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Jingang Jing (The Diamond Sutra) 金剛般若波羅蜜經 · Kumārajīva, Chinese translation · 402 (Later Qin, 4th year of the Hongshi era) · 15 passages · 284 Chinese characters · reading time 1.1 min

Jingang Jing (The Diamond Sutra) Complete in one volume "All marks that exist are empty and false" — a sutra that teaches one to give rise to the mind without dwelling anywhere. It follows, just as they stand, the thirty-two sections into which Prince Zhaoming divided it. It is told that Huineng, the Sixth Patriarch, heard one line of this sutra and set his heart on awakening.

1Does the Tathagata Have the Physical Eye?

「須菩提！於意云何？如來有肉眼不？」

"Subhuti! What do you think? Does the Tathagata have the physical eye (肉眼)?"

Interlinear notes 1

萬法歸一，更無異觀

The ten thousand dharmas return to one, and there is no other seeing.

2He Has It

「如是，世尊！如來有肉眼。」

"Yes, World-Honored One! The Tathagata has the physical eye."

3Does the Tathagata Have the Heavenly Eye?

「須菩提！於意云何？如來有天眼不？」

"Subhuti! What do you think? Does the Tathagata have the heavenly eye (天眼)?"

4He Has It

「如是，世尊！如來有天眼。」

"Yes, World-Honored One! The Tathagata has the heavenly eye."

5Does the Tathagata Have the Eye of Wisdom?

「須菩提！於意云何？如來有慧眼不？」

"Subhuti! What do you think? Does the Tathagata have the eye of wisdom (慧眼)?"

6He Has It

「如是，世尊！如來有慧眼。」

"Yes, World-Honored One! The Tathagata has the eye of wisdom."

7Does the Tathagata Have the Eye of Dharma?

「須菩提！於意云何？如來有法眼不？」

"Subhuti! What do you think? Does the Tathagata have the eye of Dharma (法眼)?"

8He Has It

「如是，世尊！如來有法眼。」

"Yes, World-Honored One! The Tathagata has the eye of Dharma."

9Does the Tathagata Have the Buddha Eye?

「須菩提！於意云何？如來有佛眼不？」

"Subhuti! What do you think? Does the Tathagata have the Buddha eye (佛眼)?"

10He Has It

「如是，世尊！如來有佛眼。」

"Yes, World-Honored One! The Tathagata has the Buddha eye."

11Has the Buddha Spoken of Those Grains of Sand?

「須菩提！於意云何？如恆河中所有沙，佛說是沙不？」

"Subhuti! What do you think? Has the Buddha ever spoken of the grains of sand in the Ganges?"

12He Has

「如是，世尊！如來說是沙。」

"Yes, World-Honored One! The Tathagata has spoken of those grains of sand."

13Worlds as Many as Those Grains of Sand

「須菩提！於意云何？如一恆河中所有沙，有如是沙等恆河，是諸恆河所有沙數，佛世界如是，寧為多不？」

"Subhuti! What do you think? Suppose there were as many Ganges rivers as there are grains of sand in one Ganges, and as many Buddha-worlds as there are grains of sand in all those rivers. Would they be many?"

14Very Many

「甚多，世尊。」

"Very many, World-Honored One."

15The Three Minds Cannot Be Grasped

佛告須菩提：「爾所國土中，所有眾生，若干種心，如來悉知。何以故？如來說：諸心皆為非心，是名為心。所以者何？須菩提！過去心不可得，現在心不可得，未來心不可得。」

The Buddha said to Subhuti, "The Tathagata knows every kind of mind in all the beings of all those lands. Why is this? Because all the minds the Tathagata speaks of are not minds; that is only their name. And how is that so? Subhuti! Because the mind that is past cannot be grasped, the mind that is present cannot be grasped, and the mind that is to come cannot be grasped."

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