Diamond Sutra - A New Translation

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Chapter 1   - This is what I heard.

Chapter 2   - Subhuti, who was sitting in the congregation, rose from his seat...

Chapter 3   - All living beings, whether born from eggs, from the womb...

Chapter 4   - In the practice of compassion and charity a disciple should be detached...

Chapter 5   - Can the Buddha be recognized by means of his bodily form?

Chapter 6   - In the future, if a person hears this teaching...

Chapter 7   - Subhuti, has the Buddha arrived at the highest, most fulfilled...

Chapter 8   - If a person filled over ten thousand galaxies with the seven treasures...

Chapter 9   - Does one who has entered the stream which flows to enlightenment...

Chapter 10 - When I was in a previous life, with Dipankara Buddha...

Chapter 11 - Subhuti, if there were as many Ganges rivers as...

Chapter 12 - Subhuti, if any person in any place were to teach even four lines ...

Chapter 13 - By what name shall we know this Sutra, so that it can be honored...

Chapter 14 - Subhuti had understood its profound meaning and was moved to tears...

Chapter 15 - If on the one hand, a son or daughter of a good family gives up...

Chapter 16 - Furthermore, Subhuti, if a good man or good woman who accepts...

Chapter 17 - At that time, the venerable Subhuti then asked the Buddha...

Chapter 18 - Does the Buddha have human eyes?

Chapter 19 - If a follower were to give away enough treasures to fill 3,000 universes...

Chapter 20 - Subhuti, what do you think, should one look for Buddha...

Chapter 21 - Subhuti, do not maintain that the Buddha has this thought...

Chapter 22 - Subhuti again asked, "Blessed lord, when you attained complete...

Chapter 23 - What I have attained in total Enlightenment is the same as others...

Chapter 24 - Subhuti, if a person collected treasures as high as 3,000 of the highest...

Chapter 25 - Subhuti, do not say that the Buddha has the idea, 'I will lead all...

Chapter 26 - Is it possible to recognize the Buddha by the 32 physical marks?

Chapter 27 - However, Subhuti, if you think that the Buddha realizes the highest...

Chapter 28 - Subhuti, if someone gives treasures equal to the number of sands...

Chapter 29 - Subhuti, if any person were to say that the Buddha is now coming or...

Chapter 30 - Subhuti, if any good person, either man or woman, were to take 3,000...

Chapter 31 - If any person were to say that the Buddha, in his teachings, has...

Chapter 32 - Subhuti, if anyone gave to the Buddha an immeasurable quantity of the...

"Wherever this Sutra is honored and revered there is a sacred site enshrining the presence of the Buddha or one of the Buddha's most venerable disciples."

Chapter 12, The Diamond Sutra