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The text of The Diamond Cutter (Vajrachchedika)
Revision 1.2 is in a separate document, diamond.html
- adharma
- irreligion; lack of dutifulness;
confusion
- bodhi
- wisdom
- bodhisattva
- literally, wisdom-being,
one on the way to enlightenment; an enlightened being (Buddha) who
renounces Nirvana to aid all human beings to achieve enlightenment
- buddha-field
- the field of
consciousness created by the ideation of an enlightened being
- dharma
- element of existence; ultimate
nature, reality, truth, existence; sacred law; duty; righteousness; the
moral law
- nirvana
- complete absorption into the
undifferentiated ground of being; spiritual bliss
- tathagata
- nature of a buddha; one who
has followed in the steps of his predecessors
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