THE DIAMOND SUTRA (CHIN-KANG-CHING) OR PRAJNA-PARAMITA TRANSLATED FROM THE CHINESE WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND NOTES BY WILLIAM GEMMELL 金剛經 LONDON KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRÜBNER & CO., LTD. BROADWAY HOUSE, 68–74 CARTER LANE, E.C. 1912 THIS VOLUME IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED TO MY FRIEND WILLIAM NIVEN, Esq., BY THE AUTHOR. PREFACE This English version of _The Diamond Sutra_,[1] translated from the Chinese text of Kumarajiva, owes its inception to successive conversations with a friend, profoundly interested in the interpretation of oriental systems of philosophy. During those conversations renderings into English were made of numerous passages from the works of Confucius, Mencius, and Lao-Tsz. Having…
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