藏文 金剛經 第十八分

佛告須菩提，爾所國土中，所有眾生若干種心，如來悉知。何以故。如來說諸心皆為非心，是名為心。所以者何。須菩提，過去心不可得，現在心不可得，未來心不可得。

Tibetan Script (zhangwen) with original Han Script (hanwen)

The Diamond Sutra, Chapter 18

The Buddha said to Subhuti: “I know the mind of every living being in all the host of universes, regardless of any modes of thought, conceptions or tendencies. For all modes, conceptions and tendencies of thought are not the mind. And yet they are called the mind. Why? It is impossible to retain a past thought, to seize a future thought, and even to hold onto a present thought.”

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金剛經：佛教一部很重要的經典，對中華文化與禪宗有著鉅大的影響。整部經的要旨在闡述宇宙萬法皆假因緣和合而生，緣聚則生，緣散則滅，故空無實體，以此令眾生了悟諸法無我、諸行無常之理，進而能去除對世間一切相的執著，過著無住的生活得解脫自在。另一方面說明般若智慧人人本具，不假外求，祇能向內心去挖掘。

從《金剛經》中可以如實了知，佛教是以人為本的人間佛教，修行是在日常生活中修，離開生活也就没有「般若」，也就無法了解「空」理了。

20世紀初出土於敦煌的《金剛經》，印於唐懿宗(859-873 AD)咸通九年(868 AD)，為現存世界最早的印刷品之一，藏於大英圖書館。其較古騰堡於1455年在德意志採用活字印刷術印刷的《古騰堡聖經》大約早587年。

 請參見：http://lib.ihp.sinica.edu.tw/pages/03-rare/dunhuang/01-1.htm或http://idp.bl.uk

The Diamond Sutra is one of the most important Buddhist sutras (scriptures). It has tremendous influence on Chinese culture and in Zen Buddhism. The theme of the sutra lies in revealing the fact that all phenomena and everything in the universe are created and terminated according to previous causes or chance meetings of certain circumstances. Nothing has a fixed nature in its own right. As a result, we can therefore realize the fundamental principles that nothing lasts forever and there is no “I.” Furthermore, people can lead an unencumbered and carefree life by removing all sorts of attachments.

On the other hand, the sutra also illustrates that everyone has the intrinsic Prajñāpāramitā, or “Perfection of Wisdom” which does not require outward searching. It exists right in our hearts. The sutra clearly shows that the core of Buddhist philosophy is to humanize Buddhism, and we should cultivate our spirituality in daily life. There will be no Prajñā (Wisdom) if we fail to cultivate and practice it in daily life, and we certainly will not be able to comprehend the true meaning of “void.”

A copy of the Chinese version of The Diamond Sutra, found among the Dunhuang manuscripts in the early 20th century by Aurel Stein, dates back to May 11, 868 AD. It is, in the words of the British Library, “the earliest complete survival of a dated printed book.” This is approximately 587 years before the Gutenberg Bible was first printed in Germany in 1455.

Please visit: http://lib.ihp.sinica.edu.tw/pages/03-rare/dunhuang/01-1.htm or http://idp.bl.uk

白話譯文

佛對須菩提說：(不必遠說多如恆河沙的其他世界，就即便是)近在你的國土中，所有人的心，隨情而遷，逐境而生，顛倒妄想，各有所思，種種不一，如來我皆盡見盡知。這是什麼緣故呢﹖因為通常所說的一切心，皆祇是眾生的妄心，不是本性中常住的真心，瞭解了不是妄心的心，纔能展現出菩提的本體，纔可以稱之為心。什麼緣故呢﹖須菩提！我所說的非心，是常住的真心，寂然不動，物至則覺。過往没有什麼留滯而不去的心，現在没有什麼執著而永遠銘記的心，而對未來也没有什麼預期而憧憬的心。(反觀於內，則三心總不可得。知其不可得，則清清淨淨的般若現出，所謂人心淨而道心生，這纔是菩提的真心。)