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THE DIAMOND SUTRA

and profoundly realising its meaning, was moved to tears. Addressing the Lord Buddha, he said: "Thou art of transcendent wisdom, Honoured of the Worlds! The Lord Buddha in expounding this supreme canon of Scripture, surpassed in perspicuity every exposition previously heard by me, since my eyes¹ were privileged to perceive this most excellent wisdom. Honoured of the Worlds! in years to come, if disciples hearing this scripture proclaimed, and having within their minds a pure and holy faith, engender true concepts of the ephemeral nature of phenomena- we ought to realise that the cumulative merit of such disciples will be intrinsic and wonderful. Honoured of the Worlds! The true concept of phenomena is, that these are not essentially phenomena, and hence the


1. As one raises what has been overthrown, or reveals what has been hidden, or tells the way to him who has gone astray, or holds out an oil lamp in the dark that those who have eyes may see the objects, even so by the venerable Gotama in manifold ways. the Dhamma (Law) has been illustrated."- Dhammapada. MAX MÜLLER.

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