..續本文上一頁 Subhuti, the One Thus Gone has said

　　that conceiving of something as an object, this thing we call

　　"conceiving of something as something," is a conception that

　　does not exist anyway. And this is precisely why we can call

　　it "conceiving of something as something."

　　And I say to you again, o Subhuti: Suppose some great

　　bodhisattva were to take a countless number of planets, a

　　number of planets beyond all calculation, and cover them with

　　the seven kinds of precious things, and offer them as a gift to

　　someone.

　　Suppose on the other hand that some son or daughter of noble

　　family were to take up even so little as a single verse of four

　　lines from this perfection of wisdom, or hold it, or read it, or

　　comprehend it, or teach it to others in detail, and accurately.

　　They would from this act create infinitely more great

　　mountains of merit, beyond all count, and beyond all

　　calculation.

　　And what would it be, to teach this perfection accurately to

　　others

　　 It would be just the same as not teaching it to others.

　　And that is precisely why we can call it "teaching it to others,

　　accurately."

　　See anything

　　Brought about by causes

　　As like a star,

　　An obstruction of the eye,

　　A lamp, an illusion,

　　The dew, or a bubble;

　　A dream, or lightning,

　　Or else a cloud.

　　When the Conqueror had spoken these words, then the elder Subhuti

　　rejoiced. And so did the bodhisattvas there rejoice, and all four groups of

　　disciples—the monks, and the nuns, and the men with lifetime vows, and

　　the women with lifetime vows.

　　The entire world rejoiced: the gods, and humans, and near-gods, and spirits

　　too. They rejoiced, and they sang the praises of what the Conquering One

　　had spoken.

　　This then is the conclusion of "The Diamond Cutter," An Exalted Sutra of the

　　Greater Way on the Perfection of Wisdom.

　　The translation of this sutra from Sanskrit into Tibetan, and its update into the

　　newer translation standard, were completed by the Indian master Shilendra Bodhi

　　and Yeshe De.

　　The translation from Tibetan into English was completed by the American geshe

　　Lobsang Chunzin, Michael Roach, with the assistance of the American woman with

　　lifetime vows, Christie McNally, in the gardens of Prince Jeta, during the opening

　　days of the third millenium after Christ.

　　It was translated at the request of the holy Salim Lee.

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