Dharma Sharing Nite
– Heart Sutra ~ The Perfection of Wisdom Sutra

Have you heard of the Heart Sutra (Xin Jing)?

Do you know that the Heart Sutra is one of the shortest sutras, yet it contains the essence of Wisdom and holds the key to transcend suffering and attain Enlightenment?

In the beginning of the sutra, it expounds that Avalokitesvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, meditating deeply on Perfection of Wisdom, saw clearly that all aspects of human existence are empty, and so released himself from suffering.

Emptiness refers to the fact that no thing – including human existence – has ultimate substantiality, which in turn means that no thing is permanent and no thing is totally independent of everything else. In other words, everything in this world is interconnected and in constant flux. A deep appreciation of this idea of emptiness thus saves us from the suffering caused by our egos, our attachments, and our resistance to change and loss.

In this session, we will share about the essence of the Heart Sutra and how it can help us transcend the imperfections of life and attain the Perfection of Wisdom.

We look forward to your loving presence.

“Gate, gate, paragate, parasamgate, bodhi svaha.”

(Gone, gone, gone beyond, gone all together beyond, awaken, all hail.)
~ Heart Sutra

Date: 27 Sep 2013, Friday
Time: 7.30pm – 9.30pm
Venue: 
Good Hearts Garden (English)
Miao Xin Lin (Chinese)

Please wear comfortable clothing as we will be seated on the floor.