Heart Sutra
Commentaries on the "Heart Sutra," which contains the essence of the Perfection of Wisdom Sutras.
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Four Seals and the Heart Sutra Retreat (2009)
Teachings from a three-day retreat on the four seals of Buddhism and the Heart Sutra held at Sravasti Abbey from September 5-7.
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Heart Sutra Retreat (Castle Rock 1998)
Commentary on the Heart Sutra, covering the sequence of insights generated on the five bodhisattva paths and the relationship between conventional and ultimate truth.
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Heart Sutra Teachings (2024-2025)
Teachings on Essence of the Heart Sutra by His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron An introduction to the perfection of wisdom sutras
Commentary on verses from the "Heart of Wisdom Sutra."
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The implicit meaning of the Heart Sutraf
The bodhisattva paths and grounds and how different afflictions are eliminated.
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The mantra of the perfection of wisdom
Explaining the explicit and implicit meaning of the mantra of the perfection of wisdom.
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The eight aspects of emptiness
The emptiness of an object's characteristics and of the 12 links of dependent arising.
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Traditions of interpretation
Examining the four profundities and why analysis is crucial for perceiving emptiness.
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Understanding the two truths
Examining how form depends on causes and conditions and is an expression of emptiness.
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Emptiness and dependent origination
Examining different meanings of dependence and different ways of inherently existing.
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The two middle-way schools
Investigating how the self exists and two primary divisions in the middle-way school.
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Definitive verses, provisional interpretations
The importance of investigating all teachings and an introduction to the middle-way view.
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Mind-only interpretation of emptiness
Investigating the Cittamatra view of how things exist.
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Why do I say I’m unhappy?
How karma fuels our experiences and an introduction to selflessness in different tenet systems.
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