Note 1 — THE DIAMOND SUTRA
William Gemmell translation
Discoursing upon illusory ideas concerning the world of sentient life, the Lord Buddha stated that these were already eliminated from the minds of his enlightened disciples. The reference in the text is to disciples in process of instruction, and these the Lord Buddha commanded to relegate to oblivion the deceptive idea of the reality of sentient life, to dissolve within their minds its nauseous dregs, to put away its horrid stain, and cause it to vanish like snow in a glowing furnace. —Chinese Annotation.
“The very nature of phenomena demonstrates that they must have had a beginning, and that they must have an end.” —Lay Sermons. Huxley.