we think;... Vimalakirti, Birth-and-Death, Liberation, Mill Valley, Bell, Lotus Sutra, Heart Sutra...	Fu Schroeder	Dec 14 2003 Green Gulch
The Practice of Love Serial: BZ-01372A Rohatsu Day 3 Practice Period, Heart Sutra, Tassajara, Separation, Duality, Vows, Ego, Attachment,...	Mary Mocine	Dec 03 2003 Berkeley Zen Center
October 16th, 2003, Serial No. 00287, Side A Heart Sutra, Concentration, Culture, Politics, Interview, Chanting, Conversation,...		Oct 16 2003
October 9th, 2003, Serial No. 00288 Four Noble Truths, Two Truths, Dependent Origination, Heart Sutra, Bodhisattva Way,...		Oct 09 2003
October 2nd, 2003, Serial No. 00289 Dependent Origination, Heart Sutra, Religion, Duality, Building, Nirvana, Emotions,...		Oct 02 2003
September 13th, 2003, Serial No. 01357, Side B Heart Sutra, Mindfulness, Four Foundations, Emotions, Separation, Religion,...		Sep 13 2003
Vimalakirti Sutra Serial: SF-04084 Sunday Lecture: Manjushri questioning Vimalakirti. How should one view all sentient beings - like the reflection of the moon in water, etc. Love. Wisdom of love. Heart Sutra, Suzuki Roshi, Attachment, Manjushri, Mahayana, Emptiness, Vimalakirti,...	Lew Richmond	Aug 10 2003 Green Gulch
August 3rd, 2003, Serial No. 00094 Letting Go, realization, Avalokiteshvara, Bodhisattva Vow, Heart Sutra		Aug 03 2003
June 22nd, 2003, Serial No. 01347 Ego, Separation, Heart Sutra, Emotions, Attachment, Soto Zen, Passions, uchiyama,...		Jun 22 2003
May 12th, 2003, Serial No. 00135, Side B Heart Sutra, Religion, Politics, Tassajara, Practice Period, Conversation, training,...		May 12 2003
April 10th, 2003, Serial No. 00298 Mahayana, Transmission, Silence, Buddha Mind, Culture, Heart Sutra, Lineage, Posture...		Apr 10 2003
March 1st, 2003, Serial No. 00442 Humility, Samadhi, Family Practice, Ego, Intimacy, Monastic Practice, Anger,...		Mar 01 2003
February 27th, 2003, Serial No. 00465 Four Noble Truths, Greed, Hate, Sangha, Six Realms, Religion, Doubt, Absolute-and-...		Feb 27 2003
January 11th, 2003, Serial No. 04074 Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Suzuki Roshi, Priest, Bodhisattva Vow, Soto Zen,...	Lew Richmond	Jan 11 2003 City Center
ial No. 00290 Heart Sutra, Mahayana, Hindrances, Daily Life, Separation, Instruction, Buddha Nature...		2003
Everyday Life Is Like a Movie Serial: BZ-00173B The Movie and the Empty Screen, Rohatsu Day 2 Practice, Daily Life, Anger, Instruction, Posture, Emotions, Big Mind, Heart Sutra,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 03 2002 Berkeley Zen Center
Passions Passions, Priest, Evil, Enemies, Heart Sutra, Hate, Birth-and-Death, Nirvana,...	Kosho McCall	Dec 01 2002 Tassajara
November 16th, 2002, Serial No. 00977 Ordinary Mind, Practice Period, Mindfulness, Letting Go, Suzuki Roshi, Freedom,...	Marc Lesser	Nov 16 2002 City Center
November 9th, 2002, Serial No. 00171, Side A Big Mind, Interdependence, Subject-and-Object, Anger, Karma, Lay, Heart Sutra,...		Nov 09 2002
October 23rd, 2002, Serial No. 00974 Zendo, Suzuki Roshi, Freedom, Mill Valley, Heart Sutra, Birth-and-Death, Letting Go,...	Marc Lesser	Oct 23 2002 City Center
Trip to Japan Serial: BZ-00210B Saturday Lecture Japan, Bell, resistance, soto, American, Heart Sutra, Chanting, Practice Period,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 28 2002 Berkeley Zen Center
2002.08.14-serial.00015 Big Mind, Monkey Mind, Kinhin, Emptiness, Heart Sutra	Edward Brown	Aug 14 2002
Wednesday Lecture Serial: SF-01019 Work week: work practice, SFZC Mission Statement, two forms of Buddha's teaching: texts, etc, and common sense. Up to us to find satisfying relationship to Buddhist teaching, "... Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Dependent Origination, realization, Perfect Wisdom,...	Fu Schroeder	Jun 05 2002 Green Gulch
