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In this episode, we discuss a teaching that is central throughout the Buddhist world: the Prajnaparamita sutra, also known as The Heart Sutra. While being utterly confounding, at the same time it is a perfect primer on the true meaning of emptiness and ultimate compassion. Turns out, these are the same thing. Who knew?!
There are many translations of this important teaching. The one discussed in this episode is here.
In part one of this two-part episode, Susan talks a bit about the history of the text, what we can learn from it, and how best to approach a teaching that is both supremely powerful and impossible to understand. Good luck! Come back next week for part two where we break it down, line-by-line.
To learn more, check out Susan’s new (very short) book, Inexplicable Joy: On the Heart Sutra
Discussed in this episode:
Emptiness & No-Self
Compassion Arising from Emptiness
Three Ways the Meaning Comes Through
How to Approach the Heart Sutra
Produced by Citizens of Sound
Music by: Derek O'Brien
©Open Heart Project
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In this episode, we discuss a teaching that is central throughout the Buddhist world: the Prajnaparamita sutra, also known as The Heart Sutra. While being utterly confounding, at the same time it is a perfect primer on the true meaning of emptiness and ultimate compassion. Turns out, these are the same thing. Who knew?!
There are many translations of this important teaching. The one discussed in this episode is here.
In part one of this two-part episode, Susan talks a bit about the history of the text, what we can learn from it, and how best to approach a teaching that is both supremely powerful and impossible to understand. Good luck! Come back next week for part two where we break it down, line-by-line.
To learn more, check out Susan’s new (very short) book, Inexplicable Joy: On the Heart Sutra
Discussed in this episode:
Emptiness & No-Self
Compassion Arising from Emptiness
Three Ways the Meaning Comes Through
How to Approach the Heart Sutra
Produced by Citizens of Sound
Music by: Derek O'Brien
©Open Heart Project
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