boxes, or other symbols. The Diamond Sutra (Sanskrit: Vajracchedikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra) is a Mahāyāna Buddhist sutra (a kind of holy scripture) from...

the sūtra). This process led to (5) further expansion into larger PP sūtras as well as (6) contraction into the shorter sūtras (i.e. Diamond Sūtra, Heart...

has been influenced by sutras such as the Lankavatara Sutra, the Vimalakirti Sutra, the Avatamsaka Sutra, and the Lotus Sutra. Subsequently, the Zen tradition...

text is a Buddhist charm, the first full printed book is the Buddhist Diamond Sutra (c. 868) and the first hand colored print is an illustration of Guanyin...

The Heart Sūtra is a popular sutra in Mahāyāna Buddhism. In Sanskrit, the title Prajñāpāramitāhṛdaya translates as "The Heart of the Perfection of Wisdom"...

Mahāyāna sūtras include the Lotus Sutra, the Perfection of Wisdom Sutras, the Avatamsaka Sutra, the Lankavatara Sutra, the Pure Land Sutras, and the Nirvana...

suddenly attained awakening (Chinese: 見性, jianxing) upon hearing the Diamond Sutra. Despite his lack of formal training, he demonstrated his understanding...

विमलकीर्तिनिर्देश) (sometimes referred to as the Vimalakīrti Sūtra or Vimalakīrti Nirdeśa Sūtra) is a Buddhist text which centers on a lay Buddhist meditator...

in the prajnaparamita sutras, to which the Diamond Sutra also belongs. The shift from the Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra to the Diamond Sutra also signifies a tension...

in other parts of Asia such as Korea and Japan. The Chinese Buddhist Diamond Sutra, printed by woodblock on 11 May 868, is the earliest known printed book...

the Mogao Caves of Dunhuang in 1907 by Aurel Stein. This copy of the Diamond Sutra is 14 feet long and contains a colophon at the inner end, which reads:...

I – X) The Discipline of Transcendence (Vols. I – IV) The Heart Sutra The Diamond Sutra On Zen: Neither This nor That (On the Xin Xin Ming of Sosan) No...

of Faith (Daoxin), the Lankavatara Sutra (East Mountain School), the Diamond Sutra (Shenhui), and the Platform Sutra (a Chinese composition). The Chan...

the Mogao Caves of Dunhuang in 1907 by Aurel Stein. This copy of the Diamond Sutra is 14 feet (4.3 metres) long and contains a colophon at the inner end...

Caves. Sutras are most used to describe the teachings of Buddha. In this case the title of the Sutra refers not to the diamond itself but to a 'diamond blade...

staying') and wúzhù (無住 'not staying') are used for apratiṣṭhita. The Diamond Sutra, a classic Buddhist text, is primarily concerned with the idea of non-abidance...

with whom the Buddha speaks when imparting the Diamond Sūtra (Sanskrit: Vajracchedikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra, Chinese: 金剛經 or 金剛般若經), an important teaching...

Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment, the Weongak gyeong hae seorui. A redaction and subcommentary to five famous earlier commentaries on the Diamond Sutra...

found in the Library Cave include the earliest dated printed book, the Diamond Sutra from 868, which was first translated from Sanskrit into Chinese in the...

Nanjo (1923). Ghanavyūha Sūtra, a sutra with similar themes Diamond sutra, another sutra important to Zen Buddhism Heart Sutra Mahāvaṃsa, includes a Sinhalese...

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Vajra. The Diamond Sutra, also called the Vajra Cutter Sutra, available in multiple languages from the FPMT The...

Rajasthan often use a diamond pendant in a gold chain which is merely ornamental in nature and is not a substitute to the mangala sutra in the traditional...

in the sūtra), and then (5) the expansion into the larger sūtras, their (6) contraction into the shorter sūtras (i.e. Diamond Sūtra, Heart Sūtra, down...

woodblock printing, at some point before the first dated book in 868 (the Diamond Sutra), produced the world's first print culture. According to A. Hyatt Mayor...

printed book is the Diamond Sutra (British Library) of 868, uncovered from Dunhuang. By the tenth century, 400,000 copies of some sutras and pictures were...

Exploring Buddhism and Zen, Paperback. 1997 ISBN 1-57863-020-7 2004 Diamond Sutra Explained, Paperback. 2004 ISBN 0-9716561-2-6 "Nan Huai Jin". Nan Huai...

is a miniature Buddhist dharani sutra unearthed at Xi'an in 1974, and dated roughly from 650 to 670. The Diamond Sutra is the first full-length book printed...

Sutra copying (Chinese: 抄經, chāo jīng; Japanese: 写経, shakyō) is the East Asian practice of hand-copying Buddhist sutras. Sutra copying involves the meticulous...

11 – The earliest extant printed book, an illustrated scroll of the Diamond Sutra ("Perfection of Wisdom"), unearthed at Dunhuang (Western China), is...

Emptiness (Khóa Hư Lục), A Guide to Zen Buddhism and a Commentary on The Diamond Sutra, as well as poetry. The first truly Vietnamese Thiền school was founded...