One-day Sitting Lecture Serial: SF-01018 Lotus Sutra (Heart Sutra), seals our mind with Buddha's mind, basics of the middle way are covered (in the Sutra of Innumerable Meanings), power of joy and compassion, devotion... Lotus Sutra, First Principle, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Nirvana, Four Noble...	Fu Schroeder	May 11 2002 Green Gulch
May 4th, 2002, Serial No. 00146, Side B Four Noble Truths, Mahayana, Nirvana, Heart Sutra, Funeral, Samsara, Bodhisattva Vow...		May 04 2002
April 18th, 2002, Serial No. 00446 Precepts, Right Speech, Obstacles, Liberation, Heart Sutra, Observe, Passions, Bell,...		Apr 18 2002
Sounding Mokugyo Bell Serial: BZ-00144A Bring Out the Voice of the Bell, One-Day Sitting Bell, Chanting, Zazen, Bell, Culture, Heart Sutra, Chanting, Tassajara, Mindfulness...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 07 2002 Berkeley Zen Center
April 4th, 2002, Serial No. 00444 Right Speech, Right Effort, Happiness, Concentration, Four Noble Truths, Mindfulness...		Apr 04 2002
March 28th, 2002, Serial No. 00443 Nirvana, Mahayana, Liberation, Heart Sutra, Four Noble Truths, Six Realms,...		Mar 28 2002
2002.03.14-serial.00172 true dharma, Ordination, Compassion, Teacher-and-Student, Dependent Origination,...		Mar 14 2002
March 14th, 2002, Serial No. 00468 Four Noble Truths, Ego, Heart Sutra, Karmic Consequences, Nirvana, Karma, Attachment...		Mar 14 2002
2002.03.11-serial.00074 true dharma, Heart Sutra, Vows, Beginners, Daily Life, Balance, Observe, Repentance,...		Mar 11 2002
2002.02.24-serial.00088 Soto Zen, Heart Sutra, zen, soto, lecture, Culture		Feb 24 2002
Zen and Poetry Class Emptiness, Blue Cliff Record, Duality, Absolute-and-Relative, Impermanence, Aspects...	Daigan Lueck	Feb 19 2002 Green Gulch
January 26th, 2002, Serial No. 04072 Heart Sutra, Posture, Avalokiteshvara, Suzuki Roshi, Zazen, training, Dragons,...	Lew Richmond	Jan 26 2002 City Center
January 19th, 2002, Serial No. 01112 Bodhisattva Vow, Vows, Emptiness, Cultivation, Nirvana, Heart Sutra, Zazen, Freedom,...	Jeffrey Schneider	Jan 19 2002 City Center
December 3rd, 2001, Serial No. 00097, Side B Right Speech, Renunciation, Four Noble Truths, Daily Life, Building, Impermanence,...		Dec 03 2001
Sunday Lecture Suzuki Roshi, Ceremony, Impermanence, Enemies, Funeral, Heart Sutra, Faith, Bell,...	Lew Richmond	Oct 28 2001 Green Gulch
October 24th, 2001, Serial No. 00090 Mahayana, Heart Sutra, Bodhidharma, Silence, Tozan		Oct 24 2001
October 18th, 2001, Serial No. 00474, Side A Heart Sutra, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Chanting, Hindrances, Aspects of...		Oct 18 2001
September 30th, 2001, Serial No. 00092, Side B Bodhisattva Vow, Aspects of Practice, Vows, Blue Cliff Record, Practice Period,...		Sep 30 2001
Yogacara 100 Dharmas: Serial: BZ-00089B Dharmas of Form, Sesshin Day 3 Yogachara, Discrimination, Skandas, Heart Sutra, Ego, Describe, Building, Intuition,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 03 2001 Berkeley Zen Center
2001.07.25-serial.00073 Serial: SF-00073 Wednesday night. Anger, Mill Valley, Zendo, Suzuki Roshi, Tassajara, Bowing, Heart Sutra, Hate,...	Myogen Steve Stücky	Jul 25 2001
Treating Everything as a Subject from Eihei Shingi Serial: BZ-00104A Sesshin Day 1 Eihei Shingi, Tenzo, Bell, Subject-and-Object, Duality, First Principle, Non-duality...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 20 2001 Berkeley Zen Center
Emptiness Serial: BZ-00102A Saturday Lecture Emptiness, Heart Sutra, Interdependence, Ego, Chanting, Duality, Composure,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 26 2001 Berkeley Zen Center

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