DESCRIPTION
The Vajracchedikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra (more commonly known as the 'Diamond Sutra') is one of the most influential Mahayana sutras, and one of the oldest Prajñāpāramitā ('perfection of wisdom') sutras. It was translated into a variety of languages and spread over a broad geographic range. A Tang Dynasty Chinese version of the sutra was found among the Dunhuang manuscripts in 1900 that has a date corresponding to May 11, 868 - making it the earliest known dated printed book.
Within the context of the complete Mahāprajñāpāramitā Sūtra, this is the version of the teaching given in 300 verses.
TRANSLATIONS
Vajra Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra (LU Standaradized Ed.)CHINESE
Kumarajiva 鳩摩羅什. Vajra Prajñāpāramitā Sutra 金剛般若波羅蜜經, 402 CE. Taishō no. 235.
Bodhiruci 菩提流支. Vajra Prajñāpāramitā Sutra 金剛般若波羅蜜經, 509 CE. Taishō no. 236.
Paramartha 眞諦. Vajra Prajñāpāramitā Sutra 金剛般若波羅蜜經, 562 CE. Taishō no. 237.
Dharmagupta 達摩笈多. Vajra Cutter Prajñāpāramitā Sutra 金剛能斷般若波羅蜜經, CE 605. Taishō no. 238.
Xuanzang玄奘. Mahāprajñāpāramitā Sutra, Ninth Gathering, Vajra Cutter Section 大般若波羅蜜多經 第九會 能斷金剛分, 682 CE. Taishō no. 220
I-ching 義淨. Sutra Spoken by the Buddha on the Vajra Cutter Prajñāpāramitā Sutra 佛說能斷金剛般若波羅蜜多經, CE 703. Taishō no. 239.
ENGLISH
From Chinese:
Beal, Reverend Samuel. "The Vajrachhedikâ, the 'Kin Kong King,' or Diamond Sutra." In Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. London, Trybner and Co, vol.1, N. S, I, pp. 1-24, 1864.
Lee, Shao Chang. In Popular Buddhism in China. Commercial Press, 1939
Suzuki, D. T. In A Manual of Zen Buddhism. New York: Grove Press, 1960.
Luk, Charles. In Bilingual Buddhist Series; Sutras & Scriptures vol. I. Kaohsiung: Fu Kuang Publisher, 1962.
Hsüan, Hua A General Explanation of the Vajra Prajñā Pāramitā Sūtra. San Francisco: Buddhist Text Translation Society, 1974.
Price, A.F. The Diamond Sutra & The Sutra of Hui-Neng. Boston: Shambhala, 1990.
Nhat Hanh, Thich. The Diamond That Cuts Through Illusion. Berkeley: Parallax Press, 1992.
Wai-to. In A Buddhist Bible, ed. D. Goddard. Boston: Beacon Press, 1994.
Graham, Tom. In Describing the Indescribable. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2001.
Gemmel, William. The Diamond Sutra. Berwick: IBIS Press, 2003.
From Sanskrit:
Muller, F. Max. “The Diamond-Cutter” in The Sacred Books of the East vol. XLIX. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1894.
Conze, Edward. Vajracchedikā Prajnaparamita. In Serie Orientale Roma, Roma, Vol. XIII, Istituto Italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente, Rome, 1958.
Conze, Edward. Buddhist Wisdom: The Diamond Sutra and the Heart Sutra. New York: Vintage Books, 2001.
Soeng, Mu. The Diamond Sutra. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2000.
Schopen, Gregory. In Studies in the Literature of the Great Vehicle, ed. Luis O. Gomez and Jonathan A. Silk. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press for South and Southeast Asian Studies, 1989.
From both Chinese and Sanskrit:
Red Pine. The Diamond Sutra: The Perfection of Wisdom. New York: Counterpoint Press, 2001.
From Tibetan:
Giuseppe, Tucci. Minor Buddhist Texts, vol. I. Roma: is.M.E.O., Serie Orientale Roma, IX, 1956.
From Khotanese:
Konow, Sten. “The Vajracchedikq in the old Khotanese version of Eastern Turkestan”, Stein M., Ch. 00275 Plates V-XI, in Hoernle, Manuscript Remains of Buddhist Literature Found in Eastern Turkestan, Vol.I, Oxford, 1916.