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THE DIAMOND SUTRA

a repository for this sacred Scripture, there also the Lord Buddha may be found, together with disciples worthy of reverence and honour."

Upon that occasion, Subhuti enquired of the Lord Buddha, saying: "Honoured of the Worlds! by what name shall this Scripture be known, that we may regard it with reverence?" The Lord Buddha replied, saying: "Subhuti, this Scripture shall be

up the mud of covetousness; a great rain to quench the flame of sensuality; a thicket to block up the road that leads to the Narakas (place of the wicked); a ship in which to sail to the opposite shore of the ocean of existence; a collyrium for taking away the eye-film of heresy; a moon to bring out the night-blowing lotus of merit; a succession of trees bearing immortal fruit, placed here and there, by which the traveller may be enabled to cross the desert of existence; . a straight highway by which to pass to the incomparable wisdom; a door of entrance to the eternal city of Nirvana; ...a treasury of the best things it is possible to obtain; and a power by which may be appeased the sorrow of every sentient being."—Eastern Monachism. Spence Hardy.

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