The Diamond Sutra (English audiobook)

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  • Опубліковано 27 бер 2021
  • Professional audiobook English rendition of The Diamond Sutra. Narration by Ken Damico. The Diamond Sutra (or, Diamond Cutter Sutra, Sanskrit: Vajracchedikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra) is one of the most profound works ever put into writing. Part of the Perfection of Wisdom (Sanskrit: Prajñāpāramitā) collection of sutras, this is a sermon by Shakyamuni Buddha on the bodhisattva's practice of the perfection of wisdom.

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  • @Beederda
    @Beederda 6 місяців тому +5

    My favourite part of this is turning the cc on so i can read along and the “beak shoes” man the beak shoes 😂 ❤

  • @noonenowhere6920
    @noonenowhere6920 9 місяців тому +4

    I and all sentient beings, until our enlightenment.
    Take refuge in the Buddha, the Dharma and the Sangha.

  • @soyoung0512
    @soyoung0512 Рік тому +13

    I've never heard such a perfect teaching.

    • @Koort1008
      @Koort1008 Місяць тому

      No one is taught nor not taught.

  • @captainhowdy6671
    @captainhowdy6671 2 роки тому +39

    I'm listening to this often as I can

  • @buddhafarms-sustainability1277
    @buddhafarms-sustainability1277 2 роки тому +11

    In the Heavens and Upon the Earth I alone Am the World Honored One...Namaste 🙏

  • @addisonbrazil3484
    @addisonbrazil3484 2 роки тому +21

    Namo Buddha
    I prostate to you, and thank you for providing this for us!
    I would like to give the following 4line gatha as a gift those:
    "Due to ignorance, childish beings wander
    where there is no liberation.
    Not knowing the meaning of liberation,
    confused, commit wicked acts"
    - Sanghata Sutra

  • @oO-_-_-_-Oo
    @oO-_-_-_-Oo 2 роки тому +2

    Thank you Ken Damico your effort is appreciated. I go now and seek out the Platform Sutra.

  • @dg1178
    @dg1178 10 місяців тому +4

    "Thus shall ye think of all this fleeting world:
    A star at dawn, a bubble in a stream;
    A flash of lightning in a Summer cloud,
    A flickering lamp, a phantom, and a dream."

  • @Kingwood49
    @Kingwood49 2 місяці тому +1

    This has a very very deep meaning it’s not to just be understood literally ❤️

  • @dryvonnemurphy3523
    @dryvonnemurphy3523 2 роки тому +2

    Yes! 💫

  • @user-xs8kk1ro9x
    @user-xs8kk1ro9x 2 місяці тому +1

    We are not a part of this world, we remotely experience the experience of the senses. Theres always a higher understand to pursue, without doubt 😊

  • @pedrozaragoza2253
    @pedrozaragoza2253 2 роки тому +5

    Gloria in Excelsis Deo 🙏

  • @sherrysyed
    @sherrysyed 2 роки тому +1

    May you always be illumined. 🧡

  • @teresadewi2144
    @teresadewi2144 3 роки тому +13

    i like red pine's work on diamond sutra. i actually get to understand more about "anatta" by reading this book. as a theravadin, understanding anatta, anicca and dukkha is a must to be a sotapatti.
    there are other writings about anatta, but this book explains it like no other. tbh, zen teachings and videos help me understand more about anatta because these tell about anatta in daily lives. shohaku okumura's video where he explains the interconnectedness of everything also helps me to understand "anatta" eventhough he did not explicitly make the video to explain "anatta".
    red pine's book does not say explicitly that it is written to explain about anatta.However, the moment i finished reading, i realized that this book made me understand "anatta" and its ramifications on daily lives. I will read it again and again.

