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The Diamond Sutra, handscroll, 868; in the British Library, London.
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The Diamond Sutra, handscroll, 868; in the British Library, London.
The Diamond Sutra, handscroll, 868; in the British Library, London.

Diamond Sutra

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Also known as: “Chin-kang ching”, “Vajraccedika-sutra”
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Sanskrit:
Vajraccedika-sutra (“Diamond Cutter Sutra”)
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Diamond Sutra, brief and very popular Mahayana Buddhist text widely used in East Asia and perhaps the best known of the 18 smaller “Wisdom” texts that together with their commentaries are known as the Prajnaparamita (“Perfection of Wisdom”). It takes the form of a dialogue in the presence of a company of monks and bodhisattvas (“Buddhas-to-be”) between the Buddha as teacher and a disciple as questioner. The Chinese translation, Jingang jing (“Diamond Sutra”), appeared about 400 ce. The Diamond Sutra expresses the Prajnaparamita emphasis upon the illusory nature of phenomena in these words: “Just as, in the vast ethereal sphere, ...(100 of 204 words)

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