In this commentary, offered for the five year residential FPMT Basic Program at Nalanda Monastery, Geshe Sonam Ngodrub gives a detailed introduction to the modes of practice of the perfection of wisdom on the five Mahayana paths, as indicated by the Heart Sutra and its renowned mantra.

Completed with a short guided retreat, this course is aimed at acquiring a thorough understanding of the meaning of this precious text and the different levels of meditation on emptiness taught by it, while also deepening students’ own practice and explaining how to meditate on the Heart Sutra when engaging in the auspicious recitation of it.

The suggested amount of time needed to complete this subject is three months.