    • @Rompalicious4x4
      @Rompalicious4x4  3 роки тому +3

      Red Pine's translations are wonderful and I am so glad you enjoyed this one! I've also made a recording of his translation of the Heart Sutra if you're interested (it's available in my channel).
      Thank you so much for sharing your insights in regards your practice. As you say, no-self (anatta) is such an important teaching and realization for stream entry. I also agree that Zen teachers and works can be very helpful to that end. Shohaku Okumra is from the Soto Zen tradition... have you tried reading some of the foundational texts for that sect (e.g. Dogen's Shobogenzo or the Sixth Patriarch's Platform Sutra)?
      Best of luck in your practice!

    • @teresadewi2144
      @teresadewi2144 3 роки тому +1

      @@Rompalicious4x4 have read the platform sutra with commentaries from master hsuan hua. will read dogen's next time.
      recordings of sutras are good to listen when my eyes are too tired to read.
      thanks!

    • @freedomchannel3656
      @freedomchannel3656 3 роки тому +1

      @@Rompalicious4x4 is this a translation of the oldest book in history "The Diamond sutra" or is this something else?

    • @Rompalicious4x4
      @Rompalicious4x4  3 роки тому +2

      @@freedomchannel3656 I am not sure which text you might be referring to but this is a translation of the Mahayana Buddhist Sutra which was composed in northern India sometime in the 2nd or 3rd centuries AD... This particular translation (by Red Pine) is based on the extant Sanskrit and Chinese translations...

    • @freedomchannel3656
      @freedomchannel3656 3 роки тому +1

      @@Rompalicious4x4 Thank you for clarifying, im not sure myself im just starting to learn about this...

  • @thoughtfog
    @thoughtfog 3 роки тому +3

    Thank you

  • @dharmaku
    @dharmaku Рік тому +2

    Truly Diamond

  • @killa3468
    @killa3468 Рік тому +1

    Be aware well versed and well assembled

  • @Dharmaku56
    @Dharmaku56 10 місяців тому

    Thank you for this transforming sutra reading.

  • @katetang1372
    @katetang1372 9 місяців тому

    Thank you. Finally found your video to solve my curiosity about diamond sutra

  • @juliesheard2122
    @juliesheard2122 6 місяців тому +2

    "The Great Principle is not something which is
    Nor is It something which is not
    Nor is It something which both is and is not
    Nor is It something which isn't both is and is not"
    Nagiarajuna

    • @Koort1008
      @Koort1008 Місяць тому

      I love that quote. I suppose you could say it is all at the same time, but who says anything? You are always going to fail no matter what you say. Enjoy failing.

  • @captainhowdy6671
    @captainhowdy6671 2 роки тому +2

    Wow dude.
    Not starting not stopping.
    This makes my brain feel different

    • @Rompalicious4x4
      @Rompalicious4x4  2 роки тому +3

      Fantastic. Glad you are enjoying this!

    • @captainhowdy6671
      @captainhowdy6671 2 роки тому +2

      The struggle to free yourself from restraints
      Becomes
      Like those shackles

    • @bob40179
      @bob40179 2 роки тому +1

      captain howdy on the verge of enlightenment

  • @mirashin8400
    @mirashin8400 Рік тому

    Thank you 😊 💓

  • @sillyname6808
    @sillyname6808 7 місяців тому

    Red Pine is the best English translator of Classical Chinese alive today

  • @skynet_cyberdyne_systems
    @skynet_cyberdyne_systems Рік тому

    Good work

  • @NatNatz889
    @NatNatz889 2 місяці тому

    Perfect

  • @howardleekilby7390
    @howardleekilby7390 9 місяців тому +1

    ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @zhu4579
    @zhu4579 2 місяці тому

    🙏❤🙏

  • @deskitangmo5297
    @deskitangmo5297 2 роки тому

    🙏🙏🙏💐💐💐

  • @DevInvest
    @DevInvest 2 роки тому +6

    Part of the Bhagavad Gita
    When Arjuna is asking Krishna these same issues
    🙏🏻🙇🏻‍♂️😊💐

    • @Rompalicious4x4
      @Rompalicious4x4  2 роки тому +4

      The truth reflects many different ways in order to help many different minds free themselves. Thank you for listening.

