Diamond Sūtra 《金剛般若波羅蜜經》

The popular translation of this sūtra Kumārajīva with English commentary

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• Full Chinese and English text of the Sūtra based on the translation by Kumārajīva.
• Introduction to the English commentary on the Diamond Sūtra
• The convocation of the assembly 法會因由
• Subhuti Makes a Request 善現啟請
• The true way of the Great Vehicle 大乘正宗
• The wondrous practice of non-abiding 妙行無住分
• The principle of true perception 如理實見分
• The rarity of true belief 正信希有分
• No obtaining, no expounding 無得無說分
• Emerging from the Dharma 依法出生分
• The appearance without appearance 一相無相分
• The adornment of pure lands 莊嚴淨土分
• Unconditioned merits surpass all 無為福勝分
• Venerating the true teachings 尊重正教分
• Receiving and maintaining the Dharma 如法受持分
• Leaving appearances: Nirvāṇa 離相寂滅分
• The merits of maintaining this sūtra 持經功德分
• Able to purify obstructions 能淨業障分
• Ultimately without self 究竟無我分
• Of a single unified perception 一體同觀分
• Pervading the Dharma Realm 法界通分分
• Leaving form, leaving appearance 離色離相分
• No speaking, no dharma to speak 非說所說分
• No dharmas may be grasped 無法可得分
• The virtuous practice of a pure mind 淨心行善分
• The merits of prajñā are incomparable 福智無比分
• Transformations are not transformations 化無所化分
• The Dharmakāya is without appearance 法身非相分
• No severing, no annihilation 無斷無滅分
• Not receiving, not desiring 不受不貪分
• Power and position destroyed in silence 威儀寂淨分
• The principle of the unity of appearances 一合理相分
• Unborn knowing and perceiving 知見不生分
• Transforming the unreal 應化非真分

Colophon

金剛般若波羅蜜經 後秦 鳩摩羅什譯 共 1 卷 Diamond Sūtra Translated by Kumārajīva in the Later Qin.

Notes

The Diamond Sūtra, Sanskrit name Vajracchedikāprajñāpāramitāsūtra, was translated to Chinese in 401. (Lancaster, 2004, 'K 13') English translations of the Chinese: Venerable Yifa, M. C. Owens, and P. M. Romaskiewicz, 2006. Vajra Prajnaparamita Sutra. 2nd Ed., Buddha's Ligh Publishing, http://www.woodenfish.org/sutra/texts. Reproduced here with permission.

Primary Source

Kumārajīva, trans., 《金剛般若波羅蜜經》 'Diamond Sūtra,' in Taishō shinshū Daizōkyō 《大正新脩大藏經》, in Takakusu Junjiro, ed., (Tokyo: Taishō Shinshū Daizōkyō Kankōkai, 1988), Vol. 8, No. 235, Accessed 2016-07-08, http://tripitaka.cbeta.org/T08n0235.

Reference

1. Lancaster, L.R., 2004. The Korean Buddhist Canon: A Descriptive Catalogue, http://www.acmuller.net/descriptive_catalogue.

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