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) · 4 passages · 116 Chinese characters · reading time 0.5 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.
1Can He Be Seen by His Perfect Form-Body?
「須菩提！於意云何？佛可以具足色身見不？」
"Subhuti! What do you think? Can the Buddha be seen by his perfect form-body (具足色身)?"
Interlinear notes 1
色相皆妄，離妄見性
Form and mark are all false. Leave the false, and you see your nature.
2Perfect Form-Body Is Only Its Name
「不也，世尊！如來不應以具足色身見。何以故？如來說：具足色身，即非具足色身，是名具足色身。」
"No, World-Honored One! The Tathagata should not be seen by his perfect form-body. Why is this? Because the perfect form-body the Tathagata speaks of is not a perfect form-body; that is only its name."
3Can He Be Seen by All His Perfect Marks?
「須菩提！於意云何？如來可以具足諸相見不？」
"Subhuti! What do you think? Can the Tathagata be seen by all his perfect marks?"
4Perfect in All Marks Is Only Its Name
「不也，世尊！如來不應以具足諸相見。何以故？如來說：諸相具足，即非具足。是名諸相具足。」
"No, World-Honored One! The Tathagata should not be seen by all his perfect marks. Why is this? Because being perfect in all marks, as the Tathagata speaks of it, is not perfection; that is only its name."