Library Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha
Traditional attribution
The Diamond Sutra
Vajracchedikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra (金剛經)
A dialogue between the Buddha and his disciple Subhuti on the perfection of wisdom. Through paradoxes ("what is called X is not X; therefore it is called X") it teaches not to cling to any notion, not even that of beings to be saved or of the Buddha himself. Widely read in Chan and Zen, its printed copy from Dunhuang dated 868 (British Library) is the oldest surviving dated printed book.
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Authorship note
A Mahayana sutra that puts its teachings in the Buddha's mouth. Scholarship regards it as a composition long after his death by anonymous authors of the Mahayana movements; it is attributed to the historical Gotama only through the formula "Thus have I heard". It belongs to the Perfection of Wisdom literature and is usually dated between the second and fifth centuries; Kumarajiva's Chinese translation dates from c. 401.
Editions and translations
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English
The Diamond Sutra: The Perfection of Wisdom
Counterpoint, 2001
Translation: Red Pine
ISBN 9781582430591
Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha
The Vagrakkhedikâ or Diamond-Cutter (Buddhist Mahâyâna Texts, Sacred Books of the East, vol. XLIX)
The Conscious LibraryThe Vagrakkhedikâ or Diamond-Cutter (Buddhist Mahâyâna Texts, Sacred Books of the East, vol. XLIX)
Clarendon Press, 1894
Translation: F. Max Müller
Dominio público.
Other works by Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha
- Tipitaka, the Pali Canon ("Three Baskets") · 25
- Digha Nikaya (The Long Discourses) · 25
- Majjhima Nikaya (The Middle Length Discourses) · 25
- Samyutta Nikaya (The Connected Discourses) · 25
- Anguttara Nikaya (The Numerical Discourses) · 25
- Dhammapada (Verses on the Dhamma) · 25
- Sutta Nipata (The Group of Discourses) · 25
- Udana (Inspired Utterances) · 25
- Vinaya Pitaka (The Basket of Discipline) · 25
- The Discourse on Setting the Wheel of the Dhamma in Motion · 25
- Mahaparinibbana Sutta (The Great Discourse on the Final Extinguishment) · 25
- The Sutra in Forty-Two Sections · 150
- The Lotus Sutra (Saddharmapundarika) · 100
- The Heart Sutra · 650
- The Lankavatara Sutra · 400
- Itivuttaka (Thus It Was Said) · 25
- Khuddakapatha (The Minor Readings) · 25
- Jataka (Stories of the Buddha's Former Births) · 25
- Satipatthana Sutta (Discourse on the Foundations of Mindfulness) · 25
- Anattalakkhana Sutta (Discourse on the Characteristic of Not-Self) · 25
- Kalama Sutta (Discourse to the Kalamas) · 25
- Pure Land Sutras (Sukhavativyuha) · 150
- Avatamsaka Sutra (Flower Ornament Sutra) · 400
Sources
- Cowell, E. B., Max Müller, F. y Takakusu, J. (trads.). Buddhist Mahâyâna Texts. Sacred Books of the East, vol. XLIX. Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1894 (Buddhacarita de Aśvaghoṣa; Vajracchedikā; Prajñāpāramitā-hṛdaya; Sukhāvatīvyūha). Dominio público.
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