    • @DevInvest
      @DevInvest 2 роки тому

      @@Rompalicious4x4 🙏🏻🙇🏻‍♂️🕉💐

    • @saddha1
      @saddha1 2 роки тому +2

      Krishna was Sariputta’s previous life. Sariputta became the chief disciple of Buddha.

  • @goldielion9998
    @goldielion9998 2 роки тому +1

    🧘🏾‍♂️

  • @soulrain6
    @soulrain6 Рік тому

    💐💐🙏🙏🙏💐💐

  • @lumpofclay9505
    @lumpofclay9505 3 роки тому +4

    Hey I just wanted to adk you: may I download your videos? I'd like to listen to them while working out.

    • @Rompalicious4x4
      @Rompalicious4x4  3 роки тому +6

      Of course. Audio .mp3 is available for download on my website. It's free with no sign up or anything required. Here's a direct link to the audio sutra page: spiritspirals.com/audio-sutras-audiobook-recordings-of-our-favorites/
      If you'd like guided meditation audio or written work/resources check out these pages too:
      Original work: spiritspirals.com/original-works/
      Other's work: spiritspirals.com/others-work/
      Sutras: spiritspirals.com/sutras/

    • @lumpofclay9505
      @lumpofclay9505 3 роки тому +2

      @@Rompalicious4x4
      Thank you very much. Your work is greatly appreciated. Take care.

    • @amandawaiyee5353
      @amandawaiyee5353 2 роки тому +1

      @@Rompalicious4x4 tq

    • @sherrysyed
      @sherrysyed 2 роки тому +1

      This is blessed work, thank you for sharing 🙏

    • @Rompalicious4x4
      @Rompalicious4x4  2 роки тому +2

      Thank YOU for listening!

  • @TheNeighborhoodZenPriest
    @TheNeighborhoodZenPriest Рік тому

    I remember the Platform Sutra also being on your channel in the past, but now I can't find it. Is it possible to get that audio version from somewhere?

    • @riverezell3953
      @riverezell3953 5 днів тому

      Hey, I know you from Asian Spiritual Shitposting!

  • @helikophis
    @helikophis 11 місяців тому +3

    Hi Ken, thank you for this and my apologies if it is rude to give a correction, but the “th” in “tathagata” is not pronounced like the unusual English sounds represented by “th” - as in “thick” or “thorn”, it is a dental aspirate like the sound normally represented in English by just a “t” - as in “top” or “Tom”. This is the case for all “th” in Sanskrit words. Best wishes 🙏🏼

    • @TerriblePerfection
      @TerriblePerfection 7 місяців тому

      So, "ta-ta gah-ta"?

    • @helikophis
      @helikophis 7 місяців тому

      Yes, although to be accurate the ta at the start and end should be unaspirated - (like the r in “stand” rather than the t in “Tom”. This makes them sound a little “d” like to English speakers, because English doesn’t allow an unvoiced unaspirated dental stop in those positions.

    • @TerriblePerfection
      @TerriblePerfection 7 місяців тому

      @@helikophis Interesting! Thank you.

  • @nhungtran-uo2ud
    @nhungtran-uo2ud Рік тому

    🙏🙏🙏🙇‍♀️🙇‍♀️🙇‍♀️🤲🤲🤲

  • @radhuchristian8406
    @radhuchristian8406 Рік тому

    ON THE SUBJECT HERE:
    Tathagata and above, they ALL Know what is the world in minute detailbut when Act they do not start from that perspective! No like some "teachers" jump from closing eyes to Nothingness of an empthy soul AND NOTHING BETWEEN.

  • @deskitangmo5297
    @deskitangmo5297 2 роки тому +3

    What's Diamond Sutra called in Tibetan? Please tell 🌸

    • @Rompalicious4x4
      @Rompalicious4x4  2 роки тому +3

      Tibetans often refer to it as the Vajra Cutter sutra... However, I do not know the Tibetan language if that is what you are asking.

