The Vajra Prajna Paramita Sutra (Diamond Sutra)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/The_Vajra_Prajna_Paramita_Sutra_(Diamond_Sutra)
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:text
Buddhist scripture
gptkbp:associatedWith Prajnaparamita literature
gptkbp:category gptkb:Hebrew_Bible
Buddhist scripture
gptkbp:date_of_Chinese_translation circa 401 CE
gptkbp:genre gptkb:religion
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Vajra Prajna Paramita Sutra (Diamond Sutra)
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Zen_Buddhism
gptkb:East_Asian_Buddhism
gptkbp:language gptkb:Chinese
gptkb:Sanskrit
gptkb:Tibetan
gptkbp:length about 6,000 Chinese characters
gptkbp:main_interlocutors gptkb:Buddhism
gptkb:Subhuti
gptkbp:oldest_printed_edition 868 CE
gptkbp:oldest_printed_edition_held_at gptkb:British_Library
gptkbp:oldest_printed_edition_location gptkb:Dunhuang,_China
gptkbp:setting gptkb:Jetavana_Monastery
gptkbp:significance one of the most influential Mahayana sutras
earliest complete survival of a dated printed book
gptkbp:theme non-attachment
emptiness (śūnyatā)
perfection of wisdom
gptkbp:title gptkb:金剛般若波羅蜜經
gptkbp:title_in_Sanskrit gptkb:Vajracchedikā_Prajñāpāramitā_Sūtra
gptkbp:translatedInto gptkb:Kumārajīva
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Buddhist_Text_Translation_Society
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8