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The Way of Chan with Guo Gu

Tallahassee Chan Center

Guo Gu is a Chan teacher, author, and Buddhist scholar. He is the founder and teacher of the Tallahassee Chan Center in Florida and founder of the socially engaged intra-denominational Buddhist organization, Dharma Relief. As one of the few teachers carrying on the living wisdom of Chan Buddhism in the West, Guo Gu has a unique ability to bring profound Buddhist teachings to life through concrete methods of practice. He has touched the hearts of many students across the globe where he leads

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01:13:30

The Heart Sutra Part 14 - Ordinary Mind is the Way.

The Way of Chan with Guo Gu ·

2025/03/10

“There is no wisdom or any attainment. With nothing to attain, bodhisattvas relying on prajnaparamita have no obstructions in their minds.” Heart Sutra“The wisdom of no self resolves suffering.” Guo GuGuo Gu’s teaching emphasizes the idea that the root of obstructions or vexations in our lives stems from the presence of a self. When we view experiences and situations through the lens of a fixed, concrete self, we tend to grasp at external things like fame, wealth, power, status, influence, or

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01:43:01

The Heart Sutra Part 13 – The Essence of Dharma...

The Way of Chan with Guo Gu ·

2025/03/10

“There is no wisdom or any attainment. With nothing to attain, bodhisattvas relying on prajnaparamita have no obstructions in their minds.” Heart Sutra“The essence of dharma practice does not lie in successful meditation or blissful experiences.” Guo GuThe root of our suffering is grasping - our strong sense of self. In this powerful talk Guo Gu shows us all the many ways the self manifests, both internally and externally. He offers clear guidelines for recognizing how we are identifying and

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01:22:18

The Heart Sutra Part 12 - The Infinite Possibilities...

The Way of Chan with Guo Gu ·

2025/03/10

“There is no suffering, no cause of suffering, no cessation of suffering and no path.”The Heart Sutra“Suffering can be experienced as possibilities, change, or even new beginnings. “Guo GuThe Heart Sutra, a key text in the Prajnaparamita genre, offers profound teachings on the nature of things. Guo Gu has often emphasized throughout his series of talks that the Heart Sutra critiques the early Buddhist materialistic understanding of the world, where words and language solidify phenomena. In this

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01:36:55

The Heart Sutra Part 11 - Interconnectedness...

The Way of Chan with Guo Gu ·

2025/03/10

“There is no ignorance and there is no ending of ignorance through to no aging and death and no ending of aging and death.” The Heart Sutra“Our fundamental ignorance is the progenitor of the 12 links of dependent origination…a temporal analysis, a process-oriented description of the ways in which we create suffering.” Guo GuGuo Gu deftly guides through the causes that lead to our selfing and othering, and subsequently our suffering. He does this from the temporal perspective of the 12 links of

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01:31:07

The Heart Sutra Part 10 - Interconnectedness (The 18...

The Way of Chan with Guo Gu ·

2025/03/10

"In voidness there is no form, and no sensation, perception, volition or consciousness; no eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, mind; no sight, sound, smell, taste, touch, thought; there is no realm of the eye all the way up to no realm of mental cognition” The Heart Sutra “We need to experience the world through relationships.” Guo GuGuo Gu elaborates on the 18 Realms of Consciousness, consisting of the six sense organs, the six sense objects and the six sense consciousnesses. As he pulls apart our

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01:26:31

The Heart Sutra Part 9 – Form is Relationship.

The Way of Chan with Guo Gu ·

2025/03/10

Guo Gu on The Heart Sutra “Form is not other than emptiness and emptiness not other than form.” — The Heart Sutra“The whole Buddhist project is about building new relationships with the world.” — Guo GuThis video is a continuation of a series of commentaries by Guo Gu on "The Heart Sutra", one of the shortest Mahayana scriptures that expound the core message of Buddhism. The Heart Sutra is also one of the most important scriptures in the Chan/Zen tradition. The

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01:24:47

The Heart Sutra Part 8 – Śāriputra, Buddha’s Chief...

