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*Gelong Thubten Tsultrim (George Churinoff), ''The Exalted Mahayana Sutra on the Wisdom Gone Beyond Called the Vajra Cutter'' (based on the Tibetan Lhasa Zhol printing), FPMT, 2002 [http://www.fpmt.org/teachers/zopa/advice/pdf/vajracutter_eng.pdf Available online here] | *Gelong Thubten Tsultrim (George Churinoff), ''The Exalted Mahayana Sutra on the Wisdom Gone Beyond Called the Vajra Cutter'' (based on the Tibetan Lhasa Zhol printing), FPMT, 2002 [http://www.fpmt.org/teachers/zopa/advice/pdf/vajracutter_eng.pdf Available online here] | ||
*Paul Harrison, 'Vajracchedikā Prajñāpāramitā: A New English Translation of the Sanskrit Text Based on Two Manuscripts from Greater Gandhāra', contained in Jens Braarvig, Paul Harrison, Jens-Uwe Hartmann, Kazunobu Matsuda & Lore Sander, eds., ''Buddhist Manuscripts in the Schøyen Collection'', Hermes (Oslo 2006) | *Paul Harrison, 'Vajracchedikā Prajñāpāramitā: A New English Translation of the Sanskrit Text Based on Two Manuscripts from Greater Gandhāra', contained in Jens Braarvig, Paul Harrison, Jens-Uwe Hartmann, Kazunobu Matsuda & Lore Sander, eds., ''Buddhist Manuscripts in the Schøyen Collection'', Hermes (Oslo 2006) | ||
==Famous Quotes== | |||
:Those who see my body as ordinary form, | |||
:And hear my voice as ordinary sound, | |||
:Have set out upon a mistaken path. | |||
:Such people do not truly see me.<ref>gang dag nga la gzugs su mthong/ / gang dag nga la sgrar shes pa/ / log par spong bas zhugs pa ste/ / skye bo de dag nga mi mthong/ /</ref> | |||
:Like a star, hallucination, candle, | |||
:Magical illusion, dewdrop, bubble, | |||
:Dream, lightning or a cloud— | |||
:Know all compounded phenomena to be like this.<ref>skar ma rab rib mar me dang/ /sgyu ma zil pa chu bur dang/ /rmi lam glog dang sprin lta bu/ /'dus byas de ltar blta bar bya/ /</ref> | |||
==Notes== | |||
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==Further Reading== | ==Further Reading== | ||
Revision as of 16:49, 14 October 2009
The Vajra Cutter Sutra (aka Diamond Sutra) (Skt. Vajracchedikā-prajñāpāramitā-sūtra, Wyl. ’phags pa shes rab kyi pha rol tu phyin pa rdo rje gcod pa zhes bya ba theg pa chen po’i mdo) is a popular Prajnaparamita sutra.
Translations
- Gelong Thubten Tsultrim (George Churinoff), The Exalted Mahayana Sutra on the Wisdom Gone Beyond Called the Vajra Cutter (based on the Tibetan Lhasa Zhol printing), FPMT, 2002 Available online here
- Paul Harrison, 'Vajracchedikā Prajñāpāramitā: A New English Translation of the Sanskrit Text Based on Two Manuscripts from Greater Gandhāra', contained in Jens Braarvig, Paul Harrison, Jens-Uwe Hartmann, Kazunobu Matsuda & Lore Sander, eds., Buddhist Manuscripts in the Schøyen Collection, Hermes (Oslo 2006)
Famous Quotes
- Those who see my body as ordinary form,
- And hear my voice as ordinary sound,
- Have set out upon a mistaken path.
- Such people do not truly see me.[1]
- Like a star, hallucination, candle,
- Magical illusion, dewdrop, bubble,
- Dream, lightning or a cloud—
- Know all compounded phenomena to be like this.[2]
Notes
Further Reading
- Thich Nhat Hanh, The Diamond that Cuts Through Illusion: Commentaries on the Prajñaparamita Diamond Sutra. Berkeley, CA, USA: Parallax Press, 1992