Diamond Sutra

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Diamond Sutra ? ? ?
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• Opening Verse of the Diamond Sutra
• The unsurpassed, deep, profound, subtle,
  wonderful Dharma,
• ? ? ? ? ? ? ?In a hundred thousand million eons,
  is difficult to encounter
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• Now that I have seen, heard and received it,
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  true and actual meaning.
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Chapter One The Reason for the Dharma Assembly
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• Thus I have heard, at one time the Buddha was
  staying at Shravasti in the Jeta Grove in the
  Garden of the Benefactor of Orphans and the
  Solitary, together with a gathering of great
  Bhikshus, twelve hundred fifty in all.

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Chapter One The Reason for the Dharma Assembly

• At meal time the World Honored One put on his
  robe,took up his bowl and entered the great city
  of Shravasti to collect alms.
• After he had finished his sequential alms-round,
  he returned to his dwelling. When his meal was
  completed, he put his robe and bowl away. After
  he washed his feet, he arranged his seat and sat
  down.

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Chapter Two The Request of Subhuti
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• At that time the Elder Subhuti (?????) arose from
  his seat in the great assembly, uncovered his
  right shoulder, placed his right knee on the
  ground, joined his palms together respectfully
  and addressed the Buddha,
• How rare, World Honored One, is the Thus Come One
  who protects and cares well for all Bodhisattvas
  and well favors all Bodhisattvas.

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Chapter Two The Request of Subhuti

• World Honored One, if a good man or good woman
  resolves his mind on Anuttarasamyaksambodhi,
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• where should his mind dwell?
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• How should he subdue his mind?
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• The Buddha said,
• Very good, very good Subhuti. It is as you say.
  The Thus Come One protects and cares well for all
  Bodhisattvas and well favors all Bodhisattvas.

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Chapter Two The Request of Subhuti

• Now listen attentively I shall tell you. A good
  man or good woman who resolves his mind on
  Anuttarasamyaksambodhi
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• should just like this dwell and
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• just like this subdue the mind.
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• Yes indeed, World Honored One. I am delighted and
  wish to listen.

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Chapter Three The Correct Doctrine Of The Great
Vehicle
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• The Buddha told Subhuti,
• All Bodhisattvas, Mahasattvas,
• should just like this subdue the mind.
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Chapter Three The Correct Doctrine Of The Great
Vehicle

• Subhuti, if a Bodhisattva holds on to the idea of
  the appearance of
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• Self, - ? ?
• Others, - ? ?
• Masses, or a - ? ? ?
• Life Span, - ? ? ?
• he is not a Bodhisattva.
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Chapter Four The Wonderful Practice without
Dwelling
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• Subhuti, as to dharmas, a Bodhisattva should
  practice without dwelling on anything when
  giving.
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• He should not dwell on forms when giving, nor
  should he dwell on sounds, smells, tastes,
  tangible objects or dharmas.
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Chapter Four The Wonderful Practice without
Dwelling

• Subhuti, a Bodhisattva should give just like
  this he
• should not dwell on appearances.
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• If a Bodhisattva does not dwell on appearances
• when giving, his blessings and virtues are
• inconceivable and immeasurable.
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Chapter Four The Wonderful Practice without
Dwelling

• Subhuti, the blessings and virtue of a
  Bodhisattva
• who does not dwell on appearances when he gives
• are immeasurable.
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• Subhuti, a Bodhisattva should just like this
  dwell on
• what is taught.
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Chapter Five The Principle of True Seeing
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• All appearances are delusion.
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• If you view all appearances as no appearances,
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• then you will see your true nature.
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Chapter Six Proper Faith is Rare
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• World Honored One, in the future will there be
  living beings who truly believe upon hearing such
  phrases?
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• Do not say that! In the last five hundred years
  after the Buddha's Cessation, there will be those
  who, holding the moral precepts and cultivating
  blessings, will believe such phrases and accept
  them as true.
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Chapter Six Proper Faith is Rare

• You should know that such people have not planted
  good roots with just one Buddha, two Buddhas,
  three Buddhas, four, or five Buddhas, but they
  have planted good roots at the places of
  immeasurable tens of millions of Buddhas.
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Chapter Six Proper Faith is Rare

• The Buddha knows and sees all people who hear
  these phrases, Subhuti, and have even a single
  thought of pure faith.
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• Such living beings will thus obtain immeasurable
  blessings and virtues.
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Chapter Seven Nothing Attained, Nothing Spoken
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• There is no fixed Dharma, this is known as
  Anuttarasamyaksambodhi.
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• All Worthy Sages are different because they
  practice the Unconditioned Selfless Dharmas.
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Chapter Eight All Arise From this Dharma
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• Subhuti, what do you think, if a person gave as a
  gift the seven kinds of precious gems in quantity
  enough to fill up a Threefold Great Thousand
  World System, would such a person obtain many
  blessings and virtues?
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• Subhuti said, Very many World Honored One.
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Chapter Eight All Arise From this Dharma

• If on the other hand, a person were to accept and
  uphold the four lines of verse from this Sutra
  and speak them for others, this person's
  blessings would surpass the blessings of the
  individual mentioned above.
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Chapter Eight All Arise From this Dharma

• Why?
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• Subhuti, all Buddhas and their Dharma of
  Anuttarasamyaksambodhi come from this Sutra.
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Chapter Nine The One Appearance is no Appearance
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• Subhuti, what do you think, can an Arhat have the
  thought, I have obtained Arhatship?
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• Subhuti said, No World Honored One.
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Chapter Nine The One Appearance is no Appearance

• And why? Actually there is no dharma called an
  Arhat.
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• World Honored One, if an Arhat had the thought, I
  have attained Arhatship, that would be attachment
  to Self, Others, Masses, and Life Span.
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Chapter Ten The Adorning Pure Land
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• The Buddha said to Subhuti,
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• What do you think? Did the Thus Come One attain
  any Dharma when he was with Burning Lamp Buddha
  in the past?
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Chapter Ten The Adorning Pure Land

• Therefore Subhuti, all Bodhisattvas Mahasattvas
  should just like this produce a pure mind,
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• He should not dwell on forms to produce a mind,
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• He should not dwell on sounds, smells, tastes,
  tangible objects, or dharmas to produce a mind,
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Chapter Ten The Adorning Pure Land

• Do not dwell on anything,
• Thus should the mind arises.
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