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 Diamond Sutra Introduction
Diamond Sutra is one of the most important sutras in Buddhism.
The Sutra is a record of a dialogue between the Buddha and one of the Ten Great Disciples, Subhuti, in front of 1250 Buddha's followers.
Diamond Sutra is an important teaching to break up the ignorance of the attachments of the self and of the Dharma.
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 The Diamond Cutter Sutra
I prostrate to all the buddhas and bodhisattvas.
The Prajnaparamita is the body of sutras and commentaries representing the essence of the Mahayana Buddhism, particuarly those related to the realization of the illusory nature of all phenomena.
That having been said by the Bhagavan, the elder67 Subhuti, those bodhisattvas,68 the fourfold disciples – bhikshus, bhikshunis, upasakas and upasikas69 – and the world with devas, humans, asuras, and gandharvas, overjoyed, highly praised that taught by the Bhagavan.
http://www.lamayeshe.com/otherteachers/buddha/diamond/vajra_cutter.shtml   (5643 words)

  
 Amazon.com: DIAMOND SUTRA: Books: A F Price
As the sutra says: The religion given by Buddha is not Buddha religion.
The Diamond Sutra is probably the singlemost important sutra to all of Mahayana Buddhism, and particularly those schools of Zen.
I believe this was the original English translation (completed in the 1920's or 30's) of the Sutra of Hui-Neng, the 6th patriarch of Zen Buddhism.
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 Showcases - Landmarks in Printing :: Diamond Sutra
The recitation of sutras is an important part of Buddhist religious observance.
Sutras preached by the Buddha were committed to memory by his disciples and passed down from generation to generation.
The illustration at the beginning of this ‘Diamond Sutra’ shows the Buddha expounding the sutra to an elderly disciple called Subhuti.
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 Newsletter - 7/27/04 - The Diamond Sutra
Diamond was also an important symbol in Buddhism, the other great religion of India.
There is a great deal in the commentary, and in the Diamond Sutra itself, comparing the teaching of the Sutra, with its emphasis on the Bodisattva, who works with compassion for the salvation of all sentient beings, with the earlier, Theravada, school of Buddhism, with its emphasis on the Arahant and on individual enlightenment.
His first attempt was in the Amitabha Buddha Sutra and a few other Buddhist scriptures.
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 The Diamond Sutra - Vajracchedika Prajnaparamita Sutra
The Diamond Sutra is one of the monumental scriptures of Mahayana Buddhism.
The Buddha having finnished propounding this sutra, the Venerable Subhuti, the bhiksus, bhiksunis, upasakas, and upasikas, and everyone in the worlds of gods, humans, and asuras having heard the Buddha's exposition were all greatly elated.
If a person, via this perfection of wisdom sutra, even just four lines of verse, receives, upholds, reads, and recites, and for another explains it: the former's blessed deed would not reach a hundredth of the latter's.
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 E-sangha, Buddhist Forum and Buddhism Forum -> The Diamond Sutra
However, Amitabha Buddha and Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva Sutras or Lotus sutra chapter 25 are most often chant and recite by monks as well as by lay Buddhists in where I come from.
There was a person who at his house chanting Diamond Sutra, but he was a lay Buddhist and eat meat, then chanting Diamond Sutra, After he chanted this Diamond Sutra, his tree that he has planted in the garden in front of his house died.
This Course is based upon the Diamond Cutter Sutra (Vajrachedika) by Shakyamuni Buddha, along with the only known native Tibetan commentary, by Chone Lama Drakpa Shedrup (1675-1748).
http://www.lioncity.net/buddhism/index.php?showtopic=2551   (2445 words)

  
 Heart Sutra Introduction
The Heart Sutra is regarded as the summation of the wisdom of Buddha.
The Heart Sutra is the shortest and the most popular sutra in Buddhism.
In nearly all Buddhist monastery and many Buddhist household, the Heart Sutra is recited by the people regularly on a daily basis.
http://www.dmcclanahan.com/hsutra.htm   (216 words)

  
 YogaJournal.Com: The Diamond Sutra: The Perfection of Wisdom by Red Pine
Like the other sutra books in the Prajnaparamita, the Diamond Sutra is an eyewitness account of one of the Buddha's teachings.
The Buddhist sutra ("thread") is no different from its Hindu counterpart, which we're familiar with from books like the Yoga Sutra and the Shiva Sutra.
The Diamond Sutra furnishes us with an extensive outline of and strategy for the two great "poles" of Patanjali's system, persevering discipline (abhyasa) and detachment or renunciation (vairagya), under which all his other practices are subsumed.
http://www.yogajournal.com/views/645.cfm   (1317 words)

