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heart sutra audio diamond sutra audio mahaprajnaparamita audio

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mahaprajnaparamita
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aṣṭasāhasrikā
mahaprajnaparamita
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pañcaviṃśatisāhasrikā

heart sutra can be memorized

  • I try to recite this from memory hourly
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shunyata & noble_truths & six_dusts & five_skhandas

diamond sutra

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mind_seal

mahaprajnaparamita

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free buddhist books

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suggested approach

  • Heart of the Buddha's Teaching - Thich Nhat Hanh audiobook or epub
  • there are some unique approaches found in this book that are in no other sources
  • https://plumvillage.org/books/the-heart-of-the-buddhas-teaching
  • the heart sutra is a summary of the diamond sutra which is a summary of the full prajna paramita
  • the heart sutra is one page takes minutes
  • the diamond sutra is 32 chapters takes around an hour
  • which is a summary of the full prajna paramita takes lifetimes
  • more on the full prajna paramita https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prajnaparamita

cormac mccarthy

  • I also recommend all of cormac mccarthy's books
  • they are not explicitly buddhism but they might as well be in my opinion