Diamond is the closest thing to an absolute in the natural world: nothing in the universe is harder than diamond; nothing can scratch a diamond. Diamond is absolutely clear: if a diamond wall were built around us we would not be able to see it, even if it were many feet thick. In these senses diamond is close to what Buddhist philosophy terms "absolute truth," or emptiness. The diamond is close to ultimate reality, but it is not ultimate. In this sense it can be "cut": it can serve only to remind us of the real ultimate. And so it is important to refer to the work with its full name, the Diamond-Cutter.
The Diamond Sutra sets forth the doctrines of Sunyata (emptiness) and Prajna (wisdom).
The message of the Diamond Sutra, especially in its aim of calling into question the validity of conceptual labels, overlaps significantly with that of the Heart Sutra, which went as far as to say "no suffering, no path... no wisdom, no attainment." This was done to bring home to Buddhist adherents the completeness of the doctrine of emptiness, by pointing out that no concept is sacred. Even the most hallowed conceptions in Buddhism: morality, wisdom, enlightenment, dependent origination, are after all nothing but linguistic constructs, and the Buddhist believer must even get rid of these—with the same understanding, we might guess, that Meister Eckhart said "...therefore let us pray to God that we may may be free of 'God,' " or the famous Chan adage, "If you see the Buddha on the road, kill him."
2006-07-06 21:58:38
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answered by sista! 6
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buddha is a religest fofm of astrology they pray and heal and live good doing it
2006-07-06 21:16:58
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answered by mary proof 1
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