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By Barbara O'Brien, About.com Guide to Buddhism

Exploring the Diamond Sutra

Thursday August 14, 2008

The forum discussion of the Diamond Sutra is about to begin. Here's the Diamond Sutra introductory post.

The Diamond Sutra is short, but steep. Discussing it makes me think of a story I heard years ago, about a man who visited an elderly aunt and inquired about her Bible study group, which was discussing Revelations.

"That's a difficult book," the man said. "How are you getting on with it?"

"Oh, we're doing fine," said the aunt. "What parts we don't understand, we explain to each other."

So, fearlessly, let us plunge ahead ...

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