The Diamond Sutra offers the Buddha’s insights on dualism and illusion. He speaks of how to develop the insight, the “diamond,” that can cut through any obstacle on the road to enlightenment. This sutra presents a dialogue between the Buddha and his disciple Subhuti that illuminates how our minds construct limited categories of thought. Thich Nhat Hanh’s commentary on the text shows how we must move beyond personal enlightenment to become fully enlightened beings who work to alleviate the suffering of others. Thich Nhat Hanh writes about the daily applications of the sutra and how we can use its wisdom to encounter a deeper reality and act in the world skilfully and effectively.
This revised edition includes Thich Nhat Hanh’s translation of the Sutra from the Chinese and, in his commentaries, his own diamond sharp insight, including new work on the environmental implications of the Diamond Sutra. A beautiful edition of one of Buddhism's central texts.
目次
WELCOME 1 THE VAJRACCHEDIKA PRAJÑAPARAMITA SUTRA 5 COMMENTARIES 5 PART ONE: The Dialectics of Prajñaparamita 34 1 The Setting 2 Subhuti's Question 3 The First Flash of Lightning 4 The Greatest Gift 5 Signlessness
PART TWO: The Language of Nonattachment 58 6 A Rose Is Not a Rose 7 Entering the Ocean of Reality 8 Nonattachment
PART THREE: The Answer Is in the Question 78 9 Dwelling in Peace 10 Creating a Formless Pure Land 11 The Sand in the Ganges 12 Every Land Is a Holy Land 13 The Diamond That Cuts through Illusion 14 Abiding in Non-abiding 15 Great Determination 16 The Last Epoch 17 The Answer Is in the Question
PART FOUR: Mountains and Rivers Are Our Own Body 110 18 Reality Is a Steadily Flowing Stream 19 Great Happiness 20 Thirty-two Marks 21 Insight-life 22 The Sunflower 23 The Moon Is Just the Moon 24 The Most Virtuous Act 25 Organic Love 26 A Basket Filled with Words 27 Not Cut Off from Life 28 Virtue and Happiness 29 Neither Coming Nor Going 30 The Indescribable Nature of All Things 31 Tortoise Hair and Rabbit Horns 32 Teaching the Dharma
