The Diamond Sutra (Chin-Kang-Ching) or Prajna-Paramita

Note 6 — THE DIAMOND SUTRA

William Gemmell translation

“Were any one to fill the bowl of Buddha with the choicest food, or to present oil, sugar, honey, medicaments in the greatest abundance, or to build thousands of Wiharas (monasteries or temples) splendid as those of Anuradhapura (an ancient city in Ceylon, the Anurogrammum of Ptolemy), or to present an offering to Buddha like that of Anepidu (a rich merchant of Sewet), the hearing or reading of one stanza of the Bana (Law) would be more meritorious than all.”—Eastern Monachism. Spence Hardy.

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