Diamond Sutra

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Buddhist sutra Mahayana Buddhist scripture canonical Buddhist text religious text

The Diamond Sutra is a key Mahayana Buddhist scripture renowned for its profound teaching on emptiness and the illusory nature of phenomena, and is also one of the oldest known printed books in the world.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Diamond Sutra canonical 3
Prajñāpāramitā sūtras 2
Diamond Cutter Perfection of Wisdom Sutra 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist sutra ⓘ
Mahayana Buddhist scripture ⓘ
canonical Buddhist text ⓘ
religious text ⓘ
aimsTo cut through delusion like a diamond cuts through hard substances ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Prajñāpāramitā sūtras ⓘ
surface form: Vajracchedika Sutra

Diamond Sutra ⓘ
surface form: Vajracchedikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra
associatedWith Prajnaparamita literature ⓘ
centralTheme emptiness of all dharmas ⓘ
non-self of persons and phenomena ⓘ
transcending conceptual thought ⓘ
dateOfFamousPrintedEdition 868 CE ⓘ
emphasizesPractice giving without attachment ⓘ
letting go of views ⓘ
non-abiding mind ⓘ
genre Prajñāpāramitā sūtras ⓘ
surface form: Prajnaparamita sutra
historicalSignificance earliest complete survival of a dated printed book ⓘ
one of the oldest known printed books ⓘ
importantIn Chinese Buddhism ⓘ
Japanese Buddhism ⓘ
Korean Buddhism ⓘ
Vietnamese Buddhism ⓘ
influenced Chan Buddhism ⓘ
East Asian Buddhism ⓘ
Zen ⓘ
surface form: Zen Buddhism
keyConcept illusoriness of all compounded things ⓘ
inconceivability of ultimate reality ⓘ
no fixed self ⓘ
non-abiding ⓘ
language Classical Chinese ⓘ
mainInterlocutor Subhuti ⓘ
mainSpeaker Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ
surface form: Gautama Buddha
namedAfter vajra (diamond or thunderbolt) ⓘ
originalLanguage Sanskrit ⓘ
partOf Prajñāpāramitā sūtras ⓘ
surface form: Prajnaparamita sutras
philosophicalSchool Madhyamaka ⓘ
placeOfFamousPrintedEditionDiscovery Dunhuang ⓘ
Mogao Caves ⓘ
preservedAt British Library (Dunhuang printed copy) ⓘ
regionOfOrigin South Asia ⓘ
surface form: Indian subcontinent
religion Buddhism ⓘ
script Chinese characters ⓘ
setting Jetavana Monastery ⓘ
Śrāvastī ⓘ
structure dialogue between Buddha and Subhuti ⓘ
teaches emptiness (śūnyatā) ⓘ
illusory nature of phenomena ⓘ
non-attachment ⓘ
perfection of wisdom ⓘ
titleMeaning Diamond Sutra self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Diamond Cutter Perfection of Wisdom Sutra
tradition Mahayana ⓘ
surface form: Mahayana Buddhism

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mahayana sutras → includesText → Diamond Sutra ⓘ
Mahayana → scriptures → Diamond Sutra ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prajñāpāramitā sūtras
Japanese Buddhism → coreText → Diamond Sutra ⓘ
Madhyamaka → influencedBy → Diamond Sutra ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prajñāpāramitā sūtras
perfection of wisdom (prajñāpāramitā) → formsFoundationOf → Diamond Sutra ⓘ
subject surface form: Perfection of wisdom (prajñāpāramitā)
perfection of wisdom (prajñāpāramitā) → scripturallyAttestedIn → Diamond Sutra ⓘ
subject surface form: Perfection of wisdom (prajñāpāramitā)
this entity surface form: Vajracchedikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra (Diamond Sutra)
Diamond Sutra → alsoKnownAs → Diamond Sutra ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vajracchedikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra
Diamond Sutra → titleMeaning → Diamond Sutra self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Diamond Cutter Perfection of Wisdom Sutra