The Way of Chan with Guo Gu ·

2025/03/10

Guo Gu on The Heart Sutra“The juncture at which the sense organ connects to the sense object is where practice happens.” — Guo GuMuch like Avalokiteśvara awakened through the contemplation of sound, Śāriputra awakened through the contemplation of sight. Guo Gu provides us with a simple practice upon which to build this contemplation.Since 2023, GuoGu has been offering a series of talks on the Heart Sutra, one of the shortest Mahayana scriptures that expound the core message of Buddhism. The Heart

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01:25:56

The Heart Sutra Part 7 – Transcending Suffering.

The Way of Chan with Guo Gu ·

2025/03/10

“The whole point of the Heart Sutra is freedom.” — Guo GuThis video is a continuation of a series of commentaries by Guo Gu on "The Heart Sutra", one of the shortest Mahayana scriptures that expound the core message of Buddhism. The Heart Sutra is also one of the most important scriptures in the Chan/Zen tradition. The series will continue every first Monday of each month and will last until 2024. Each talk will be independent, but we encourage you and your friends to attend all sessions

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01:34:40

The Heart Sutra Part 6 – Emptiness of the Five Skandhas.

The Way of Chan with Guo Gu ·

2025/03/10

Guo Gu on The Heart Sutra Guo Gu on The Heart Sutra “What is it like when the Five Skandhas are empty? We are no longer disturbed by vexations … and can reside in the miraculous functioning of conditions.” — Guo Gu This video is a continuation of a series of commentaries by Guo Gu on "The Heart Sutra", one of the shortest Mahayana scriptures that expound the core message of Buddhism. The Heart Sutra is also one of the most

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01:27:15

The Heart Sutra Part 5 – Contemplation of the Five...

The Way of Chan with Guo Gu ·

2025/03/10

Guo Gu on The Heart Sutra “Suffering only exists because of me, I, mine. Contemplation of the Five Skandhas reveals the emptiness of self.” — Guo GuThis video is a continuation of a series of commentaries by Guo Gu on "The Heart Sutra", one of the shortest Mahayana scriptures that expound the core message of Buddhism. The Heart Sutra is also one of the most important scriptures in the Chan/Zen tradition. The series will continue every first Monday of each month

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01:43:04

The Heart Sutra Part 4 - The Five Skandhas

The Way of Chan with Guo Gu ·

2025/03/10

Guo Gu on the Five Skandhas “Liberation is to be free of the Five Skandhas.” — Guo GuThis is the first of several talks on the Five Skandhas that Guo Gu will give as part of his series of commentaries on The Heart Sutra. The Heart Sutra is one of the shortest Mahayana scriptures that expound the core message of Buddhism. The Heart Sutra is also one of the most important scriptures in the Chan/Zen tradition. The series will continue every first Monday of each month and will

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00:32:26

The Heart Sutra Part 3 - The Bodhisattva Path: A...

The Way of Chan with Guo Gu ·

2025/03/10

Guo Gu explains how our attachment to fixed identities and possessions can lead to suffering, and how understanding the interdependent and impermanent nature of existence can lead to liberation. Guo Gu also touches on the concept of emptiness, a key tenet found in early Prajnaparamita literature, which recognizes that nothing has a fixed or independent existence.This video opened a series of commentaries by Guo Gu on The Heart Sutra, one of the shortest Mahayana scriptures that expound the core

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01:21:04

The Heart Sutra Part 2 - Avalokitesvara: Perceiver of...

The Way of Chan with Guo Gu ·

2025/03/10

The Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara reached enlightenment by “perceiving the sounds of the world.” Guo Gu introduces two methods for contemplating sound. The first is to use a particular sound as an object of meditation. The second is to be aware of the sounds during daily life. In both instances it is important to put most of our attention on relaxing and grounding the body.This video is the second in a series of commentaries by Guo Gu on "The Heart Sutra", one of the shortest Mahayana

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00:58:53

The Heart Sutra Part 1 - Prelude and Introduction

The Way of Chan with Guo Gu ·

2025/03/10

Guo Gu explains how our attachment to fixed identities and possessions can lead to suffering, and how understanding the interdependent and impermanent nature of existence can lead to liberation. Guo Gu also touches on the concept of emptiness, a key tenet found in early Prajnaparamita literature, which recognizes that nothing has a fixed or independent existence.This video opened a series of commentaries by Guo Gu on The Heart Sutra, one of the shortest Mahayana scriptures that expound the core

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