04 Resounding the Transcendent State of Wisdom in 8,000 Lines: Chapters 4-5 05-28-26

On Saka Dawa Duchen (Vesak) 2026, add your voice to a chorus of monastic and lay reciters in the first ever English reading of the newly translated Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines Sutra. Chapters 4-5 will be recited in this session. Please join Sravasti Abbey and 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha for an opportunity that will never come again. For more than two millennia The Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines has been revered throughout the Buddhist world as the most concise, yet all-encompassing, expression of the Buddha’s teaching on Prajnaparamita, the “second turning of the wheel” of the perfection of wisdom. Now it is available in English! Find the pdf here: https://api.84000.co/storage/v1/objec... Access it in the Reading Room here: https://84000.co/translation/toh12 The sutra itself tells the rarity, preciousness, and exceptional virtue of this recitation. The Buddha said, “As long as this perfection of wisdom is circulating among beings in the world, Ānanda, one should understand the Tathāgata to be remaining, one should understand the Tathāgata to be teaching the Dharma, and one should understand those sentient beings to never be separate from seeing the Buddha, from hearing the Dharma, or from being near the Saṅgha … “Also, Ānanda, one should understand those sentient beings to be living in the presence of the Tathāgata whenever they listen to this perfection of wisdom.” For more Buddhist teachings visit https://SravastiAbbey.org and https://ThubtenChodron.org Out of respect for our teacher, the teachings, and the precious opportunity we have to receive them from afar, please attend the online teachings in the same way that you would if you were at the teachings in person. Comments have been disabled to maintain a wholesome learning environment and prevent opportunities for unskillful speech.