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The Diamond Sutra (Sanskrit: Vajracchedikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra) is a Mahāyāna Buddhist sutra (a kind of holy scripture) from the genre of Prajñāpāramitā ('perfection of wisdom') sutras.
The Heart of Buddhist Wisdom: Plain English Translations of the Heart Sutra, the Diamond-Cutter Sutra, and other Perfection of Wisdom Texts, ISBN 978-1-4783-8957-6: Jackson Square Books Clear translations and summaries of the most important texts with essays 2012 Geshe Kelsang Gyatso: Heart of Wisdom ISBN 0-948006-77-3: Tharpa
Shimano, Eidō T. (1991), Points of Departure: Zen Buddhism With a Rinzai View, Livingston Manor, NY: The Zen Studies Society Press, LCCN 92142533, OCLC 26097869. (This book was printed with invalid ISBNs.) The Diamond Sutra. In: A Buddhist Bible, translated by Wai-tao, Boston, Massachusetts: Beacon Press, 1994.
The first woodblock printing of the entire Chinese Buddhist Canon was done during the Song dynasty by imperial order in China in AD 971; the earliest dated printed Buddhist sutra was the Diamond Sutra printed in AD 868 (printed by an upāsaka for free distribution); although printing of individual Buddhist sutras and related materials may have ...
In one passage from the Diamond Sutra, Subhuti asks the Buddha if there will be any beings who will understand the teaching of the sutra "in the future time, in the latter age, in the latter period, in the latter five hundred years, when the True Dharma is in the process of decay."
Elder Subhūti addresses the Buddha, in the earliest dated printed book (Diamond Sūtra). Subhūti plays a much larger role in Mahayana Buddhism than in Theravada Buddhism. [ 5 ] In Mahayana Buddhist tradition, he is considered the disciple of the Buddha who was foremost in understanding Śūnyatā , or emptiness, and is a central figure in ...
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The Diamond Sutra, a classic Buddhist text, is primarily concerned with the idea of non-abidance. The concept seems to have originated with the 1st-century Buddhist philosopher Nagarjuna, whose version of śūnyatā, or emptiness, entails that entities neither exist, nor do they not exist.