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[[Image:Prajnaparamita.jpg|frame|The goddess Prajñaparamita]] | [[Image:Prajnaparamita.jpg|frame|The goddess Prajñaparamita]] | ||
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]]. | 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]]. | ||
==Famous Quotes== | ==Famous Quotes== | ||
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:Dream, lightning or a cloud— | :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> | :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> | ||
==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 [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) | |||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
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==Further Reading== | ==Further Reading== | ||
* Thich Nhat Hanh, ''The Diamond that Cuts Through Illusion: Commentaries on the Prajñaparamita Diamond Sutra'' (Berkeley: Parallax Press, 1992) | *Thich Nhat Hanh, ''The Diamond that Cuts Through Illusion: Commentaries on the Prajñaparamita Diamond Sutra'' (Berkeley: Parallax Press, 1992) | ||
*Edward Conze, ''The Prajñāpāramitā Literature'' (1960) | |||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
Revision as of 10:21, 4 December 2010
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.
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]
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)
Notes
Further Reading
- Thich Nhat Hanh, The Diamond that Cuts Through Illusion: Commentaries on the Prajñaparamita Diamond Sutra (Berkeley: Parallax Press, 1992)
- Edward Conze, The Prajñāpāramitā Literature (1960)