Perfect Wisdom Talks
Prajñāpāramitā (Sanskrit: प्रज्ञापारमिता) means "the Perfection of Wisdom" or "Transcendental Knowledge" in Mahāyāna. Prajñāpāramitā refers to a perfected way of seeing the nature of reality, as well as to a particular body of Mahāyāna scriptures (sūtras) which discusses this wisdom.
Prajñāpāramitā may also refer to the female deity Prajñāpāramitā Devi, a personification of the perfection wisdom also known as the "Great Mother" (Tibetan: Yum Chenmo) who was widely depicted in South Asian Buddhist art.
The word Prajñāpāramitā combines the Sanskrit words prajñā "wisdom" (or "knowledge") with pāramitā "perfection" or "transcendent". Prajñāpāramitā is a central concept in Mahāyāna Buddhism and is generally associated with ideas such as emptiness (śūnyatā), 'lack of svabhāva' (essence), the illusory (māyā) nature of things, how all phenomena are characterized by "non-arising" (anutpāda, i.e. unborn) and the madhyamaka thought of Nāgārjuna. Its practice and understanding are taken to be indispensable elements of the Bodhisattva path.
According to Edward Conze, the Prajñāpāramitā Sūtras are "a collection of about forty texts ... composed somewhere on the Indian subcontinent between approximately 100 BC and AD 600." Some Prajnāpāramitā sūtras are thought to be among the earliest Mahāyāna sūtras.
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Shuso TalkSerial: SF-01121 #shuso-talk Greed, Delusion, Hate, Ceremony, Daily Life, Perfect Wisdom, Repentance, Chanting,... |
Jun 24 1995 Unknown |
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Meal ChantSerial: BZ-00810A Saturday Lecture Chanting, Nirvana, Perfect Wisdom, Lotus Sutra, Offering, Buddha Nature, Precepts,... |
Feb 18 1996 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Prajna Paramita Class Emptiness, Perfect Wisdom, Heart Sutra, Ego, Faith, realization, Lotus Sutra, Nirvana... |
Feb 27 1996 Unknown |
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Sunday LectureSerial: SF-03636 Cassette side B is labeled for a Sunday talk by Tenshin Reb Anderson on the same date - incorrect Practice Period, Ordination, Perfect Wisdom, Zendo, Emptiness, Ceremony, Monastic... |
Mar 24 1996 Green Gulch |
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SandokaiSerial: SF-03106 Sunday Lecture Manjushri, Samadhi, Oneness, confusion, Darkness and Light, Perfect Wisdom, Intimacy... |
Dec 01 1996 Green Gulch |
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May 8th, 1997, Serial No. 01455 Precepts, Buddha Nature, Perfect Wisdom, Sangha, Buddha Mind, Birth-and-Death,... |
May 08 1997 |
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May 8th, 1997, Serial No. 00672 Precepts, Buddha Nature, Buddha Mind, Sangha, Perfect Wisdom, Evil, Mahayana, Birth-... |
May 08 1997 |
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Majjhima Nikaya ClassSerial: SF-03224 Middle-length Discourses Buddha Ancestors, Manjushri, Letting Go, Perfect Wisdom, Teacher-and-Student,... |
Sep 09 1997 Green Gulch |
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Avoiding Idle TalkSerial: BZ-00346A Saturday Lecture Right Speech, Discrimination, Silence, Eight Aspects, Nirvana, Perfect Wisdom,... |
Nov 22 1997 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Spring SesshinSerial: SF-02729 Saturday Repentance, Letting Go, Peace, Perfect Wisdom, Vows, Heart Sutra, Ceremony, Observe,... |
Mar 28 1998 Unknown |
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April 25th, 1998, Serial No. 00347, Side B Precepts, Evil, Practice Period, Bodhisattva Vow, Attachment, Diversity, Lineage,... |
Apr 25 1998 |
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April 1st, 1999, Serial No. 00863 Lotus Sutra, Buddha Nature, Perfect Wisdom, Demons, Nirvana, Subject-and-Object, Evil... |
Apr 01 1999 |
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Blue Cliff Record ClassSerial: SF-00068 67th Case: Mahasattva Fu Expounds the Scripture; single-point samadhi. Concentration, Repentance, Blue Cliff Record, Bodhidharma, Interview, Manjushri,... |
Apr 22 1999 |
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Sunday Lecture Ceremony, Manjushri, Offering, Heart Sutra, Zendo, Perfect Wisdom, Buddha's... |
Apr 02 2000 Green Gulch |
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Sesshin Lecture Perfect Wisdom, Practice Period, training, Bell, Intimacy, Emptiness, Birth-and-Death... |
Apr 12 2000 Green Gulch |
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2000.04.30-serial.00008 Precepts, Perfect Wisdom, Liberation, Patience |
Apr 30 2000 |
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One-day Sitting Lecture Birth-and-Death, Perfect Wisdom, Interview, Avalokiteshvara, Manjushri, Gratitude,... |
May 13 2000 Green Gulch |
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October 18th, 2001, Serial No. 00474, Side A Heart Sutra, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Chanting, Hindrances, Aspects of... |
Oct 18 2001 |
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One-day Sitting LectureSerial: 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... |
May 11 2002 Green Gulch |
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Wednesday LectureSerial: 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,... |
Jun 05 2002 Green Gulch |
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Sunday LectureSerial: SF-00981 Buddhist culture rooting in California, purpose of ZC, banana in his back pocket, Puccini, motherhood, livelihood, Buddhahood, statuary invoking our higher purpose, Bodhisattva... Bodhisattva Precepts, Ceremony, Precepts, Suzuki Roshi, Perfect Wisdom, Triple... |