  
 Diamond Sutra --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Sanskrit Vajracchedika-sutra (“Diamond Cutter Sutra”), brief and very popular Mahayana Buddhist text, widely used in East Asia, and perhaps the best known of the 18 smaller “Wisdom” texts, which together with their commentaries are known as the Prajñaparamita.
(“Diamond Cutter Sutra”), brief and very popular Mahayana Buddhist text, widely used in East Asia, and perhaps the best known of the 18 smaller “Wisdom” texts, which together with their commentaries are known as the Prajñaaa.
(Sanskrit: “Perfection of Wisdom&;), body of sutras and their commentaries that represents the oldest of the major forms of Mahayana Buddhism, one that radically extended the basic concept of ontological voidness (sunyata); the name also denotes the female personification of the literature or of wisdom, sometimes called the Mother of All Buddhas.
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 Buddhist Diamond Sutra Translated
The Diamond Sutra is known as the zen principal Buddhists' best representative sutra.
Contemplate them thus." After the Buddha spoke this Sutra, the Elder Subhuti, all the Bhikshus, Bhikshunis, upasakas and upasikas, and all the gods, humans, and asuras, and others from all the worlds, having heard what the Buddha had said, were extremely happy, faithfully accepted it, and put it into practice.
Subhuti, all Buddhas and their Dharma of Anuttarasamyaksambodhi come from this Sutra.
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 Diamond Cutter Sutra Dedication
I think what it is saying is that this wisdom directly perceiving emptiness, which is the meaning of the Diamond Cutter Sutra, ceases not only the gross defilements (that would be nirvana) but even the subtle defilements, which means freedom not only from samsara but from lower nirvana.
He is saying by actualizing the eminent wisdom which is the heart of all Buddha’s teachings, the Prajnaparamita, even more, the heart of the Prajnaparamita, you don’t abide in the extremes of samsara or nirvana, and along with this also you realize bodhicitta.
Not grasping at just mere emptiness10 by seeing that the meaning of emptiness is dependent arising—while the mind is in that emptiness, free from creativity (mental fabrication projecting true existence), enjoy the view of emptiness-only.
http://www.lamayeshe.com/otherteachers/buddha/diamond/vajra_cutter_dedication.shtml   (3638 words)

  
 Diamond Sutra
Wherever this sutra is kept is a sacred site enshrining the presence of the Buddha or one of the Buddha's great disciples."
Subhuti, any place this sutra is found is a place where gods, men, and asuras will come to make offerings.
After they heard the Lord Buddha deliver this sutra, the Venerable Subhuti, the Bhikshus and Bhiksunis, laymen and laywomen, and gods and asuras, filled with joy and confidence, undertook to put these teachings into practice.
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 America Has Zen All the Time by Nyogen Senzaki
Sutra is the scripture and like this string of Buddhist beads, it holds together the sayings of Buddha.
This evening I am going to speak on the Diamond Sutra, a Buddhist scripture which we Zen students often use.This sutra was brought to China by Kumarajiva, in the beginning of the fifth century.
Subhuti was the disciple for whom Buddha preached his Diamond Sutra.
http://www.thebuddhadharma.com/issues/2003/fall/americahaszen.html   (4212 words)

  
 The Diamond Sutra
In Buddhism, the root of suffering is identified as ignorance.
The Sanskrit name of the sutra is Vajracchedika Prajnaparamita.
Vajracchedika means the diamond that cuts through illusion, and Prajnaparamita means perfection of wisdom.
http://www.siddharthasintent.org/chinese/TheDiamondSutra2004.htm   (282 words)

