The diamond sutra available for download and read online in other formats. It is an important buddhist text that has a long and profound history. The heart sutra comprises 25 and the diamond sutra 300 lines of sanskrit. Download the buddhist text the diamon sutra here as pdf ebook. Diamond sutra, sanskrit vajraccedikasutra diamond cutter 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. The diamond sutra is the worlds earliest dated printed book. Transforming the way we perceive the world by mu soenq gick here for the reluctant messenger host site the diamond sutra the walled city of dunhuang shachou was an. Subhuti, those bodhisattvas who, when these words of the sutra are being. If you could take up a stone, and project it into space, and then live long enough, that stone would come back exactly to your hand. This sutra a sanskrit word that means a religious teaching or sermon, in particular that of the buddha is commonly regarded as one of the most revered texts of mahayana. Red pines translation of the diamond sutra the diamond sutra is a spiritual treasure and a key text of mahayana buddhism. A copy of the chinese version of diamond sutra, found.
At the core of this book is the heart of prajna paramita sutra itself. The mind of someone who practices the prajnaparamita or perfection of insight is then a mind free from fixed substantialist or self concepts. It was a fivevolume study of the diamond sutra, but a study of the sanskrit. The online hypertext sanskrit dictionary is meant for spoken sanskrit. Diamond sutra is the expression, is an expression of the enlightened mind, it doesnt come from.
The sutras title in sanskrit, vajracchedika prajnaparamita sutra, could be very roughly translated as the diamondcutting perfection of wisdom sutra. Now the full title of the work in the original sanskrit its a sanskrit buddhist text is. The diamond sutra is one of the most revered texts of mahayana buddhism. The diamond sutra in sanskrit and english translated from the. The heart sutra is a member of the perfection of wisdom prajnaparamita class of mahayana buddhist literature, and along with the diamond sutra, is perhaps the most prominent representative of the genre. The diamond sutra and the study of wisdom and emptiness. The authors writing style is the model of clarity and he is aware of the postmodern debate. It is a record of the sayings of gautam the buddha as recalled by his chief disciple, ananda. This audio reading of the diamond sutra was sent to me by ryan, a reader of this site who was inspired to make an audio version of this translation of the diamond sutra. One of the holiest and most popular of the mahayana buddhist scriptures, it belongs to a compilation of about 40 books known as the great perfection of. The diamond sutra red pine lorad selenia quality control manual, the jewel in skull history of runestaff 1 michael. The sanskrit title of the diamond sutra translates as the perfection of wisdom which cuts like a thunderbolt. The diamond sutra is relatively short, only 6,000 words and is part of a larger canon of sutras or sacred texts in mahayana buddhism, the branch of buddhism most common in. It is also sometimes called the diamond cutter sutra, or the vajra sutra.
Please read the profile section for the purpose of this website below is compilations of all the buddhist sutras from a to z. If you have any questions for clarification, feel free to ask. While often interesting and even beautiful, these translations fail to address the subtle and notsosubtle variants of interpretation found in other readings, some of. Five things to know about the diamond sutra, the worlds. The diamond sutra, a sanskrit text translated into chinese, was one of 40,000 scrolls and documents hidden in the cave of a thousand buddhas, a secret library sealed up around the year 1,000. What are the best translations or translation that you could point me to. In order to provide an even narration, without background noise, a text to speech synthesiser was. These sutras are associated with the second turning of the dharma wheel.
The diamond sutra in sanskrit and english translated from the sanskrit by edward conze om namo bhagavatyai aryaprajnaparamitayai. Bhagavan sravastyam viharati sma jetavanenathapindadasyaarame mahata bhiksusamghena sarddham ardhatrayodasabhir. The diamond sutra a general explanation of the vajra the diamond sutra, along with the heart sutra, are among the most popular works of the prajnaparamita group of sutra. The exact date of the composition of the diamond sutra in sanskrit is. And yet, o lord, it does not occur to me, an arhat am i and free from greed. Audio reading of diamond sutra diamond sutra a new. I say sort of since is more like reading like a verse in the same intonation the whole hour, and there is not really music but a constant fluent sound in the back and a couple of gongs. The diamond sutra 1 diamond sutra the full sanskrit title of this text is the vajracchedika prajnaparamita sutra the vajra prajna paramita sutra. The vajracchedika prajna paramita sutra the diamond sutra this is what i heard one time when the buddha was staying in the monastery in anathapindikas park in the jeta grove near shravasti with a community of 1,250 bhikshus, fully ordained monks.
