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1OR DIAMOND-CUTTER. I 43 preached as no-belief by the Tath^gata ; and dierefore it is called a belief in matter. Bhagavat said : 'And a belief in matter itself, O SubhCiti, is unmentionable and inexpressible ; it is neither a thing nor no- thing, and this is known by children and ignorant persons.' (30) XXXI. ' And why ? Because, O Subhuti, if a man were to say that belief in self, belief in a being, belief in life, belief in personality had been preached by the Tathagata, would he be speaking truly ? ' Subhuti said : ' Not indeed, Bhagavat, not indeed, Sugata ; he would not be speaking truly. And why ? Because, O Bhagavat, what was preached by the Tathagata as a belief in self, that was preached by the Tathagata as no-belief; therefore it is called belief in self. Bhaoravat said : ' Thus then, O Subhuti, are all things to be perceived, to be looked upon, and to be believed by one who has entered on the path of the Bodhisattvas. And in this wise are they to be perceived, to be looked upon, and to be believed, that a man should believe neither in the idea of a thing nor in the idea of a no-thing. And why ? Because, by saying : The idea of a thing, the idea of a thing indeed, it has been preached by the Tathagata as no-idea of a thing.' (31) XXXII. ' And, O Subhiiti, if a noble-minded Bodhisattva were to fill immeasurable and innumerable spheres of worlds with the seven treasures, and give them as a gift to holy and fully enlightened Tathagatas ;
2144 '^"^ VAGRA^A'^EDIKA. and if a son or a daughter of a good family, after taking from this treatise of the Law, this Pra^?2aparamita, one Gatha of four Hnes only, should learn it, repeat it, understand it, and fully explain it to others, then the latter would on the strength of this produce a larger stock of merit, immeasurable and innumerable. And how should he explain it ? As in the sky: Stars, darkness, a lamp, a phantom, dew, a bubble. A dream, a flash of lightning, and a cloud — thus we should look upon the world (all that was made). Thus he should explain ; therefore it is said : He should explain.' Thus spoke the Bhagavat enraptured. The elder Subhuti, and the friars, nuns, the faithful laymen and women, and the Bodhisattvas also, and the whole world of gods, men, evil spirits and fairies, praised the preaching of the Bhagavat. (32) Thus is finished the Diamond-cutter, the blessed Pra;^;7aparamita. THE LARGER PRAGyVA-PARAMITA HA'/DAYA-SUTRA. ivA
3THE LARGER pragtv^A-paramitA- Hi^/DAYA-StJTRA. Adoration to the Omniscient ! This I heard : At one time the Bhagavat dwelt at Ka.g'agriha, on the hill Gr/dhrakii/a, together with a large number of Bhikshus and a large number of Bodhisattvas. At that time the Bhagavat was absorbed in a meditation, called Gambhiravasambodha. And at the same time the great Bodhisattva Aryavalokite- ^vara, performing his study in the deep Pra^;H- paramita, thought thus : ' There are the five Skandhas, and those he (the Buddha ?) considered as something by nature empty. Then the venerable ^'ariputra, through Buddha's power, thus spoke to the Bodhisattva Aryavalokite- 5vara : * If the son or daughter of a family wishes to perform the study in the deep Pra^;'^aparamita, how is he to be taught ? ' On this the great Bodhisattva Aryavalokite^vara thus spoke to the venerable 6ariputra : ' If the son or daughter of a family wishes to perform the study in the deep Pra^?1aparamita, he must think thus : ' There are five Skandhas, and these he considered as by their nature empty. Form is emptiness, and * L 2
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
1OR DIAMOND-CUTTER. I 43 preached as no-belief by the Tath^gata ; and dierefore it is called a belief in matter. Bhagavat said : 'And a belief in matter itself, O SubhCiti, is unmentionable and inexpressible ; it is neither a thing nor no- thing, and this is known by children and ignorant persons.' (30) XXXI. ' And why ? Because, O Subhuti, if a man were to say that belief in self, belief in a being, belief in life, belief in personality had been preached by the Tathagata, would he be speaking truly ? ' Subhuti said : ' Not indeed, Bhagavat, not indeed, Sugata ; he would not be speaking truly. And why ? Because, O Bhagavat, what was preached by the Tathagata as a belief in self, that was preached by the Tathagata as no-belief; therefore it is called belief in self. Bhaoravat said : ' Thus then, O Subhuti, are all things to be perceived, to be looked upon, and to be believed by one who has entered on the path of the Bodhisattvas. And in this wise are they to be perceived, to be looked upon, and to be believed, that a man should believe neither in the idea of a thing nor in the idea of a no-thing. And why ? Because, by saying : The idea of a thing, the idea of a thing indeed, it has been preached by the Tathagata as no-idea of a thing.' (31) XXXII. ' And, O Subhiiti, if a noble-minded Bodhisattva were to fill immeasurable and innumerable spheres of worlds with the seven treasures, and give them as a gift to holy and fully enlightened Tathagatas ;
2144 '^"^ VAGRA^A'^EDIKA. and if a son or a daughter of a good family, after taking from this treatise of the Law, this Pra^?2aparamita, one Gatha of four Hnes only, should learn it, repeat it, understand it, and fully explain it to others, then the latter would on the strength of this produce a larger stock of merit, immeasurable and innumerable. And how should he explain it ? As in the sky: Stars, darkness, a lamp, a phantom, dew, a bubble. A dream, a flash of lightning, and a cloud — thus we should look upon the world (all that was made). Thus he should explain ; therefore it is said : He should explain.' Thus spoke the Bhagavat enraptured. The elder Subhuti, and the friars, nuns, the faithful laymen and women, and the Bodhisattvas also, and the whole world of gods, men, evil spirits and fairies, praised the preaching of the Bhagavat. (32) Thus is finished the Diamond-cutter, the blessed Pra;^;7aparamita. THE LARGER PRAGyVA-PARAMITA HA'/DAYA-SUTRA. ivA
3THE LARGER pragtv^A-paramitA- Hi^/DAYA-StJTRA. Adoration to the Omniscient ! This I heard : At one time the Bhagavat dwelt at Ka.g'agriha, on the hill Gr/dhrakii/a, together with a large number of Bhikshus and a large number of Bodhisattvas. At that time the Bhagavat was absorbed in a meditation, called Gambhiravasambodha. And at the same time the great Bodhisattva Aryavalokite- ^vara, performing his study in the deep Pra^;H- paramita, thought thus : ' There are the five Skandhas, and those he (the Buddha ?) considered as something by nature empty. Then the venerable ^'ariputra, through Buddha's power, thus spoke to the Bodhisattva Aryavalokite- 5vara : * If the son or daughter of a family wishes to perform the study in the deep Pra^;'^aparamita, how is he to be taught ? ' On this the great Bodhisattva Aryavalokite^vara thus spoke to the venerable 6ariputra : ' If the son or daughter of a family wishes to perform the study in the deep Pra^?1aparamita, he must think thus : ' There are five Skandhas, and these he considered as by their nature empty. Form is emptiness, and * L 2
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
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