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The Diamond Sutra: The Perfection of Wisdom; Text and Commentaries Translated from Sanskrit and Chinese Counterpoint The Diamond Sūtra , translated from the Sanskrit (mostly from the editions by Max Muller and Edward Conze) with selections of Indian and Chán commentary from figures such as Asanga , Vasubandhu , Huineng , Linji and Chiang Wei ...
During the Tang dynasty, the Zen school's central text shifted to the Diamond Sūtra (Vajracchedikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra). Thereafter, the essential texts of the Zen school were often considered to be the Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra and the Diamond Sūtra. [46] The reasons for this shift are not clear. Whalen Lai writes:
The Diamond that Cuts Through Illusion ISBN 0-938077-51-1: Parallax Press The Diamond Sutra with a Vietnamese Thiền commentary 1992 Red Pine: The Diamond Sutra: The Perfection of Wisdom; Text and Commentaries Translated from Sanskrit and Chinese ISBN 1-58243-256-2: Counterpoint The Diamond Sutra with Chán/Zen commentary 2001 Red Pine
'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
Vajracchedikā Prajñāpāramitā (Diamond Sutra) – Another possibly early Prajñāpāramitā text, very popular. Prajñāpāramitāhṛdaya (Heart Sutra) – Another very popular Prajñāpāramitā text. Longer Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra (Infinite Life Sutra) – An influential text in Pure Land Buddhism. Amitabha Sutra – Another Pure land text.
Diamond Sutra; E. Eighty-eight Buddhas Great Repentance Text; G. Gandavyuha; ... Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; ...
Ancient style of scripture used for the Pāli Canon The Chinese Diamond Sutra, the oldest known dated printed book in the world, printed in the 9th year of Xiantong Era of the Tang dynasty, or 868 CE. The Bhagavad Gita is Krishna's counsel to Arjuna on the battlefield of the Kurukshetra.
Jiang Xiaowan was the interpreter who accompanied Aurel Stein on his expedition to Dunhuang in 1907 and enabled Stein to secure the purchase of ancient manuscripts, [3] including the Diamond Sutra, the world's oldest dated printed text.