Jul 21 2002 Green Gulch |
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Suzuki-rôshi Almost DrowningSerial: BZ-00175 From "Not Always So", Rohatsu Day 5 Suzuki Roshi, Attachment, Happiness, Teacher-and-Student, Perfect Wisdom, Bell,... |
Dec 06 2002 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Hsin Hsin MingSerial: SF-01901 Zendo Lecture Faith, Don't Know Mind, Equanimity, Emptiness, Perfect Wisdom, Beginners,... |
Jun 18 2004 Tassajara |
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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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Lotus Sutra ClassSerial: SF-03549 Dining Room Class Lotus Sutra, Ceremony, Perfect Wisdom, Buddha Nature, Nirvana, Zazen, Practice Period... |
Nov 03 2004 Tassajara |
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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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NoSerial: SF-00963 Sunday Lecture: Milton's 'Paradise Lost'; myth of Narcissus; Four Noble Truths; Zhaozhou's "No": Marin Organizing Committee/Seniors for Peace Four Noble Truths, Buddha Nature, Peace, Perfect Wisdom, Freedom, Mill Valley, Echo,... |
Nov 20 2005 Green Gulch |
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Wholeheartedness Perfect Wisdom, American, Commitment, Posture, Interdependence |
Sep 09 2007 Green Gulch Farm |
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Embodying the Lotus Sutra Lotus Sutra, zen meditation, true dharma, Perfect Wisdom, Bodhisattva Vow |
Mar 06 2008 The Yoga Room |
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Yunyan Sweeps the Ground Hate, Bodhisattva Way, Perfect Wisdom, Breath, resistance |
Jul 26 2008 Afternoon No Abode Hermitage |
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Entering and Embodying Truth Soto Zen, soto, Japan, Bodhisattva Precepts, Perfect Wisdom |
Jul 29 2008 The Yoga Room |
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Loving All Being and Resistance resistance, Perfect Wisdom, Attachment, Building, Suzuki Roshi |
Mar 14 2009 No Abode Hermitage |
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Mother's Day: Grandmother Zen and the Mother of All BuddhasSerial: TL-00188 ADZG Sunday Morning, Peace, Rinzai, training, Perfect Wisdom |
May 10 2009 ADZG Temple |
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The Koan of a Bodhisattva Precepts, Vimalakirti, Perfect Wisdom, confusion, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Attachment,... |
Oct 03 2009 |
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Continuous Compassion for Karmic Consciousness Karmic Consciousness, true dharma, Perfect Wisdom, Buddha Nature, Hindrances... |
Feb 06 2010 Morning No Abode Hermitage |
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Training for the Selfless Heart Perfect Wisdom, Intimacy, Letting Go, Posture, Attachment |
Mar 11 2010 The Yoga Room |
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Hokyo Zammai Class Five Ranks, Perfect Wisdom, Precious Mirror, Doubt, Sixth Patriarch, Platform Sutra,... |
Jul 22 2010 6 |
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The Definitive Instructions on the Deeds of the Enlightened, Part ITenshin Reb Anderson Manjushri, Dharmakaya, Nirmanakaya, Perfect Wisdom |
Oct 16 2010 Morning No Abode Hermitage |
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Paying Respect to the Great Teacher Dragons, Transmission, true dharma, Dogen, Perfect Wisdom |
Nov 06 2010 Morning No Abode Hermitage |
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Intimate Zen, Perfect WisdomSerial: BZ-02154 Other Perfect Wisdom, Heart Sutra, Dharma Transmission, Four Noble Truths, true dharma,... |
Jan 29 2011 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Daitzu Jisho BuddhaSerial: BZ-02180 Zazen, Saturday Lecture Ordinary Mind, Gaining Idea, Perfect Wisdom, Bodhidharma, Intuition, resistance, Hate... |
May 28 2011 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Moment By MomentSerial: BZ-02198 The Most Important Thing, One-Day Sitting Suzuki Roshi, Bodhisattva, Balance, Posture, Perfect Wisdom, Daily Life, Don't... |
Aug 14 2011 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Entry into the nature of the knowable Transmission, Perfect Wisdom, Mahayana |
Oct 01 2011 Morning No Abode Hermitage |
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Generosity Practice and Giving Up SelfSerial: TL-00259 ADZG Three Day Sesshin, Letting Go, Patience, Perfect Wisdom, Building, uchiyama |
May 25 2012 ADZG Temple |
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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 WisdomThe Buddha Mind Seal and the Teachings of Perfect Wisdom March 2, 2013 PM Perfect Wisdom, Bodhisattva Vow, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Jukai |
Mar 02 2013 Afternoon No Abode Hermitage |
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The Perfection of Wisdom Perfect Wisdom, zen meditation, Transmission, Faith, Heart Sutra |
Mar 07 2013 The Yoga Room |
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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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I Have Long Heard of Dragon PondI Have Long Heard of Dragon Pond Perfect Wisdom, Dragons, Lotus Sutra, Buddha Mind, Lineage |
Apr 13 2013 Afternoon No Abode Hermitage |
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Observing the Breathing Body and the Mind of No Abode Posture, Breath, Perfect Wisdom, Observe, Mindfulness |
Aug 10 2013 Morning No Abode Hermitage |