To begin reading the Diamond Sutra just Click Here for the First Page.
Links To Individual Chapters Of The Diamond Sutra
- This is what I heard.
- Subhuti, who was sitting in the congregation,
rose from his seat… - All living beings, whether born from eggs,
from the womb… - In the practice of compassion and charity
a disciple should be detached… - Can the Buddha be recognized by means of his bodily form?
- In the future, if a person hears this teaching…
- Subhuti, has the Buddha arrived at the highest,
most fulfilled… - If a person filled over ten thousand galaxies
with the seven treasures… - Does one who has entered the stream which
flows to enlightenment… - When I was in a previous life, with Dipankara Buddha…
- Subhuti, if there were as many Ganges rivers as…
- Subhuti, if any person in any place were to teach
even four lines … - By what name shall we know this Sutra,
so that it can be honored… - Subhuti had understood its profound meaning
and was moved to tears… - If on the one hand, a son or daughter of a
good family gives up… - Furthermore, Subhuti, if a good man or
good woman who accepts… - At that time, the venerable Subhuti then
asked the Buddha… - Does the Buddha have human eyes?
- If a follower were to give away enough treasures
to fill 3,000 universes… - Subhuti, what do you think, should one look for Buddha…
- Subhuti, do not maintain that the Buddha
has this thought… - Subhuti again asked, “Blessed lord,
when you attained complete… - What I have attained in total Enlightenment
is the same as others… - Subhuti, if a person collected treasures as
high as 3,000 of the highest… - Subhuti, do not say that the Buddha has the idea,
‘I will lead all… - Is it possible to recognize the Buddha by the
32 physical marks? - However, Subhuti, if you think that the
Buddha realizes the highest… - Subhuti, if someone gives treasures equal to
the number of sands… - Subhuti, if any person were to say that the
Buddha is now coming or… - Subhuti, if any good person, either man or woman,
were to take 3,000… - If any person were to say that the Buddha,
in his teachings, has… - Subhuti, if anyone gave to the Buddha
an immeasurable quantity of the…
—————————–