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💎 Diamond Sutra

The Diamond Sutra - one of the most important Mahayana Buddhist texts, teaching the perfection of wisdom

Chapters

Chapter 1: The Convocation of the Assembly

The Perfection of Wisdom that Cuts Like a Diamond

15 verses

Chapter 2: Subhuti Makes a Request

The Perfection of Wisdom that Cuts Like a Diamond

11 verses

Chapter 3: The Real Teaching of the Great Way

The Perfection of Wisdom that Cuts Like a Diamond

11 verses

Chapter 4: Even the Most Beneficent Practices are Relative

The Perfection of Wisdom that Cuts Like a Diamond

11 verses

Chapter 5: Understanding the Ultimate Principle of Reality

The Perfection of Wisdom that Cuts Like a Diamond

5 verses

Chapter 6: Rare is True Faith

The Perfection of Wisdom that Cuts Like a Diamond

15 verses

Chapter 7: Nothing Has Been Attained

The Perfection of Wisdom that Cuts Like a Diamond

3 verses

Chapter 8: According with the Way Comes from Following This Teaching

The Perfection of Wisdom that Cuts Like a Diamond

11 verses

Chapter 9: Real Designation is Undesignate

The Perfection of Wisdom that Cuts Like a Diamond

23 verses

Chapter 10: Setting Forth Pure Lands

The Perfection of Wisdom that Cuts Like a Diamond

17 verses

Chapter 11: The Superiority of Unformulated Truth

The Perfection of Wisdom that Cuts Like a Diamond

3 verses

Chapter 12: Veneration of the True Doctrine

The Perfection of Wisdom that Cuts Like a Diamond

6 verses

Chapter 13: How This Teaching Should Be Received and Retained

The Perfection of Wisdom that Cuts Like a Diamond

13 verses

Chapter 14: Perfect Peace Lies in Freedom from Characteristic Distinctions

The Perfection of Wisdom that Cuts Like a Diamond

29 verses

Chapter 15: The Incomparable Value of This Teaching

The Perfection of Wisdom that Cuts Like a Diamond

9 verses

Chapter 16: Purification Through Suffering

The Perfection of Wisdom that Cuts Like a Diamond

6 verses

Chapter 17: No One Attains Transcendental Wisdom

The Perfection of Wisdom that Cuts Like a Diamond

26 verses

Chapter 18: All Modes of Mind Are Really Only Mind

The Perfection of Wisdom that Cuts Like a Diamond

11 verses

Chapter 19: Absolute Reality is the Only Foundation

The Perfection of Wisdom that Cuts Like a Diamond

3 verses

Chapter 20: The Unreality of Phenomenal Distinctions

The Perfection of Wisdom that Cuts Like a Diamond

5 verses

Chapter 21: Words Cannot Express Truth

The Perfection of Wisdom that Cuts Like a Diamond

7 verses

Chapter 22: It Cannot Be Said That Anything is Attainable

The Perfection of Wisdom that Cuts Like a Diamond

2 verses

Chapter 23: The Practice of Good Actions Purifies the Mind

The Perfection of Wisdom that Cuts Like a Diamond

5 verses

Chapter 24: The Incomparable Merit of This Teaching

The Perfection of Wisdom that Cuts Like a Diamond

2 verses

Chapter 25: The Illusion of Ego

The Perfection of Wisdom that Cuts Like a Diamond

7 verses

Chapter 26: The Body of Truth Has No Marks

The Perfection of Wisdom that Cuts Like a Diamond

6 verses

Chapter 27: It is Erroneous to Affirm that All Things are Extinct

The Perfection of Wisdom that Cuts Like a Diamond

5 verses

Chapter 28: Attachment to Rewards of Merit

The Perfection of Wisdom that Cuts Like a Diamond

4 verses

Chapter 29: Perfect Tranquility

The Perfection of Wisdom that Cuts Like a Diamond

5 verses

Chapter 30: The Integral Principle

The Perfection of Wisdom that Cuts Like a Diamond

8 verses

Chapter 31: Conventional Truth Should Be Cut Off

The Perfection of Wisdom that Cuts Like a Diamond

8 verses

Chapter 32: The Delusion of Appearances

The Perfection of Wisdom that Cuts Like a Diamond

10 verses