須菩提 若有人以滿無量阿僧祇世界七寶持用布施 若有善男子善女人 發菩薩心者 持於此經 乃至四句偈等 受持讀誦 為人演說 其福勝彼 云何為人演說 不取於相 如如不動 何以故 一切有為法 如夢幻泡影 如露亦如電 應作如是觀 佛說是經已 長老須菩提 及諸比丘比丘尼 優婆塞優婆夷 一切世間 天人阿修羅 聞佛所說 皆大歡喜 信受奉行
xū pú tí ruò yǒu rén yǐ mǎn wú liàng ā sēng qí shì jiè qī bǎo chí yòng bù shī ruò yǒu shàn nán zǐ shàn nǚ rén fā pú sà xīn zhě chí yú cǐ jīng nǎi zhì sì jù jì děng shòu chí dú sòng wèi rén yǎn shuō qí fú shèng bǐ yún hé wèi rén yǎn shuō bù qǔ yú xiāng rú rú bù dòng hé yǐ gù yī qiē yǒu wéi fǎ rú mèng huàn pào yǐng rú lù yì rú diàn yīng zuò rú shì guān fó shuō shì jīng yǐ zhǎng lǎo xū pú tí jí zhū bǐ qiū bǐ qiū ní yōu pó sāi yōu pó yí yī qiē shì jiān tiān rén ā xiū luó wén fó suǒ shuō jiē dà huān xǐ xìn shòu fèng xíng
Key Message
All conditioned phenomena are like dream, illusion, bubble, shadow, dew, and lightning. Contemplate them thus — without grasping — and the Diamond Sutra's teaching is complete.
▸Section 32 is the magnificent conclusion of the Diamond Sutra, containing one of the most beautiful and widely memorized verses in the history of Buddhist literature.
Section 32 is the magnificent conclusion of the Diamond Sutra, containing one of the most beautiful and widely memorized verses in the history of Buddhist literature. The sutra opens its final movement with one last comparison of material generosity and dharma-generosity, confirming that upholding and expounding even a four-line verse surpasses the merit of filling boundless worlds with treasures. Instructions follow for how to expound the teaching to others: 'Not grasping at marks, unwavering in suchness (如如不動, rúrú bùdòng).' Then the sutra offers its consummate statement — the six-part verse on the nature of all conditioned phenomena: 'All conditioned dharmas are like a dream, an illusion, a bubble, a shadow; like dew and also like lightning. One should contemplate them thus (應作如是觀).' These six images — dream (mèng 夢), illusion (huàn 幻), bubble (pào 泡), shadow (yǐng 影), dew (lù 露), and lightning (diàn 電) — each captures a different facet of impermanence and the absence of fixed existence. The sutra closes as it opened — in community. The elder Subhūti, the monks and nuns, the laymen and laywomen, and all the gods, humans, and asuras who heard the Buddha's teaching were filled with great joy and received and practiced it in faith.