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Heart Sutra Talks
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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EmptinessSerial: SF-07711 9/22/2014, Kyoshin Wendy Lewis dharma talk at Tassajara. Heart Sutra, Emptiness |
Sep 22 2014 Tassajara |
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If She Only Had a Minute...Serial: SF-07722 2014-09-14, Fu Schroeder, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. Heart Sutra |
Sep 14 2014 Green Gulch Farm |
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The Heart SutraSerial: SF-07739 6/10/2014, Angel Kyodo Williams dharma talk at Tassajara. Wisdom, Heart Sutra |
Jun 10 2014 Tassajara |
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Decoding The Four Noble TruthsSerial: SF-07547 Talk by Gil Fronsdal at Tassajara on 2014-05-21 Suffering, Heart Sutra |
May 21 2014 Tassajara |
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Emptiness and the Heart SutraSerial: SF-07623 5/3/2014, Kyoshin Wendy Lewis dharma talk at City Center. Heart Sutra, Wisdom, Emptiness |
May 03 2014 City Center |
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Emptiness and the Heart Sutra (video)Serial: SF-07644 5/3/2014, Kyoshin Wendy Lewis dharma talk at City Center. Heart Sutra, Wisdom, Emptiness |
May 03 2014 City Center |
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Sesshin Day 2Serial: SF-07309 3/24/2013, Ryushin Paul Haller dharma talk at Tassajara. Heart Sutra, Hindrances |
Mar 24 2013 Tassajara |
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Emptiness and the Two TruthsSerial: SF-09289 7/24/2012, Charlie Pokorny dharma talk at Tassajara. Emptiness, Doubt, Heart Sutra |
Jul 24 2012 Tassajara |
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Intimacy with the Heart SutraSerial: SF-11830 1/12/2011, Anna Thorn dharma talk at City Center. Heart Sutra, Emptiness |
Jan 12 2011 City Center |
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Awareness of AppearancesSerial: SF-10512 12/4/2010, Ryushin Paul Haller dharma talk at City Center. Heart Sutra, Wisdom |
Dec 04 2010 City Center |
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Entering the Heart of SesshinSerial: SF-10517 11/30/2010, Ryushin Paul Haller dharma talk at City Center. Heart Sutra |
Nov 30 2010 City Center |
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Beginning SesshinSerial: SF-10560 11/28/2010, Ryushin Paul Haller dharma talk at City Center. Study, Heart Sutra |
Nov 28 2010 City Center |
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Gate Gate ParagateSerial: SF-10311 7/28/2009, Eijun Linda Ruth Cutts dharma talk at Tassajara. Heart Sutra, Wisdom, Suzuki Roshi |
Jul 28 2009 Tassajara |
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Prajna Paramita in Everday LifeSerial: SF-10047 5/23/2007, Mark Lancaster dharma talk at City Center. Heart Sutra |
May 23 2007 City Center |
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Mountains Are MountainsSerial: SF-09942 5/16/2007, Shokan Jordan Thorn dharma talk at City Center. Heart Sutra, Emptiness |
May 16 2007 City Center |
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The Heart of Great Perfect Wisdom SutraSerial: SF-10051 4/28/2007, Shokan Jordan Thorn dharma talk at City Center. Heart Sutra, Bodhisattva |
Apr 28 2007 City Center |
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Intelligence of the Natural WorldSerial: SF-00941 Sesshin Lecture: frog chorus; silence and activity; pain and fear of pain; Bodhidharma Bodhidharma, Sesshin, Prajna Paramita, Buddha Nature, Buddha Ancestors, Heart Sutra,... |
Apr 07 2007 Green Gulch Farm |
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Sesshin PracticesSerial: SF-00992 Sesshin Lecture: ordinary mind is the Tao; practice of confession; guilt/shame; Self-Receiving and -Employing Samadhi Sesshin, Zhaozhou, Ordinary Mind, Suzuki Roshi, Right Effort, Posture, Buddha Nature... |
Apr 03 2007 Green Gulch Farm |
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Embracing Change: Redefining Self NowSerial: SF-10050 Talk by Christina Lehnherr at City Center on 2007-03-10 Heart Sutra |
Mar 10 2007 City Center |
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The Bodhisattva GrandmotherSerial: SF-00942 Deshan and the old woman; the distortions of sexism, racism, others; the bodhisattva grandmother; devotion to zazen; bringing attention and support to the natural states/bodily... Deshan, Family Practice, Suzuki Roshi, Heart Sutra, Delusion, Dragons |
Feb 17 2007 Green Gulch Farm |
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The Gift of NothingSerial: SF-00929 Sunday Lecture Children's Lecture: one who is not busy, one reality; the gift of nothing; sesshin, from Suzuki Roshi; our mind is the same as Buddha's; all things are... Buddha's Enlightenment, Sesshin, Koan, Daowu, Keizan, Suzuki Roshi, Nirvana... |
Dec 03 2006 Green Gulch Farm |
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Right SpeechSerial: SF-00037 The eight-fold path and its relationship to the precepts. Ummon, Koan, Right Speech, Suzuki Roshi, Conversation, Heart Sutra, Zazen, Buddha... |
Sep 16 2006 |
