Note 2 — THE DIAMOND SUTRA
William Gemmell translation
“Within it first arose desire, the primal germ of mind,
Which nothing with existence links, as sages searching find.
The cord, transversely stretched, that spanned this universal frame,
Was it beneath? was it above? can any sage proclaim?”
“Progress of the Vedic religion towards abstract conceptions of the Deity.” J. Muir (Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society).