The diamond cutter sutra sung in english aka diamond sutra. The diamond sutra, composed in india in the fourth century c. The sutra of huineng, also known as the platform sutra, contains the autobiography of this pivotal figure in zen history and some of the most profound passages in zen. The sanskrit name of this sutra is vajrachchhedika prajnaparamita sutra.
The full sanskrit title of this text is the vajracchedika prajnaparamita sutra the. Subhuti finds happiness abiding in peace, in seclusion in the. Homage to the perfection of wisdom, the lovely, the holy. This is an online hypertext dictionary for sanskrit english and english sanskrit. Other sutras in the prajnaparamita group include a 125,000line sutra and even a sutra of about one million lines, though legend has it that the latter was hidden in the oceans by the nagas sea serpents and has not yet been released to humanity. Most english translations of the diamond sutra are based on a single text, usually one of the traditional chinese versions. What did you love best about the diamond sutra sung in english.
However, in order to realize wisdom and the nature of emptiness, we have to resort to some means of speaking about both of them. Like many buddhist sutras, the diamond sutra begins with the famous phrase. This is the first time i listen to a sutra version with music and sort of singing. A general explanation of the vajra prajna paramita sutra by dhyana master hsuan hua this translation has been prepared by the buddhist text translation society of the sinoamerican buddhist association, under the auspices of. This statement, though, apparently, very nice, is also absurd, because there is no such thing as motion in a straight line. A translator must free himself from the motives of personal fame and reputation. A general explanation of the vajra prajna paramita sutra by dhyana master hsuan.
Click the arrow to play the diamond sutra sung in english. The prajna paramita hrydaya sutra is the core of the maha prajna paramita in six hundred scrolls. Pdf the diamond sutra download full pdf book download. It distills perfectly the teaching of nonattachment, which is the doctrine of emptiness. Foreword this is primarily an exercise in sanskrit grammar parsing. The buddha said this sutra may be known as the diamond that cuts through illusion. Click the player below to hear the audio version of the diamond sutra. Legend has it that the sixth patriarch of zen, huineng, achieved enlightenment after hearing just one line of the diamond sutra in sanskrit vajracchedika sutra, literally diamond cutter sutra.
Read this book as pdf or create a free account at to read the book online. Estimates for its date of composition range from the second century b. This translation of the diamond that cuts through illusion. Translated into a variety of languages over a broad geographic range, the diamond sutra is one of the most influential mahayana sutras in east asia, and is particularly prominent within the chan. Diamond sutra a new translation of the classic buddhist text. However, i know nearly nothing about mahayana or about which mahayana translators are best. The full sanskrit title of this text is the vajracchedika prajnaparamita sutra. To view an individual sutra, please scroll further down. Like many buddhist sutras, the diamond sutra begins with the famous phrase, thus have i heard. The diamond perfection of wisdom sutra a buddhist library. Pdf the diamond sutra and the sutra of hui neng download. The opening gatha was composed by thich nhat hanh to precede the translation. Though written in chinese, the text is one of the most important sacred works of the buddhist faith, which was founded in india, and was originally expressed in sanskrit. In english a mere sixteen sentences, and a mere 262 characters in chinese, the heart sutra, as it is called in brief, is nothing less than a summation of the wisdom of the buddha.
Foremost among those who dwell free of passion is the noble son subhuti. Vajracchedika prajnaparamita sutra is a mahayana buddhist. Thich nhat hanh says the title means the diamond that cuts through afflictions, ignorance, illusion, or delusion. The significance of the second turning is the development of the doctrine of sunyata and the ideal of the bodhisattva who brings all beings to enlightenment. The diamond sutra in sanskrit and english translated from. Faithfully did they accept and hand down the practice of the diamond perfection of wisdom sutra.
Sansskrit eight kinds of marriages were described for the first time in aivalayana grhya sutra. The vajracchedika prajnaparamita sutra has been translated from sanskrit into english variously as the diamond sutra, the diamond cutter sutra, the vajra sutra and the vajra cutter sutra. Translated by tripitaka master hsuan tsang commentary by. Heart, diamond and lankavatara sutras download pdf ebook. The diamond sutra and the study of wisdom and emptiness the subject of this booklet is the diamond sutra and the study of wisdom prajna and emptiness sunyata. A translator must cultivate an attitude free from arrogance and conceit. The diamond sutra ebooks read ebooks online free ebooks. The date of its composition can be inferred to some extend from the chinese translations.
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