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The Great MatterSerial: SF-00085 How awareness of death, and our own mortality, spurs us to greater effort in practice. Birth-and-Death, Impermanence, Conversation, Gratitude, Suzuki Roshi, Heart Sutra,... |
Mar 11 2006 City Center |
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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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Lotus Sutra ClassSerial: SF-03556 Dining Room Class 3 Buddha Nature, Practice Period, Lotus Sutra, Suzuki Roshi, Heart Sutra, Big Mind,... |
Oct 20 2004 Tassajara |
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Buddhism, Christianity, War and PeaceSerial: SF-00939 Sunday Lecture: Two types of training: compassion and wisdom (wisdom: the entire universe is the true human body); US history; Christianity (is evil 'outside' or not); Mara... First Principle, Hate, Soto Zen, Heart Sutra, Bodhidharma, Separation |
May 16 2004 Green Gulch Farm |
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Trusting the Journey Within Chanting, Liberation, Heart Sutra, Interview |
Feb 08 2004 |
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HousekeepingSerial: 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,... |
Feb 01 2004 Green Gulch Farm |
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The Power of TenSerial: 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, Lotus Sutra, Heart Sutra,... |
Dec 14 2003 Green Gulch Farm |
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Passions Priest, Heart Sutra, Hate, Birth-and-Death, Nirvana, Vimalakirti, Suzuki Roshi... |
Dec 01 2002 Tassajara |
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Translating Zen: Mindfulness in Every Word Big Mind, Monkey Mind, Kinhin, Emptiness, Heart Sutra |
Aug 14 2002 |
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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, "... Perfect Wisdom, Buddha Mind, Realization, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Heart Sutra... |
Jun 05 2002 Green Gulch Farm |
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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 Farm |
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Walking in Beauty Through Zen FarmingSerial: SF-00073 Wednesday night. Suzuki Roshi, Heart Sutra, Hate, Bowing, Mill Valley, Continuous Practice, Tassajara... |
Jul 25 2001 |
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Surangama Sutra Class Four Noble Truths, Don't Know Mind, Delusion, Heart Sutra, Emptiness,... |
Sep 11 2000 Unknown |
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Sunday Lecture Causation, Karma, Nirvana, Soto Zen, Funeral, Heart Sutra, Emptiness, Ceremony... |
Sep 10 2000 Green Gulch Farm |
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Sesshin Lecture Skandhas, Heart Sutra, Emptiness, Interdependence, Buddha Ancestors, Hate, Suzuki... |
Apr 11 2000 Green Gulch Farm |
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Sunday Lecture Perfect Wisdom, Gratitude, Heart Sutra, Delusion, Chanting, Ceremony, Manjushri,... |
Apr 02 2000 Green Gulch Farm |
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Wednesday Lecture Ceremony, Lotus Sutra, Chanting, Dharma Transmission, Heart Sutra, Demons, Dragons,... |
Mar 29 2000 Green Gulch Farm |
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Compassion's Embrace: Wisdom Beyond Control Heart Sutra, Sengai, Chanting, Avalokitesvara |
Feb 27 2000 |
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One-day Sitting Lecture Realization, Buddha Ancestors, Demons, Practice Period, Heart Sutra, Suzuki Roshi,... |
Feb 26 2000 Green Gulch Farm |
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January Practice Period Class Heart Sutra, Duality, Non-duality, Four Noble Truths, Six Realms, Liberation, Two... |
Jan 19 2000 Green Gulch Farm |
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Sunday Lecture Emptiness, Practice Period, Heart Sutra, Ceremony, Emotions |
Jan 09 2000 Green Gulch Farm |
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Wednesday Lecture Study Period, Birth-and-Death, Book of Serenity, Mill Valley, Buddha Mind, Heart... |
Aug 04 1999 Green Gulch Farm |
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Buddha's BirthdaySerial: SF-03241 Sunday Lecture Buddha's Birthday, Ceremony, Liberation, Happiness, Priest, Heart Sutra... |
Apr 04 1999 Green Gulch Farm |
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25 Years of Green GulchSerial: SF-03245 Sunday Lecture Gratitude, Suzuki Roshi, Heart Sutra, Ceremony, Teacher-and-Student, Mill Valley... |
Sep 20 1998 Green Gulch Farm |
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Sunday Lecture Heart Sutra, Koan, Fundraising |
May 17 1998 Green Gulch Farm |
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Spring SesshinSerial: SF-02729 Saturday Repentance, Perfect Wisdom, Heart Sutra, Ceremony, Practice Period, Avalokitesvara... |
Mar 28 1998 Unknown |
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Embrace Imperfection, Live Fully Heart Sutra, Big Mind, Soto Zen, Posture |
1998 |
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Scholarship Conference PaperSerial: SF-03238 Sunday Lecture Heart Sutra, Platform Sutra, Soto Zen, Study Period, Emptiness, Chanting,... |
Nov 16 1997 Green Gulch Farm |