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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
'Thunderbolt', IAST: Vajra) is a legendary and ritualistic tool, symbolizing the properties of a diamond (indestructibility) and a thunderbolt (irresistible force). In Hinduism, it has also been associated with weapons. [1] [2] The use of the bell and vajra as symbolic and ritual tools is found in all schools of Tibetan Buddhism
Segment of a commentary explaining the title of the Diamond Sutra. The full commentary was originally located in Sanbō-in before being cut in segments Heian period, 9th century One handscroll, ink on Japanese tissue paper, 38 lines, 28.1 cm × 131.8 cm (11.1 in × 51.9 in) Nara National Museum, Nara, Nara
Conze's 1973 The Large Sutra of Perfect Wisdom is a composite translation which mostly contains material from the 25,000 line sutra and the 18,000 line sutra (as well as passages from the 8,000 and 100,000 line versions) arranged based on the divisions found in the Abhisamayālaṅkāra. As such, this version is a scholarly construct by Conze.
Marcel Tolkowsky (25 December 1899 – 10 February 1991), [1] an engineer by education, was a Belgian member of a Jewish family of diamond cutters from Poland.He is generally acknowledged as the father of the modern round brilliant diamond cut. [2]
The title is an excerpt from the line from the Diamond Sutra "Past mind cannot be grasped, present mind cannot be grasped, and future mind cannot be grasped". Gudō Nishijima, a modern Zen priest, contrasts the subject of this book with the line of René Descartes "I think, therefore I am", which suggests the intellect can grasp the mind ...
An example of this is the marquise cut diamond which was popular in the 1970s to 1980s. In later decades, jewelers had little success in selling this shape in comparison to other shapes like the oval or pear shape. [citation needed] The marquise can be cut into an oval diamond by any diamond cutter with a loss of 5 to 10% in total weight.