Heart Sutra Retreat (Castle Rock 1998)

Commentary on the Heart of Wisdom Sutra, covering the sequence of insights generated on the five bodhisattva paths and the relationship between conventional and ultimate truth.

Statue of Avalokiteshvara

The Heart of Wisdom Sutra

Recording of the Sravasti Abbey sangha chanting the Heart of Wisdom Sutra, accompanied by the full text.

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The Heart Sutra in Chinese carved on marble blocks in a garden in Korea.

Profound perfection of wisdom

A commentary on the Heart of Wisdom Sutra, covering the sequence of insights generated on the five bodhisattva paths.

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The Heart Sutra in Chinese carved on marble blocks in a garden in Korea.

Path of accumulation and preparation

What is emptiness? Examining what emptiness means and what is meant when we grasp at inherent existence.

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The Heart Sutra in Chinese carved on marble blocks in a garden in Korea.

A solid concrete “I” does not exist

An examination of how phenomena are mere appearances, empty of inherent existence.

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The Heart Sutra in Chinese carved on marble blocks in a garden in Korea.

Path of seeing and meditation

We see attachment as something solid but actually we are only experiencing moments of attachment that come and go.

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The Heart Sutra in Chinese carved on marble blocks in a garden in Korea.

Path of no more learning

Perceiving emptiness and conventional truth simultaneously. A discussion of the final verses of the Heart Sutra.

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