  
 Diamond Sutra
Wherever this sutra is kept, the place is to be regarded as if the Buddha or a venerable disciple of his were present."
The Buddhist Door has the Diamond Sutra with a commentary in several of the past issues.
The reason is, Subhuti, that, according to the teaching of the Buddha, Prajnaparamita is not Prajnaparamita and therefore it is called Prajnaparamita.
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 Diamond Sutra - discover the world of diamonds
Diamond Sutra The Diamond Sutra (In Sanskrit and English) [Translated from the Sanskrit by Edward Conze] Om namo Bhagavatyai Arya-Prajnaparamitayai!
The Diamond Sutra The Diamond Sutra 1.  This is what I have heard: Once, the Buddha was staying at Anathapindika’s retreat in the Jeta Grove near the city of Sravasti, with a gathering of 1250 monks.  After
Significance Diamond Sutra is a sutra beyond religion, as it prates inside our mind by revealing the subtle reality of nature
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 Ch'an Masters: Hui-neng
When Mahayanists [followers of the teaching Bodhidharma brought to China] hear about the Diamond Sutra their minds become enlightened; they know that prajna is immanent in their essence of mind and that they need not rely on scriptural authority, since they can make use of their own wisdom by constant practice of contemplation [dhyana].
He asked the man what he was reciting, and the man told him it was the Diamond Sutra (Vajrachchedika, or Diamond Cutter) and that he had come from a visit to the monastery of Hung-jen, the fifth patriarch of the dhyana school, where there were about one thousand disciples.
This may seem far-fetched, but the twentieth century Hindu sage Ramana Maharshi said that there are two kinds of ignorance: forgetfulness of the Self, and obstruction to the knowledge of the Self.
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 Diamond Sutra
The Diamond Sutra is one of Gautama the Buddha’s most powerful teachings, and here Osho brings a modern-day clarity to these mysterious sutras.
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 Diamond Sutra - The - Hazymoon.com Store
Of all the sutras that teach this teaching, this is the diamond.
The result is a work of inspiration and guidance, a text of spiritual practice for all seekers.
"The Diamond Sutra may look like a book, but it`s really the body of the Buddha.
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 E-sangha, Buddhist Forum and Buddhism Forum -> Buying The Diamond Sutra
These scriptures (Sutras), known popularly as the Heart Sutra and Diamond Sutra, express in crystalline passages the essence of the teachings concerning emptiness, the absolute nature of reality.
The Prajnaparamita Sutras represented a paradigm shift in wisdom and pedagogy, distinguishing the early, foundational teachings of Nikaya Buddhism from the universal scope of the Mahayana, or " great vehicle ".
In dispelling the third of these doubts, these teachings pointed out the diamond mind of Bodhisattva students as well, and with this diamond mind they themselves could enter the door of the Perfection of Wisdom.
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 Diamond Sutra
The Diamond Sūtra (Vajracchedika-prajñāpāramitā-sūtra) has maintained a high degree of popularity in the Mahāyāna Buddhist tradition for over a millenium, especially in East Asia, and most importantly within the East Asian meditation (Chan/Seon/Zen/Thien) school, where it has been recited, taught, and commented on extensively up to the present day.
The Buddha said to Subhūti: "This scripture is called the Diamond of Transcendent Wisdom.
Wherever this sutra is kept, the Buddha's most revered disciples are also present."
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 Diamond Sutra
On the contrary, Subhuti, those Bodhisattvas who, when these words of the Sutra are being taught, will find even one single thought of serene faith, they will be such as have honoured many hundreds of thousands of Buddhas, such as have planted their roots of merit under many hundreds of thousands of Buddhas.
(1) Moreover, Subhuti, the spot of earth where this Sutra will be revealed, that spot of earth will be worthy of worship by the whole world with its Gods, men and Asuras, worthy of being saluted respectfully, worthy of being honoured by circumambulation, like a shrine will be that spot of earth.
The impure deeds which these beings have done in their former lives, and which are liable to lead them into the states of woe, in this very life they will, by means of that humiliation, (2) annul those impure deeds of their former lives, and (3) they will reach the enlightenment of a Buddha.
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 Buddhism, Diamond Sutra
It is impossible that this treatise of the Law should be heard by beings who have not acquired the knowledge of Bodhisattvas, or that it should be learned, remembered, recited, and understood by them.
After these words, Bhagavat thus spoke to the venerable Subhuti: 'So it is, O Subhuti, so it is. Those beings, O Subhuti, who when this Sutra was being recited here will not be disturbed or frightened or become alarmed, will be endowed with the highest wonder.
Those Bodhisattvas, O Bhagavat, will be endowed with the highest wonder', who when this Sutra is being preached hear it and will frame to themselves a true idea.
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 Essential Principles of the Diamond Sutra
This Sutra is the illuminating torch of wisdom that sheds bright light on both the ultimate philosophy of Buddhism and the whole course of Buddhist practices and attainments.
Explanation: This statement from the Sutra points out that, practicing all good deeds (including both Buddhist practices and charitable activities) out of pure intentions that is not bounded by grasping to forms would enable one to reach the unsurpassable right and full enlightenment.
Thus it is clearly seen that the Buddha's teachings are truly of liberation character, and are born of profound wisdom and thorough compassion.
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 Buddhist Wisdom : The Diamond Sutra and The Heart Sutra (Vintage Spiritual Classic Orig)_0375726004
Manual of Zen Buddhism has a better translation of both these Sutras.
It is paradoxical that the teaching of "form is emptiness, emptiness is form,"etc., is amenable to a logical approach, yet Conze is very effective at demonstrating that, at least for those of us who have not attained wisdom-that-goes-beyond (prajna), this is precisely the path to take.
His analysis of the Sanskrit in the context of Buddhist logic unlocks a very fruitful path for following the meaning of the Heart Sutra.
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 Eastern Wisdom, Sutras and Ancient Sacred Texts
These and other books, such as the The Gospel of Buddha, are presented for the serious student into mystical thought and seekers of enlightenment.
Another great work from the east is The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali.
Some of the greatest knowledge about the meaning of life reside in the texts and sutras that make up eastern wisdom.
http://reluctant-messenger.com/eastern-wisdom.htm   (299 words)

