Experiencing The Heart Sutra

In this lesson, we give perspective to the Heart Sutra and the course as a whole. Silas tells us about his experience learning about it and posits questions and thoughts to consider throughout not only the course but in your meditation practice in general.

In this lesson, Silas discusses what the Heart Sutra is. Giving the Heart Sutras historical, spiritual, and religious context. As well Silas discusses the different ways in which we can work with the Heart Sutra and the different levels that we can work with it together.

In this Lesson, we will be reading the heart sutra together to see just how short yet absolutely packed with information it is. If you ever want to contextualize the rest of the Heart Sutra with the following lessons, come back to this lesson and give the full thing a re-listen.

In this lesson, Silas goes in-depth into each of the words contained within the Title showing how each contains a myriad of studies in themselves. Each word is given the care, study, and joy to give you the complete picture as to why it is called this and what that means to us.

In this lesson Silas goes over the first Stanza of the Heart Sutra, covering what each phrase, line, and word means and providing context to the overall Sutra from just this Stanza.

In This lesson Silas covers the second stanza of the Heart Sutra which gets into the main topic of the Heart Sutra itself: Emptiness.

In this lesson Silas goes over the vast amount of negation which is present in the Heart Sutra working with each and showing that they are often far more complex than they first put forth. What does it mean when it says all dharmas are marked by emptiness and lists each of the sense faculties? In this lesson we find out.

In this Lesson Silas covers the final sections of the Heart Sutra leading up to itself explosive ending chant which in and of itself attempts to awaken you directly to the experience of the moment in this very now.

With the perspective given by taking a deep look into the Heart Sutra, what do you do now? How do you proceed and where do you go from here? In this final short and to the point lesson Silas will talk about all of this and more.