Edward Conze spent his academic career studying and translating the Sanskrit Perfection of Wisdom literature, and his work continues to be the standard for the English-speaking audience. Paired with his other major work (The Large Sutra on Perfect Wisdom), Perfect Wisdom: The Short Prajnaparamita Texts serves as a broad survey of these texts in English. … Continue reading Perfect Wisdom: The Short Prajnaparamita Texts (Conze)
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Diamond Sutra: A Baseball Is Not a Baseball; It’s Called a Baseball
The Diamond Sutra addresses a number of Buddhist concepts and themes but at the core of its mystery is an unexplained formula that is repeated over and over. It can be summarized as a sort of equation: X is not X. This is called X. The Sutra authors apply this equation to many things: The … Continue reading Diamond Sutra: A Baseball Is Not a Baseball; It’s Called a Baseball
T235. Kumārajīva’s Diamond Perfection of Wisdom Sūtra
Thus I have heard: One time, the Buddha was at Anāthapiṇḍada Park in Jeta Grove near Śrāvastī with a congregation of 1,250 great bhikṣus. When it was time to eat, the Bhagavān put on his robes and took his bowl into the great city of Śrāvastī to ask for food. Having gone from place to place in that city asking [for food], he returned to his dwelling. After he finished eating his meal, he put away his robes and bowl, washed his feet, prepared a seat, and sat down. [continued ... ]
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