  
 A Buddhist Bible: The Diamond Sutra: The Diamond Scripture
The Lord Buddha replied: "Subhuti, this Scripture shall be known as THE DIAMOND SCRIPTURE, because, by its Transcendent Wisdom all sentient life shall reach the other shore.
Upon a memorable occasion, the Lord Buddha sojourned in the kingdom of Shravasti, lodging in the grove of Jeta, a park within the royal domain which Jeta, the heir-apparent, had bestowed upon Sutana, a minister of state renouned for his charities and benefactions.
Subhuti enquired of the Lord Buddha: "Blessed One, by what name shall this Scripture be known, that we may regard it with reverence?"
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 the Dave Davies Message Board
The Diamond Sutra is called the Vajracchedika-prajna-paramita Sutra, and the manuscript is a Chinese translation of the Sanskrit text.
'Wheresoever this sutra may be found, all worlds of devas, men and asuras should make offerings, for you should know that such a place is just a stupa which should be revered, worshipped and circumambulated, with offerings of flowers and incense.
It's the oldest dated printed book & bears the date 11 May 868, when the author dedicated the book to his parents), and is from China, and is quite beautiful.
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 Diamond Sutra
It means that when the buddha named it, he did not have in mind any definite or arbitrary conception, and so named it.
Be assured, Subhuti, such a person will attain total enlightenment, and the place where this scripture is reverenced will be like an altar consecrated to the buddha, or to one of his honored followers."
By this name it shall be revered and studied and observed.
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 Diamond (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Diamond Sutra, one of the sutras of Mahayana Buddhism
A Diamond album has shipped 10 million copies in the U.S. The Diamond Approach, a spiritual path founded by A.
The Diamond Age, a cyberpunk novel by Neal Stephenson
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 Diamond Sutra
the Diamon Sutra, also known as Prajnaparamita (wisdom) Sutra
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 MSN Encarta - Multimedia - Frontispiece to the Jingangjing (Diamond Sutra)
The Chinese translation of the Jingangjing (Diamond Sutra), a Buddhist text, was first printed from carved wood blocks in ad 868.
This frontispiece to the book shows the combination of illustration and text; the illustrations were done by anonymous artists.
The Jingangjing is the earliest known printed book.
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 BBC NEWS Entertainment Arts 'Oldest printed book' on display
Although other printed items and manuscripts were discovered in the cave, the Diamond Sutra, which is a Buddhist Holy text, is the earliest printed book to bear a date.
The book bears the date of 868 AD A book thought to be the oldest surviving printed book in the world has gone on display at the British Library.
The Diamond Sutra, which bears the date 868 AD, was found in a walled-up cave in Dunhuang, north-west China, in 1907, along with other printed items.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/3696333.stm   (251 words)

