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The Diamond Sutra:
I imagine the original, written in verse, must have been beautiful. The sutra’s main teaching is that to achieve true enlightenment one must be detached, not only from material possessions but from the idea of a self, and even from the idea of dharma. The central point is undoubtedly important, but the text is frustratingly repetitive and obscure.

“Stay in this world to transcend it.”

‘If you don’t take refuge in your own nature, there is nowhere else to take refuge’

‘Good friends, since ancient times, this Dharma teaching of ours, both its instantaneous and gradual versions, had proclaimed “no idea” as its doctrine, “no form” as its body, and “no attatchment” as its foundation.’