The Diamond Sutra (Vajracchedika Prajnaparamita-sutra) is one of the most influential texts in Mahayana Buddhism. Composed in Sanskrit between the 1st and 4th centuries CE, it presents the perfection of wisdom (prajnaparamita) through a dramatic dialogue between the Buddha and his attendant Subhuti. The text's name derives from the metaphor of a thunderbolt (vajra) or diamond — a tool that can cut through all illusions without being damaged itself. Like a diamond cutting another diamond, the sut
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