    • @deskitangmo5297
      @deskitangmo5297 2 роки тому +2

      @@Rompalicious4x4 Thank you 🙏

    • @Peedee773
      @Peedee773 2 роки тому +2

      Dorjee chutpa.(tibetan)

    • @deskitangmo5297
      @deskitangmo5297 2 роки тому

      @@Peedee773 Thank you 🙏

  • @Nitrotix1
    @Nitrotix1 2 роки тому +1

    What are the 32 Attributes of a Perfect Person?

    • @Rompalicious4x4
      @Rompalicious4x4  2 роки тому +2

      Become a perfect person and see for yourself... Though, I suspect you might find the attributes to be limitless.

    • @sherrysyed
      @sherrysyed 2 роки тому

      @@Rompalicious4x4 😭🥺

    • @sherrysyed
      @sherrysyed 2 роки тому

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    • @linguanerd
      @linguanerd Рік тому +2

      The 32 Characteristics of Lord Buddha are:
      Level feet which stood evenly on the ground.
      The Mark of a thousand-spoked wheel on the soles.
      Projecting heels.
      Long toes and fingers.
      Pliant hands and feet.
      Soft hand and foot skins.
      Net like lines of palms and soles.
      Raised ankles.
      Calf muscles like an antelope.
      The palms of the hands could touch the knees without bending.
      Well-retracted male organ
      Gold colored skin
      Ten foot aura around him
      Every hair-root dark colored
      Ten foot aura around him
      Soles, palms, shoulders and crown of the head well rounded
      Area below armpits well-filled
      Lion shaped body
      Body erect and upright
      Full round shoulders
      40 teeth
      Teeth are even, white and close
      Four canine teeth are pure white
      Lion shaped body
      Jaw like a lion
      Saliva that improves the taste of all food
      Long and broad tongue
      Deep and resonant voice
      Deep blue eyes
      Eyelashes like a royal bull
      White urna curl emits light between the eyebrows
      Fleshy protuberance on the crown of the head

    • @Koort1008
      @Koort1008 Місяць тому

      "The Buddha has said that the perfect person is not the perfect person. Therefore it is called the perfect person"

  • @Bestbuddybob
    @Bestbuddybob 5 місяців тому

    18:20 this person knows less now than before the start of the video

  • @bullvinetheband7260
    @bullvinetheband7260 9 місяців тому

    Quick question of seeking the image of the. Buhdda is wasted effort then what are we supposed to seek the dharma.

    • @Rompalicious4x4
      @Rompalicious4x4  8 місяців тому

      Seeking an image of the dharma is also wasted effort.

    • @bullvinetheband7260
      @bullvinetheband7260 8 місяців тому

      I see but he's words are his image.@@Rompalicious4x4

  • @CRAZYxSNAKE
    @CRAZYxSNAKE Рік тому

    :)

  • @radhuchristian8406
    @radhuchristian8406 Рік тому +1

    How can those cheeky guys who sell stuff here chose so unrelated vids to REPEATEDLY annoy?

  • @markdeegan7268
    @markdeegan7268 8 місяців тому

    All about, not thinking Words are accurate…

  • @weswesley6071
    @weswesley6071 Рік тому

    Awesome stuff, but the advertisements every 5 minutes made me stop listening.

    • @Rompalicious4x4
      @Rompalicious4x4  Рік тому +1

      Um... Take it up with UA-cam by paying for no ads. This is not up to content creators. I've not taken a dime.

  • @Bestbuddybob
    @Bestbuddybob 5 місяців тому

    🤯 I used to like Buddhism now I’m just confused 48:46

    • @Koort1008
      @Koort1008 Місяць тому

      Clarity is not require.

  • @howardleekilby7390
    @howardleekilby7390 9 місяців тому +1

    ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