爾時須菩提白佛言 世尊 當何名此經 我等云何奉持 佛告須菩提 是經名為金剛般若波羅蜜 以是名字汝當奉持 所以者何 須菩提 佛說般若波羅蜜 則非般若波羅蜜 須菩提 於意云何 如來有所說法不 須菩提白佛言 世尊 如來無所說 須菩提 於意云何 三千大千世界所有微塵是為多不 須菩提言 甚多 世尊 須菩提 諸微塵如來說非微塵 是名微塵 如來說世界非世界 是名世界 須菩提 於意云何 可以三十二相見如來不 不也 世尊 何以故 如來說三十二相即是非相 是名三十二相 須菩提 若有善男子善女人以恒河沙等身命布施 若復有人於此經中乃至受持四句偈等為他人說 其福甚多
Ěr shí Xū pútí bái Fó yán: Shì zūn, dāng hé míng cǐ jīng, wǒ děng yún hé fèng chí? Fó gào Xū pútí: Shì jīng míng wéi Jīngāng Bōrě Bōluómì, yǐ shì míngzì rǔ dāng fèng chí. Suǒ yǐ zhě hé? Xū pútí, Fó shuō Bōrě Bōluómì, zé fēi Bōrě Bōluómì, shì míng Bōrě Bōluómì. Xū pútí, yú yì yún hé? Rúlái yǒu suǒ shuō fǎ fǒu? Xū pútí bái Fó yán: Shì zūn, Rúlái wú suǒ shuō. Xū pútí, yú yì yún hé? Sānqiān dàqiān shìjiè suǒ yǒu wéi chén, shì wéi duō fǒu? Xū pútí yán: Shèn duō, Shì zūn. Xū pútí, zhū wéi chén, Rúlái shuō fēi wéi chén, shì míng wéi chén. Rúlái shuō shìjiè, fēi shìjiè, shì míng shìjiè. Xū pútí, yú yì yún hé? Kě yǐ sānshí èr xiāng jiàn Rúlái fǒu? Bù yě, Shì zūn. Hé yǐ gù? Rúlái shuō sānshí èr xiāng, jí shì fēi xiāng, shì míng sānshí èr xiāng. Xū pútí, ruò yǒu shàn nánzǐ shàn nǚrén, yǐ Héng hé shā děng shēn mìng bùshī; ruò fù yǒu rén yú cǐ jīng zhōng, nǎi zhì shòu chí sìjù jì děng, wèi tārén shuō, qí fú shèn duō.
Key Message
Even the name 'Vajracchedikā-prajñāpāramitā' is not a fixed entity. All names and forms are fingers pointing at truth — they are not truth itself.
▸In Section 13 the title of the sutra is at last revealed.
In Section 13 the title of the sutra is at last revealed. When Subhuti asks, 'What shall this sutra be named, and how should we receive and uphold it?', the Buddha answers: 'This sutra is named the Vajracchedikā-prajñāpāramitā — the Diamond That Cuts Through Illusion — and by this name you should receive and uphold it.' Yet the text immediately presents the paradox: 'The prajñāpāramitā spoken of by the Buddha is not in reality prajñāpāramitā; it is called prajñāpāramitā.' The text then applies the jí fēi / shì míng (即是非~是名~) formula to the world, to dust particles, and to the thirty-two marks: the Tathāgata's 'world' is not a world but is called a world; 'dust particles' are not dust particles but are called dust particles; the 'thirty-two marks' are not in reality marks but are called thirty-two marks.