Diamond Sutra Explained by Nan Huai-Chin (PDF)

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Master Nan Huai-Chin’s discourses on the treasured Buddhist Diamond Sutra bring together a lifetime’s personal cultivation experience that crosses into every single school of esoteric and spiritual practice. The great contemporary Master uses the Diamond Sutra as a tool to gauge the understanding that we must have when journeying towards understanding our true selves. The various passages from this beautiful Sutra are used to provide the student with a practical framework that combines understanding with practical cultivation. Master Nan’s teachings are uniquely different compared with interpretations given by other contemporary and past teachers.

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Editorial Reviews: About the Author Master Nan is considered one of the greatest contemporary spiritual Masters. Born in China in 1917, Master Nan attained profound understanding of the Dharma in his twenties, a feat verified by several Ch’an and esoteric Buddhist Masters. He is the author of over 40 books that together have sold over 20 million copies in Chinese-speaking countries alone. Several of his books have already been translated into English and other languages. He is considered a foremost expert in Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, and classic Chinese philosophy and history. Master Nan however is no scholar, and living in Hong Kong, he spends most of his time teaching informally to his students and participating actively in the rebuilding of culture in China. This work was translated by Hue En (Pia Giammasi), a long-time student of Master Nan. Hue En has used an informal and personable style that attempts to capture the beauty and the cadence of the original teaching material.

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⭐I myself have written extensively and given guidance as a Zen tutor on the Diamond Sutra and the Heart Sutra. The late Master Nan’s exposition surpasses all writing I have read on the Diamond Sutra. Whereas most of us Chinese Mahayana practitioners are naturally inclined or dismissive of Hinayana teachings and concepts, Master Nan provides a total ‘one Buddhism’ teaching approach and explanatory discourse. He also takes Buddhist spiritual practice to a transcendental level beyond laymanship or monkship. His lucid explanation clearly takes Buddhism away from being misunderstood as a faith or religion. He makes it clear that it is a personal spritual practice that is personally and privately experiential and that all Buddhist teachings and rituals are but guidelines or signposts and expedient means, and that at journey’s end, nothing is gained but the experience like a memory that cannot be permanently grasped at or set as a trophy and that cannot be translated for another’s utility or benefit; like one’s own academic qualifications, it remains personal to oneself. You have attained something and yet nothing is attained, for mountains remain mountains and trees remain trees! Just like the shoes that one has worn, one’s marriage, one’s falling in love, one’s joy and suffering etc. the present becomes the past. If the present cannot be grasped, what more the past or the future? Live life without clinging to life; give and love without without clinging to the gift or the giving or the love or the loving. In the I-Ching of the changes and the transformations that is the Tao, life is just a fleeting reel of phantasmagoria. Leave the world a better place than when you found it. Karma is just about transforming for the better. If you cling to the history of the past, there will be no ‘present’ which is like trying to stop the water flowing under the bridge! The Diamond Sutra as explained by Master Nan in essence teaches you to understand your enemy and yourself, and that essentially that one is one’s own worse enemy; that is the ‘one’ that one thinks one is. There is no other Chinese spiritual Master, past or present, that illustrates the common thread running through Taoism, Buddhism and Confucianism. If it were not for Taoism and Confucianism, Buddhism would have died a long time ago as it did in its native India.Taoism and Confucianim were what unlocked the Buddha’s teachings to make it so profound that it truly takes an acolyte or practitioner beyond this mortal world and indeed beyond the beyond; or as we say in Zen – to the other shore, for Buddhism is just the raft and should not be clung to, as you would not cling to your universoty professors or your alma mater either!Vincent Cheok Hong Chuan

⭐Aside from being the most in-depth and profound commentary available on the Diamond Sutra, the translation of the Diamond Sutra included in it is the best English translation currently available. It is the one most capable of capturing both the smoothness and subtlety of Bodhisattva Kumarajiva’s original translation from Sanskrit. Also provided are Master Nan Huaijin’s 32 gathas for each chapter of the Diamond Sutra, composed in one night several decades years ago, summing up the entire meaning of the Diamond Sutra, Buddhism, and Zen. He gives a simple explanation for each of them, but the more depth of understanding you have, the deeper you will see that they are, with all sorts of profound and hidden meanings that unfold as you progress.As for Master Nan himself, he is simply the greatest living authority on Buddhism. It may seem that this is a big claim, since he is relatively little known in the West. However, to anyone who has read his books, this statement will not surprise them in the slightest. There are simply no other authors qualified to speak with such depth of understanding. I am unaware of any other living cultivators who have actually walked the stages of the path so far, or attained the fruits of it as he has. No one can speak so easily on the most profound or the most practical aspects, or draw upon the entire teachings of Buddhism, quoting sutras left and right with such ease, and with such clarity of purpose, as Master Nan can. In fact, there are many Buddhists who have studied a great deal, and still have difficulty even grasping the easier things he teaches.Fortunately, this commentary on the Diamond Sutra is less rigorous than some of his other teachings, and is eminently accessible for western readers. There is not a single better book available on the Diamond Sutra than this. It really does have it all: the best translation from Kumarajiva’s original, the 32 chapter divisions of Prince Zhaoming, the 32 gathas of Master Nan, and a wonderfully deep explanation filled with profound and practical insights as well as fascinating stories. I highly recommend this book for anyone, as I believe that it is a veritable treasure chest with a great deal to offer any reader. You could buy hundreds of books on Buddhism, and this book would still be among the very, very best.

⭐Really enjoyed reading this book because it helped me understand the buddha’s teachings in a deeper sense.The Diamond sutra is a great piece of work that is representative of the essential buddha teachings and this commentary by Master Nan made it interesting to study and easier to understand. Highly recommended for the beginners, seasoned cultivator, meditator, scholars and layman.

⭐Zen is here. Zen is nowhere. Protect the unborn thought moment, do not dwell. To single mindedly concentrate on the here and now without dwelling, this elegantly simple method of letting go is expertly explained within Master Nan’s commentaries. As stated on page 259 “you must look deeply into every word when you read or study a Sutra. If you are wrong about one word you will misunderstand the entire thing.” Master Nan reveals the subtle profound meaning in the Diamond Sutras words; take for example “Their minds must not dwell in form, sound, smell, taste, touch nor dharma. Their minds should not dwell anywhere. In the mind that dwells, one should not dwell.” Page 174. Master Nan’s leads one to the cliff edge of freedom; he explains that “if you find yourself dwelling on something or stuck in some habit pattern, you are not free.” Page 175. I highly recommend this book, as a person who is experiencing a muddy karma within motion; the explanations Master Nan gives of selfless awareness in stillness are truly profound. Experiencing the conceivable, without awareness of the inconceivable is where I was at before being introduced to Master Nan. Freedom, freedom, freedom, I am still in the prison of the world, however Master Nan has explained to me the essence of Buddhism – escape the prison of the three realms and help all sentient beings to do the same

⭐Great book. Thoroughly recommended!

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