Buddhist — Mahāyāna
Vajracchedikā Prajñāpāramitā (Diamond Sutra)
Anonymous Buddhist scripture; dialogue between the Buddha and Subhuti
A Mahāyāna scripture presented as a dialogue between the Buddha and Subhūti. It examines attachment to concepts and the qualities of a bodhisattva; section VI places continued understanding within the future decline of the teaching.
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A translation question about faith · commentary →
Müller’s reading of the five-hundred-year periods · commentary →
“Frame a true idea” · commentary →
Edition and location
F. Max Müller English translation in Buddhist Mahayana Texts, Sacred Books of the East XLIX; Internet Sacred Text Archive transcription.
Section 6, printed pp.115–117; discussion of believers in the last 500 years and Müller’s accompanying note