THE DIAMOND SUTRA IN SANSKRIT AND ENGLISH Translated from the Sanskrit by Edward Conze
Om namo Bhagavatyai Arya-Prajnaparamitayai! Homage to the Perfection of Wisdom, the Lovely, the Holy! Evam maya srutam ekasmin samaye. Bhagavan Sravastyam viharati sma Jetavane'nathapindadasya-arame mahata bhiksu-samghena sarddham ardhatrayodasabhir bhiksu-sataih sambahulais ca bodhisattvair mahasattvaih. Atha khalu Bhagavan purvahnakala-samaye nivasya patracivaram adaya Sravastim maha-nagarim pindaya praviksat. Atha khalu Bhagavan Sravastim maha-nagarim pindaya caritva krta-bhakta-krtyah pascadbhaktapindapata-pratikrantah patra-civaram pratisamya padau praksalya nyasidat prajnapta evaasane paryankam abhujya rjum kayam pranidhaya, pratimukhim smrtim upasthapya. Atha khalu sambahula bhiksavo yena Bhagavams tenopasamkraman upasamkramya Bhagavatah padau sirobhir abhivandya Bhagavantam trispradaksinikrtyaikante nyasidan. |