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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January 8th, 2001, Serial No. 00067 Priest, training, Four Noble Truths, Fundraising, Renunciation, Dharma Transmission,... |
Jan 08 2001 |
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September 9th, 2000, Serial No. 00919 Offering, Skandas, Attachment, Mahayana, Vows, Nirvana, Heart Sutra, Liberation,... |
Sep 09 2000 |
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2000.08.16-serial.00160 Kinhin, Heart Sutra, Death, Chanting |
Aug 16 2000 |
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August 12th, 2000, Serial No. 00081, Side A Instruction, Beginners, Commitment, Describe, War, Rinzai, Heart Sutra, Posture,... |
Aug 12 2000 |
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July 27th, 2000, Serial No. 00851 Transmission, Dragons, Passions, Heart Sutra, Buddha Nature, Beginners, Conversation... |
Jul 27 2000 |
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July 22nd, 2000, Serial No. 00057, Side B Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Religion, Four Noble Truths, Concentration, Culture,... |
Jul 22 2000 |
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Meal Serving, Chanting and Liturgy DetailsSerial: BZ-00057A One-Day Sitting Meal Serving, Chanting, Instruction, Chanting, training, Heart Sutra, Funeral, Bell,... |
Jul 16 2000 Berkeley Zen Center |
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May 20th, 2000, Serial No. 00162, Side B Rinzai, Concentration, Heart Sutra, Tassajara, Buddha Nature, training, Priest,... |
May 20 2000 |
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2000.02.27-serial.00006 Heart Sutra, Sutra, Sengai, Chanting, Avalokiteshvara |
Feb 27 2000 |
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2000.02.02-serial.00122 Heart Sutra, Four Noble Truths, Buddha Nature, Buddha Mind, Freedom, lecture,... |
Feb 02 2000 |
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Branching Streams Flow in the DarknessSerial: BZ-00202A Zen Words, Saturday Lecture Sandokai, Branching Streams, Branching Streams, Blue Cliff Record, Don't Know... |
Jan 22 2000 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Branching Streams Flow in the DarknessSerial: BZ-00198B Rohatsu Day 1 Sandokai, Branching Streams, Big Mind, soto, Observe, Discrimination, Branching... |
Nov 29 1999 Berkeley Zen Center |
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November 27th, 1999, Serial No. 00198, Side A Bodhidharma, Buddha Mind, Big Mind, Book of Serenity, Heart Sutra, Bell, New Year,... |
Nov 27 1999 |
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October 21st, 1999, Serial No. 00931 Five Ranks, Precious Mirror, Ego, Dependent Origination, Evil, Duality, Big Mind,... |
Oct 21 1999 |
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October 21st, 1999, Serial No. 01544 Five Ranks, Precious Mirror, Dependent Origination, Ego, Continuous, Evil, Duality,... |
Oct 21 1999 |
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September 4th, 1999, Serial No. 00193, Side B Dependent Origination, Attachment, Mindfulness, Heart Sutra, Liberation, Four Noble... |
Sep 04 1999 |
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August 5th, 1999, Serial No. 00921 Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Four Noble Truths, Hindrances, Samsara, Liberation,... |
Aug 05 1999 |
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July 29th, 1999, Serial No. 00922 Four Noble Truths, Ego, causation, Heart Sutra, First Principle, true dharma, Right... |
Jul 29 1999 |
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July 22nd, 1999, Serial No. 00923 Heart Sutra, Oneness, Mahayana, Four Noble Truths, Six Realms, Interview, Bodhisattva... |
Jul 22 1999 |
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Genjokoan (Pt. 7/8)Serial: BZ-00158B Saturday Lecture Genjokoan, Anger, Daily Life, Concentration, Subject-and-Object, Aspects of Practice... |
Jul 17 1999 Berkeley Zen Center |
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July 17th, 1999, Serial No. 00674, Side A Anger, Daily Life, Concentration, Subject-and-Object, Aspects of Practice, Heart... |
Jul 17 1999 |
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July 15th, 1999, Serial No. 00924 Heart Sutra, Lotus Sutra, Chanting, Mahayana, Manjushri, Sanctuary, Separation,... |
Jul 15 1999 |
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July 8th, 1999, Serial No. 00925 Heart Sutra, Six Realms, Lotus Sutra, Chanting, Four Noble Truths, Doubt, Mindfulness... |
Jul 08 1999 |
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May 22nd, 1999, Serial No. 00076, Side B Birth-and-Death, Sanctuary, Lay Ordination, Ego, Hate, Family Practice, Book of... |
May 22 1999 |
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April 1st, 1999, Serial No. 00836 Lotus Sutra, Sixth Patriarch, Four Noble Truths, Heart Sutra, Mahayana, Buddha Nature... |
Apr 01 1999 |
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June 6th, 1998, Serial No. 00350, Side A cognitive process, Observe, Mahayana, Dependent Origination, Describe, Religion,... |
Jun 06 1998 |
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May 9th, 1998, Serial No. 00348, Side B Heart Sutra, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Gratitude, Vows, Offering, Chanting, Continuous,... |
May 09 1998 |
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May 2nd, 1998, Serial No. 00348, Side A Evil, Manjushri, Vows, Lotus Sutra, Aspects of Practice, Heart Sutra, Practice Period... |
May 02 1998 |
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January 24th, 1998, Serial No. 00341, Side A Culture, Ego, American, Building, Religion, Darkness and Light, Bodhidharma, Duality... |
Jan 24 1998 |
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1998.MM.DD-serial.00136 Heart Sutra, Big Mind, Sutra, Soto Zen, Posture |
1998 |
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July 31st, 1997, Serial No. 00841 Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Heart Sutra, Hindrances, Precepts, Nirvana,... |
Jul 31 1997 |