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In this second video on the Heart Sutra we'll look at its importance within the history of Buddhist dharma. What is its distinctive, polemical framing? What sorts of claims does it make, and how does it justify them? This all leads to the question of how and why the sutra is so important, and how it became so famous.
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✅ Video mentioned (first video on the Heart Sutra):
Heart Sutra: Essence of a New Wisdom -- youtu.be/QwtmWCx5Mko
✅ Reference materials:
Bhikkhu Bodhi, A Comprehensive Manual of Abhidhamma — amzn.to/3UFbVFI
Donald Lopez, The Heart Sūtra Explained — amzn.to/3YGfoFk
Hajime Nakamura, Indian Buddhism -amzn.to/3UCLaln
Red Pine, The Heart Sutra — amzn.to/40wyxMo
Paul Williams, Mahāyāna Buddhism: the Doctrinal Foundations, 2nd Ed. — amzn.to/4ecM0fn
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Roland Harris
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Brady Schickinger
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Hieu Chi Tran
Kenneth Sorensen
00:00 Intro
00:58 Framing of the Heart Sutra
03:54 Claims of the Heart Sutra
06:27 Justifying the claims
12:27 Importance of the Heart Sutra
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In this second video on the Heart Sutra we'll look at its importance within the history of Buddhist dharma. What is its distinctive, polemical framing? What sorts of claims does it make, and how does it justify them? This all leads to the question of how and why the sutra is so important, and how it became so famous.
🧡 If you find this material useful, check out my Patreon page and get fun benefits like exclusive videos, audio-only versions, and extensive show notes: patreon.com/dougsseculardharma
🧡 You can also make donations through: paypal.me/dougsdharma
📙 Check out my book, A Handbook of Early Buddhist Wisdom, with a Foreword by Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi: books2read.com/buddhisthandbook
☸️ Free mini-course at the Online Dharma Institute: onlinedharma.org.
🎙Check out my podcast with Jon Aaron, Diggin' the Dharma: digginthedharma.com
✅ Video mentioned (first video on the Heart Sutra):
Heart Sutra: Essence of a New Wisdom -- youtu.be/QwtmWCx5Mko
✅ Reference materials:
Bhikkhu Bodhi, A Comprehensive Manual of Abhidhamma — amzn.to/3UFbVFI
Donald Lopez, The Heart Sūtra Explained — amzn.to/3YGfoFk
Hajime Nakamura, Indian Buddhism -amzn.to/3UCLaln
Red Pine, The Heart Sutra — amzn.to/40wyxMo
Paul Williams, Mahāyāna Buddhism: the Doctrinal Foundations, 2nd Ed. — amzn.to/4ecM0fn
Webpage: dougsdharma.com
Facebook: facebook.com/onlinedharmainstitute
Mastodon: https://mindly.social/@dougsdharma
Instagram: instagram.com/dougsdharma
Threads: threads.net/@dougsdharma
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/dougsdharma.bsky.social
Thumbnail image courtesy of wendy CORNIQUET from Pixabay.
❤️ Thanks to Patreon Patrons:
Anonymous (4)
Omar
John Oborne
DunJing
Jimmy Maa
Debbie Mattison
Ron Peat
Michael S. Kearns
Anne
Matthew Smith
Shantha Wengappuli
Karma_CAC
Jorge Seguel
Christopher Apostolof
GailJM
David Bell
T Pham
VCR
Upayadhi
Andi and Erik
ATGuerrero686
Michael Scherrer
khobe schofield
Alex Perdomo
Benji Forsyth
Sonny Flink
Steve Marlor
Joy L Lee
Andrew Tom
Anthony Tucker
Karlee R
Ethan M
Billy in Singapore
Olivia Otter
Carl Lennartson
xiao mao
Jeff Harvey
Andrew Ingrouille
Kenneth Grandchamp
Rene Gariepy
Russell Needham
Smoggyrob
Mac Roja
Bernardo
Clémence Ortega Douville
Kwan Alex
Scott Johnston
Richard J Beninger
Nathanael O. Arnquist
SaturnianMandala
Trin P
Letesa Isler
Dorien Izel
Robert Paterson
Jake Tobiason
Louvenia Ortega
Steve S.
Richard Rappuhn
Sarah Kress
John Aaron
Paul Niklewski
Kong Ing Kai
Dave Gorman
rhys reed
Osanda Wijeratne
Scarlett Farrow
BJ - RetreaTours™
Matthieu Tregnier
Roland Harris
karen
Rob
John
Brady Schickinger
Marko
Jenn A.
Hieu Chi Tran
Kenneth Sorensen
00:00 Intro
00:58 Framing of the Heart Sutra
03:54 Claims of the Heart Sutra
06:27 Justifying the claims
12:27 Importance of the Heart Sutra
Note: as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Amazon links are affiliate links where I will earn a very small commission on purchases you make, at no additional cost to you. This goes a tiny way towards defraying the costs of making these videos. Thank you!
