Facts about The Diamond Sutra

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   Composed in Sanskrit, the Diamond Sutra derives its name from a metaphor comparing its wisdom to a diamond that cuts through illusion.

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   Buddhist in origin, the Diamond Sutra belongs to the Prajnaparamita literature, a genre of Mahayana sutras focused on the perfection of wisdom.

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   Preserved in the British Library, the Diamond Sutra is a woodblock-printed scroll discovered in the Dunhuang cave complex in China in 1900.

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   A core teaching of the Diamond Sutra is the concept of emptiness, rejecting attachment to fixed ideas, including the notion of a permanent self.

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   Printed in 868 CE, the Diamond Sutra is widely regarded as the world's oldest dated printed book.

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