  
 Wisdom Books - books on buddhism and buddhist subjects
A penetrating commentary on the Song of Enlightenment, a famous Chan text that speaks of proper methods and attitudes for practice.
Includes full translations of eight extant Indian commentaries along (click for more..)
Wisdom is as solid and enduring as a diamond, as sharp and (click for more..)
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 The Diamond Sutra
The Buddha answered, “Call it ‘The Diamond Sutra on the Perfection of Wisdom.’ Like a diamond blade, it can cut through all delusion!”
Then Subhuti suddenly had a full awareness of the meaning of the sermon, and was moved to tears.
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 The Diamond That Cuts Through Illusion : Commentaries on the Prajnaparamita Diamond Sutra
Comment: Thay is a wonderful Dharma teacher, of course, but he reads classical texts through his own philosophy and tries to hide any reference to our self nature, the very key of Zen.
Certainly this work does represent Thich Nhat Hanh's own interpretation of the tradition, but his "philosophy" is representative of mainstream Buddhism (to the extent anything ever is).
In his commentary on _The Diamond That Cuts Through Illusion Sutra_, he is limited by his own approach.
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 Diamond Sutra Excerpt
In this sutra, Buddha speaks to his disciple Subhuti about what must be considered and in which direction his thoughts must flow for the realization of incomparable Enlightenment
Let no one say the *Tathagata cherishes the idea "I must liberate all living beings." Allow no such thought, Subhuti.
Taken from the Diamond Sutra published by Shambala Press
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 Diamond Sutra
In Jeta Grove, the park of Anatha-pindika near the once-great city Shravasti, the "city of wonders" in northern India close to the border of Nepal, twelve hundred and fifty wandering mendicants broke their fast then gathered round to hear the words of the Buddha.
But according to the buddha-teaching, the perfection of transcendental wisdom is not really such, but just the name given to it.
It should be known as the Diamond Cutter of Perfect Wisdom.
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 LamRim.com - Diamond Cutter Sutra
He is a scholar of Sanskrit, Tibetan, and Russian, and has translated and published numerous works.
Geshe Michael Roach is a fully ordained American monk who received his geshe (doctor of philosophy) degree from Sera Mey Monastery in India after 22 years of study there and in the United States with his root Lama, Khen Rinpoche Geshe Lobsang Tharchin.
Geshe Roach received his undergraduate degree from Princeton University, and worked in New York City as a director of a large diamond firm for many years.
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 The Diamond Cutter Sutra
The Chinese Character for Dream is popular in Zen writings because of the end on the Diamond Sutra:
A flash of lightening in a Summer cloud
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 The Diamond Sutra, Terebess Asia Online (TAO)
The lord buddha replied, "This scripture shall be known as
scripture is hard and sharp, like a diamond that will cut away
The Transcendent Awareness that Cuts Like a Diamond.
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 Diamond - Showcases - Landmarks in Printing :: Diamond Sutra
Amazon.com: The Diamond Age: Books: Neal Stephenson by Neal Stephenson.
The mere mention of the word fills the mind with a multitude of concepts Diamond is a mineral, a natural crystalline substance, the transparent
Diamond's quest is to explain why such advanced civilizations developed only Diamond is renowned as the author of a number of popular science works that
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 The Silk Road: Trade, travel, war and faith
One of them, the Diamond Sutra, is the earliest printed book to bear a date (11 May, 868).
In 1907 Stein came to a previously walled-up cave near Dunhuang ('the blazing beacon') in north-west China, where thousands of manuscripts, paintings and a few printed items had been stored for almost 1000 years.
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 The Diamond Sutra
Chapter 17 was omitted by the translator, Edward Conze because, in his words: "In chapter l7 the Sutra now veers back to its beginning.
The question of Chapter 2 is repeated, and so is the answer of chapter 3.
Buddha answered, "This Discourse should be known as The Vajracchedika Prajna Paramita - The Diamond Cutter of Transcendental Wisdom - for it is the Teaching that is hard and sharp like a diamond that cuts through misconception and delusion."
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 Index to the Diamond Sutra
The text of The Diamond Cutter (Vajrachchedika) Revision 1.2 is in a separate document, diamond.html.
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 Diamond Sutra Quotes
:: Author » Letter "D" » Diamond Sutra Quotes
Arouse the mind without resting it on anything.
All Quotes are provided for educational purposes only and contributed by users.
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 ipedia.com: 868 Article
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11 May: Printing of The Diamond Sutra, the oldest dated printed book.
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 Diamond Cutter Sutra
Buddha answered: Subhuti, this Discourse should be known as "The Diamond of the Perfection of Transcendental Wisdom" - thus should you receive and retain it.
World-honored One, by what name should this Discourse be known, and how should we receive and retain it?
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 The Diamond Sutra, sections 1-5
Buddha said: Subhuti, wheresoever are material characteristics there is delusion; but whoso perceives that all characteristics are in fact no-characteristics, perceives the Tathagata.
On to Sections VI - X of The Diamond Sutra
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